michsnowfreak Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Some FB Pics.... wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Apparently some isolated areas got close to 7". I know Grosse IIle which is an island in the Detroit River, got 6 1/2". I have NEVER seen a total that high in Wayne county before. Crazy impressive. Is this a historic rainstorm? Any Mets care to chime in on what caused this. Was this predicted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman1952 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I recorded 2.67" rain here in Saginaw County, MI. In Bay county, one county to the north reports of 4-5" fell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I bought my home based on the age of the drainage system in the area, I grew up in a 1950's build home in Metro Detroit and had enough of flooding. Aside from that, I'm in Manistique right now, I dont think areas east of 23 got much. Anyone have a total event qpf map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 lots of pics/discussion in the august thread on this. It didnt get its own thread because it really wasnt predicted. Its actually insane to see the widespread area of 4-5" rain that was not predicted. Here is a copy of my post Its just a mess everywhere. Worst Ive ever seen. Had 4.39" in my backyard, the biggest amount Ive ever recorded in a single day. The 4.57" at DTW makes it the wettest August day and the 2nd wettest day on record, behind only 4.74" on July 31, 1925. The water was knee to waist deep in the streets, and water flooded or seeped into many basements (including mine). The pictures of 10 feet of water flooding area freeways is just incredible. At DTW, 1.24" fell in 24 minutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I bought my home based on the age of the drainage system in the area, I grew up in a 1950's build home in Metro Detroit and had enough of flooding. Aside from that, I'm in Manistique right now, I dont think areas east of 23 got much. Anyone have a total event qpf map? I haven't seen one posted, but it seems the heaviest areas went east of I-75 from watching the radar. I'm just west of 75 a couple miles in FNT, the heaviest rain was just to my east, coming from the southeast. I think your area had less rain. That said, I went down to check my sump pump again a few minutes ago, evidently it had become unplugged when I was moving stuff around. Luckily, it was several inches from overflowing when I plugged it back in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 I bought my home based on the age of the drainage system in the area, I grew up in a 1950's build home in Metro Detroit and had enough of flooding. Aside from that, I'm in Manistique right now, I dont think areas east of 23 got much. Anyone have a total event qpf map? Here's the best I got (very similar map posted before by somebody else) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Impressive rainfall in the DTX CWA today. Reminds me of my favorite flood/heavy rain event in the LAF...though it was a 3 day event, technically. 6-10-2004: 0.88" 6-11-2004: 3.41" 6-12-2004: 4.24" 3 day total: 8.53" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjwise Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 (slight repost) Don't see this every day. River or I-696? You decide. Also, I looked up the #1 record holder for daily precip in Detroit (7/31/1925) and there was a similar (synoptic low-driven) setup, albeit more east-west oriented with the path of the (shallower) surface low: 7/31/25 8AM 8/1/25 8AM Consistent with the differences in the track of the low, the 1925 rainfall event was more east-west oriented too, with Grand Rapids (1.5"+) and Buffalo (1.5"+) getting big totals, but Toledo only got 0.4" just an hour south of Detroit the same day Detroit got 10 times that. Today there was a solid 3" or higher corridor from southwest of Toledo, up to DTW and points east and northeast, then curving northwest up to Saginaw and Bay County surrounds. As for me, I "only" got ~1.25" from this event east of KARB. It was consistently dark out nearly all day though save for a brief patch of sky I saw around 9AM and 9PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjwise Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Crazy impressive. Is this a historic rainstorm? Any Mets care to chime in on what caused this. Was this predicted? I'm not a met, but it was basically fall-like synoptic forcing (deepening surface low with upper level support approaching detroit from the southwest) came together with summer-like atmospheric moisture content and went to town over a surprisingly wide swath of a metro area. It was historic, although to be fair we've gotten a few rainstorms approaching this one displaced a county or two west within the past few years, but even those have been some isolated 4-5" reports, not widespread 4-5" reports across nearly an entire county's worth of area like this, and not over a major metro area. There's a 6.25" report from DTX from near Southfield. That's almost 20% of the annual average precip for this area falling in a couple of hours. Nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargers09 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Wondering if any additional heavy rainfall will exacerbate issues today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Wondering if any additional heavy rainfall will exacerbate issues today At least right now it looks like the stuff coming later to day will be scattered, however any appreciable rains at this point could really exacerbate things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Numerous closures are still in effect on major freeways as we approach the morning rush hour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Crazy impressive. Is this a historic rainstorm? Any Mets care to chime in on what caused this. Was this predicted? I'm not a met, but I'm sure part of it, as is the nature with convection, was pure luck. But also, there was a rapidly deepening low pressure system developing over the city (as a northern and southern stream wave phased) with nearly tropical moisture levels that helped to seal the fate, so to speak. As stated before, some models did hint at this outcome, but it was such an anomalous event still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 At least right now it looks like the stuff coming later to day will be scattered, however any appreciable rains at this point could really exacerbate things. The east side looks to most at risk today, as that's where the best combined instability/low-level convergence will lie. But ultimately, however much daytime heating we see should dictate the coverage/intensity of any t'storms today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettman320 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Any word on river flooding? Clinton river in Sterling Heights and Clinton township is at record flood stage. I live in Sterling Heights but I'm currently stuck in kalamazoo for school. I know in 2004 extensive damage occured and the river was lower than it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I cannot recall ever getting flooding quite like this. My neighborhood got lucky and dodged the worst however streets are still under water in spots. All my friends in the Detroit burbs called in to say they couldn't make it to work today as all the freeways are closed and flooded. Yikes. Storms are firing up east of us in Canada and I hope they stay east of us. We've had enough rain for the month thank you! I was actually going to make a trip into downtown today to meet up with some old buddies but I had to cancel on them last week for something unrelated. Assuming they are still meeting today, canoeing will be their only viable form of transportation. Is there any serious flooding in downtown or is it all in the neighborhoods? The surface streets from what I hear are mostly fine. It's the freeways that are still bad. More storms, unfortunately, look to be brewing just to the NW. But for now, things should dry up some with the sun out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 The surface streets from what I hear are mostly fine. It's the freeways that are still bad. Storms, unfortunately, looked to be brewing just to the NW. But for now, things should dry up some with the sun out. MSP is telling people NOT to travel around Detroit today if at all possible. I'm watching those storms as much as I can. The cells south of Cadillac seem to be going due south ATM, but cells in northern IN are going almost due east. I deduce that the WEMI cells at some point are going to start turning toward the east, but hopefully far enough south to avoid the Detroit area. Time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centriptic Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Not sure about data on the Clinton River, but its highest I've ever seen it in the Clinton Twp area. (I work with the Department of Roads, so i've had the pleasure of setting up road closures all day for the flooded roads) I took some pictures of the flooding near crest. Ill try to upload them this afternoon on the desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Moved the MI/OH rain/flooding posts from the August thread to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Round 2 here we go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Round 2 here we go... Yep. The t'storms look to be fairly tame so far though, as far as additional rainfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Boogieman Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Round 2 here we go... Yeah, looks like those storms made that turn! We just had a quick downpour with the sun still out. Edit... EC has Severe watch in ON for half dollar sized hail and stuff??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 696/Mound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogieman Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=827302150627296 I'm not sure where this is, but the original poster is in Southgate, so I'm guessing right around there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=827302150627296 I'm not sure where this is, but the original poster is in Southgate, so I'm guessing right around there. That might be Southfield and Outer Drive (Allen Park)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 I saw a picture on twitter: an underpass, with a 14'2" indicated height. Water was about 12ft above ground (2 ft under the bridge). Perhaps near DTW. Toledo Express (TOL) had 2.04" of rain. My parents had 4.8" of rain. Toledo Executive Airport (TDZ) had 3.21" of rain. --- PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 345 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2014 .TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON .DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. ..REMARKS.. 1035 AM HEAVY RAIN PERRYSBURG 41.55N 83.62W 08/11/2014 M0.00 INCH WOOD OH BROADCAST MEDIA 5.95 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED IN TWO AND HALF HOURS JUST SOUTH OF I-475. 1117 AM HEAVY RAIN HASKINS 41.46N 83.70W 08/11/2014 M0.00 INCH WOOD OH BROADCAST MEDIA 4.9 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED. ---- public information from DTX --- ..WAYNE COUNTY 2 ESE BELLEVILLE M 2.68 12 42.19N 83.45W 2 NNW LIVONIA M 2.93 12 42.42N 83.39W GROSSE POINTE FARMS M 3.06 12 42.40N 82.89W 2 NE LIVONIA M 3.26 12 42.42N 83.34W 5 ENE CANTON M 3.44 10 42.34N 83.40W ESE DEARBORN M 3.50 7 42.31N 83.21W SSW LIVONIA M 4.00 2 42.40N 83.37W 1 NW CANTON M 4.03 M 42.31N 83.49W ALLEN PARK M 4.15 9.5 42.26N 83.21W GARDEN CITY M 4.16 10 42.33N 83.33W TAYLOR M 4.25 M 42.23N 83.27W 6 NNE DOWNTOWN DETROIT M 4.32 24 42.41N 83.00W 6 NNE DOWNTOWN DETROIT M 4.38 12 42.41N 83.00W WYANDOTTE M 4.39 M 42.21N 83.16W 4 S DETROIT M 4.57 12 42.32N 83.11W SW ROMULUS M 4.57 24 42.22N 83.37W WNW WOODHAVEN M 4.66 12 42.13N 83.24W 1 NW DEARBORN HEIGHTS M 4.97 12 42.34N 83.29W DEARBORN M 6.16 12 42.31N 83.21W DEARBORN M 6.31 12 42.31N 83.21W --- CoCoRAHS precip plots for Toledo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 That underpass in the picture is I-75 and I-696 Chinook, the one in the video is the Southfield at Outer Drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman1952 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Rather quiet today. just some minor showers left. I have had 2.67" IMBY while in Bay County the most that recorded was 5.35" Now, on to mowing the lawn before it get away. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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