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Flood Michigan Keweenaw 2003-05-11
se-2003-5356352 · 2003-05-11T21:00:00Z
The record
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| start_utc | 2003-05-11T21:00:00+00:00 |
|---|---|
| end_utc | 2003-05-12T21:00:00+00:00 |
| event_type | Flood |
| origin_utc | 2003-05-11T21:00:00+00:00 |
| last_fix_utc | 2003-05-12T21:00:00+00:00 |
| geo_granularity | point |
| state | Michigan |
| state_fips | 26 |
| county | KEWEENAW |
| county_fips | 1 |
| cz_type | Z |
| injuries | 0 |
| deaths | 0 |
| episode_narrative | On May 10th and 11th a deepening low pressure center moved northeast from the plains into eastern Upper Michigan. By the time the precipitation ended during the afternoon on 12th, Herman in Baraga Countyhad received an impressive 4.88 inches of rain. Some other rainfall totals included 4.71 inches at Ironwood, 3.79 Inches at Paint Lake in Iron County, 3.62 inches at the Marquette NWS, 3.49 inches at Watton in Baraga county, 3.30 inches at Phoenix in Keweenaw County and at Wakefield in Gogebic County, 2.60 Inches at Hancock, 2.20 inches in the city of Marquette, and.0.94 inch at Munising. This heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding across the western Upper Michigan. A number of roads washed out and closed, including Highway M-28 in Ontonagon County between Bruce Crossing and Bergland and M-26 between Eagle Harbor and Eagle River in Keweenaw County. Flood waters as deep as 3 feet inundated downtown L'Anse as Linden Creek overflowed its banks. Other rivers that flooded include the Sturgeon River, the middle branch of the Ontonagon River, the Black River, the Paint River, the Trap Rock River, the Brule River, the Montreal River, and the Menominee River. |
| provisional | false |
Provenance
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