LansingWeather

Nice!

I find it very interesting you are able to grow those plants in this climate zone. Even in the summer. We get lows in Lansing in the Upper 40s in July some years and, to my knowledge, upper 40s is likely to kill those types of flora.

wow nice! looks a bit like my backyard back home

That blows my mind to not maintain it, but mostly to not drain the lake. This was a well advertised storm.

I mean, dam.

Interesting. I find it funny people are giving so much crap to the Edenville dam owner for it's failing. It was built in the 1920's, it should have been updated but I doubt anything else would have held up against this flood. The only thing I can think of is the dams were far too small for the amount of water the Tittibawassee drains. After 4-7 inches of rain over the entire basin, there would be no way for the tiny spillways to let out water at a faster rate than was incoming. Why didn't they nearly drain the lakes before the event? It was always supposed to be a very large rain event - but not THIS big or pervasive.

Did you see the video? I wouldn't really call that "still standing"...

HOLY SHIT! I was there for 2 hrs this morning. I didnt think it would be total failure!

Flash Flood Warning Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Gaylord MI 1216 AM EDT Tue May 19 2020 MIC051-191145- /O.CON.KAPX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200519T1145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Gladwin MI- 1216 AM EDT Tue May 19 2020 ...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE CEDAR RIVER BELOW THE CHAPPEL DAM... ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EDT FOR the Cedar River below the Chappel Dam in SOUTHWESTERN GLADWIN COUNTY... At 1212 AM EDT, Emergency Management reported flash flooding is imminent on the Cedar River below the Chappel Dam. THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR areas around the Cedar River below the Chappel Dam. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. SOURCE...Emergency Management. IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding of low water crossings, small creeks and streams. Flood waters are moving down the Cedar River from the Chapel Dam. All people within this area need to seek higher ground immediately! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to higher ground now. This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property. && LAT...LON 4402 8460 4403 8441 4395 8435 4383 8439 4382 8460 FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC This flood warming is what got me to drive yup there at 12am. It was incredible to see. I stayed a while in edenville on the way back to watch the dam. Very creepy watching it, I didn't check out sanford because I was so tire, but I wonder how that dam looked... Gladwin was incredibly bad. A lot of the town was under water. Luckily in town I saw a lot of the houses were actually up on hills so I only saw a few with water in them, but man the river was waaaayyy out of its bank through town.

Holy crap, I have been to that exact hill as pic #1. I actually rode my dirt bike to the top lol. Small world!

So lets go for a June snow thread?

Come join me ALL the way south. Except I am back in Michigan right now because of the pandemic. Wish I wasn't tbh.

As in October/November?

Yes that one! Tragic, but wow was that an awesome video. Would be better if someone placed the camera then went for safety though.

Very true but those people have the most incredible videos. As long as they understand the risk then that is their choice. I watched this video this old guy filmed. It was the most amazing video i've ever seen, not sure where it was taken but it shows a tornado come directly over his house. Unfortunately it killed his wife but somehow he was relatively ok.

I was gonna say that too, but I held my tongue.

Wow, glad you are ok. I guess this is the south welcoming you....

would be heaven in meteorological winter....

I don't remember huge flakes march 22, but also this is true in a NW flow. But when you get a marginal BL with a cutter you would expect larger flakes. Living in Lansing my whole life I have noticed nearly every time flakes end up being pixie dust. Just nice to see today even though nothing was sticking for long.

All snow here. Big dendrites actually. Better flakes in April than the winter lol

I had some dime sized hail too here in Haslett. Was very surprising.

Storm over by BC has nearly tennis ball hail. Warned my friend en route to BC right now and he is gonna stop till it passes lol. Per radarscope and VIL. Said 2.5" hail. Warned for golfball though.

I just got back from intercepting it. Had a few minutes of hail up to around a quarter. But most were dime sized. The meso formed when I was there but as of when I had left there wasn't much tightening going on.

I chase them in beater cars. Follow the high VIL rating. We had actually intercepted 3 storms with ~quarter sized hail. The last one we were getting hailed on when the TORWARN was issued for what would become the Dexter tornado. This was just to the NE of Jackson and south of Fowlerville. Not sure if it was in Jackson or Washtenaw county.

Was that the year of the EF-3 in Dexter? My friend and I went out chasing hail cores, ended up being right at the formation of the TOR which moved over Dexter, AFAIK I am the only one who go tthe formation of that TOR on video. Was a huge highlight of my adventures.