Overview

• At 6:12 a.m. EDT, the National Weather Service issued a flood watch for Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties in effect until 8 p.m.
• Early advisories were posted for Lenawee and Monroe at 3:47 a.m., for Washtenaw at 5:22 a.m., and for Saginaw at 8:21 a.m., citing excessive rainfall.
• Washtenaw County received a flash flood warning at 5:50 a.m. after Doppler radar showed thunderstorms with heavy rain and flash flooding ongoing or imminent.
• A 2:12 p.m. advisory covered Huron and Tuscola until 5:15 p.m., alongside a strong thunderstorm alert noting gusts up to 30 mph and the potential for brief funnel clouds.
• The weather service urges residents to avoid flooded roads—“Turn around, don’t drown”—and to report flooding to local authorities when it is safe to do so.