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Flash Flood — Milwaukee, WI

Jul 22, 2010

Parts of south-central and southeast Wisconsin experienced several rounds of record-setting torrential heavy rains during the afternoon and evening hours of July 22, 2010 that led to flash flooding and damage. During the afternoon, a persistent band of strong to severe thunderstorms developed and moved very slowly over south central and southeast Wisconsin through the evening hours. The individual storms were moving quite fast, about 40 to 50 mph, but the slow southward movement of the boundary

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 252191). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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