RAINFALL

WIND ADVISORY: Until 1:00 PM Saturday – All of Southeastern/East Central Michigan – Wind gusts of 45-50 MPH are possible as we work through the overnight hours and into Saturday.

Rain clouds have moved into Metro Detroit overnight and into this morning, bringing some much needed rainfall into our forecast.

After a nice end to the holiday week, we keep the dry weather around for another day before rainfall moves into the region

WIND ADVISORY: Until 9:00 PM Saturday Night - Wind gusts up to 50 MPH are possible across all of Southeastern Michigan. Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high-profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

The weekend will be dry for most of it before rain moves into the region by the end of the weekend and stick around for Halloween.

Another day of above average temperatures is on the way for Monday before rainfall moves into the region by the middle of the week

After scattered showers across the region on Sunday, more showers are anticipated heading into early next week

After some rain on Sunday, the showers will be sticking around for the beginning of next week

Comparing annual and monthly rainfall totals for the Detroit area over a 50-year period.

Macomb County officials are concerned that heavy rainfall will cause more erosion at a stormwater drain than runs along I-94, which could potentially take out part of the freeway.

Here is the weather forecast for Metro Detroit.

Here is the weather forecast for Metro Detroit.

Here is the weather forecast for Metro Detroit.

Here is the weather forecast for Metro Detroit.

Here’s a closer look at the rainfall totals since this week’s rain started Tuesday afternoon in Metro Detroit.

The Great Lakes Water Authority is bracing for heavy rains and flooding over the next few days.

Sunday is the day. If you’ve been yearning for a great day of fall golf, this is it. If you want one more great day at the lake (on either the water or the beach), this is it

A severe storm threat is in the forecast Tuesday.

The Great Lakes Water Authority says the Conner Creek pump station is nearly 100-years-old and needs upgrades.

It will be warmer and muggier with a severe storm threat in forecast for Saturday, July 24.

Communities, including parts of Detroit’s east side and Grosse Pointe, were hit hard with flooding three weeks ago.

The Great Lakes Water Authority is holding a news conference Thursday afternoon to discuss preparedness for this weekend's forecasted rainfall.

It has been almost twenty days since torrential rain hit Metro Detroit and flooded thousands of basements all across the region.

On Tuesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer requested that President Joe Biden declare a major disaster for the state of Michigan as a result of the heavy rainfall and flooding that occurred in late June.

Rain showers return today with highs near 70 degrees. The rain is expected to continue all day with on and off showers.

Michigan Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence took a tour Friday of the areas of Metro Detroit hit hardest by the floods.

City crews discovered a sanitary manhole that appeared to have a recent overflow on Tuesday.

The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners has declared a state of emergency in response to flooding in homes due to heavy rainfall.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has requested the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct a joint preliminary damage assessment (PDA) and review damages and response costs due to the heavy rainfall and flooding in Wayne County.

If your basement floods like it or not you are in a race against time.

The weekend storms helped June 2021 become one of the wettest Junes on record for Detroit

City officials in Dearborn held a press conference Saturday afternoon to update residents on the city’s flood response.

Metro Detroit woke up to major flooding and thousands of power outages Saturday morning after heavy rain pounded the area overnight.

Here are rainfall totals for southeastern Michigan communities as of Monday morning.

DETROIT Record-setting rain deluged southeast Michigan this past Friday into Saturday, with most of it falling in a 24-hour period. Read back: Flooding damages homes, leaves cars stranded across Metro DetroitOfficially at Detroit Metro Airport (DTW), the 2.83 inches of the rain that fell on Friday set a single day rainfall record for that date, shattering the old record of 2.38 inches set in 1932. Want to know how much rain fell near your neighborhood? Here is the list of totals as reported to the National Weather Service. The winner (or, really, the loser) was Owosso -- take a look at how much it received!

But how much rain fell, and how historic was it? That amount of rain falling at Midland in a forty-eight hour period is statistically expected to occur only about once every twenty-five years, so the fact that this rain fell in thirty-six hours means that it was a 25-to-50 year event. Adding insult to injury is that this rain came after another inch to inch-and-a-half of rain fell last Thursday into Friday. I've told you many times in the past that global warming does not CAUSE individual weather events. In this case, extreme precipitation events are definitely occurring more often, and there is a very simple reason why: as Earth warms, more ocean water is evaporating into the atmosphere.

DETROIT Flood watches and warnings have been issued for southeastern Michigan counties Sunday through Tuesday. There is a flood watch in effect for Detroit and all of southeast Michigan from 8 a.m. Sunday to 11 a.m. Monday. There is a lakeshore flood warning in effect for Macomb, Monroe and Wayne counties until 8 a.m. on Tuesday. Sanilac and St. Clair counties have also been issued a lakeshore flood warning until 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Track the radar

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Rain certainly reigned, but it came in two batches. The first came Thursday morning into the afternoon, followed by a big batch of thunderstorms overnight Thursday night. Curiously, at my home in Farmington Hills, I measured exactly 0.63″ of rain after the first batch ended Thursday afternoon, and then received another 0.63″ Thursday night! Here is a comprehensive list of totals as of 8:30 this morning, as reported by the National Weather Service. And by the way, we may have a similar amount of rain coming our way on Sunday.

Metro Detroit weather: Stormy start on May 15, 2020 -- May 15, 2020 noon updatePublished: May 15, 2020, 12:18 pmOvernight thunderstorms with heavy downpours have moved out of the area, so the National Weather Service has cancelled the Flood Watch early.