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Flash Flood — Manitowoc, WI

Jun 12, 2008

Thunderstorms that developed in warm, moist and unstable air ahead of an approaching cold front produced torrential rain that resulted in significant flash flooding, especially in the Oshkosh (Winnebago Co.) area. Heavy rainfall caused street and other nuisance flooding in Waushara Co., Brown Co., Door Co. and Kewaunee Co. The State of Wisconsin suffered over a half billion dollars in damage from this flooding event.||The storms also produced some large hail and wind damage.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 121156). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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