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Flood — Sawyer, WI

Aug 9, 2025

Another complex of thunderstorms developed the night of the 8th into the 9th across the Northern Plains and pushed eastward across the Northland during the morning hours. A bowing segment developed across northwest Wisconsin around sunrise and led to some areas of tree damage where it tracked. Heavy rainfall also produced some minor flooding in the community of Stone Lake.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1290318). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Sawyer, WI

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