Lakeshore Flood, Monroe
- When
- May 12, 4:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 41.921, -83.494 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lakeshore Flood in Michigan, May 12, 2019
Record water levels on Lake Erie, coupled with easterly winds around 20 mph caused lakeshore flooding again across parts of Eastern Monroe County. The water level at Toledo peaked at 77 inches around 730 LST on the 12th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS DTX wrote it up.
Record water levels on Lake Erie, coupled with easterly winds around 20 mph caused lakeshore flooding again across parts of Eastern Monroe County. The water level at Toledo peaked at 77 inches around 730 LST on the 12th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 lakeshore flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Lakeshore Flood, Wayne
- When
- May 12, 4:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- C-MAN Station
- Coordinates
- 42.285, -83.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The water level at Windmill peaked at 61 inches above LWD around 500 AM LST.
What these are
- Lakeshore Flood
- Flooding along the shore of one of the Great Lakes or another large lake.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Florida, May 12, 2019
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 12, 2019
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 824465, 824496.