Overview
Heavy rainfall impacted northern Michigan for an approximately 72 hours period beginning on the afternoon of October 22 and ending the morning of October 25. A number of locations in northern Lower Michigan picked up more than 4 inches of rain over the 3 day period...resulting in flooding of some creeks and rivers.
Flooding
Several river gauge locations exceeded flood stage during this event...including the Manistee River near Sherman (crested at 15.48 feet/Flood stage 15 feet) and the Rifle River near Sterling (crested at 7.70 feet/Flood stage 6 feet). The Thunder Bay River near Bolton in Alpena County also set a new record stage during this event (crested 18.15 feet/Old record 17.70 feet).
Hydrographs
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| River stage hydrograph: Rifle River near Sterling (Arenac Co) | River stage hydrograph: Manistee River near Sherman (Wexford Co) | River stage hydrograph: Thunder Bay River near Bolton (Alpena Co) | River stage hydrograph: Pine River near Rudyard (Chippewa Co) |
Radar/Photos
| Here is an overview of the rainfall for the seven day period ending Oct 26. Areas of orange indicate more than 4 inches of rainfall...while the red areas indicate more than 5 inches of rain. |
Photos & Video:
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| Flooding in Traverse City (UpNorthLive) |
Kid's Creek Overflowing onto Cedar Street in Traverse City (Peter Payette) |
Flooding along North Branch of the Lincoln River (Mason County) |
Rain Reports
...72 hour rainfall totals from 8am Oct 22 until 8am Oct 25... Location Amount Provider Meauwataka 7.00 in Mancelona 6.22 in COCORAHS 2 NE Luzerne 5.84 in COCORAHS Traverse City Munson 5.54 in COOP Tippy Dam 5.25 in COOP Mio 5.21 in RAWS Nw Michigan Res Farm 5.16 in COOP 2 NNW East Jordan 5.15 in COCORAHS 2 NNW East Jordan 5.14 in COOP 1 NNW Fife Lake 5.09 in COOP Charlevoix 5.05 in COOP 1 ENE Wellston 5.00 in RAWS 2 SE Roscommon 4.99 in RAWS Harbor Springs 4.93 in COCORAHS 4 NW Honor 4.90 in 3 S Suttons Bay 4.90 in 2 ENE Kingsley 4.83 in COCORAHS Petoskey Ncmc 4.82 in COOP 4 WSW Bates 4.82 in COCORAHS Roscommon County Airport 4.80 in ASOS Houghton Lake 4.77 in COCORAHS 2 W Ellsworth 4.70 in COCORAHS 2 SSW Hartwick Pines State P 4.64 in RAWS 1 S Lupton 4.61 in COOP Alger 4.58 in RAWS 2 S Indian River 4.51 in RAWS Cadillac 4.50 in COOP Petoskey 4.48 in CWOP 2 SW Stutsmanville 4.46 in COCORAHS 1 WNW Waters 4.45 in GOES 9 SSW Gaylord 4.43 in COOP Glennie 2se 4.38 in COOP Ironton 4.37 in COCORAHS Lovells 4.35 in COCORAHS Exp Farm 4.35 in COOP Beulah 7ssw 4.32 in COOP Clear Lake State Park 4.32 in RAWS 5 W Waters 4.29 in COCORAHS 1 NNE Clarion 4.22 in CWOP Cherry Capital Airport 4.20 in ASOS 1 W Gaylord 4.20 in COCORAHS Gaylord 4.20 in COOP 2 W Lewiston 4.15 in CWOP Gladwin 4.14 in COOP Manistee County-blacker Airp 4.08 in AWOS 1 SE Barton City 4.08 in RAWS Rogers City 4.02 in COCORAHS 2 SSE Gaylord 4.00 in CWOP Saint Ignace 3.81 in COCORAHS Mancelona 3.81 in CWOP 1 WSW Gaylord 3.65 in NONFEDAWOS Otsego County Airport 3.65 in ASOS Rogers City 3.65 in CWOP Detour Village 3.64 in COOP 1 SSW Grawn 3.55 in CWOP Sault Ste Marie 3.53 in ASOS Phelps Collins Field 3.52 in ASOS Sault Ste Marie 3.51 in COOP Pellston Rgnl Airport Of Emm 3.51 in ASOS 1 WNW Waters 3.28 in CWOP 4 SSE Standish 3.27 in COOP 4 W Raco 3.26 in RAWS Moran 3.26 in COOP 4 NNE National City 3.22 in COCORAHS Cheboygan 3.09 in COOP Kincheloe 3.08 in RAWS 4 S Sid Town 3.05 in RAWS 12 WNW Leland 3.02 in RAWS 1 E Trout Lake 2.99 in RAWS Ironton 2.99 in CWOP Mackinac Island 2.85 in AWOS 2 E Oden 2.81 in CWOP Hale 5ssw 2.70 in COOP 6 E Cheboygan 2.59 in CWOP 1 WNW Rexton 2.40 in RAWS East Tawas 2.05 in CWOP 3 WSW Onekama 2.01 in CWOP East Tawas 1.99 in COOP
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