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Flash Flood — Ozaukee, WI

Jul 26, 2007

A series of thunderstorm cells moved south through southern Wisconsin during the mid-morning hours on July 26th. Some of these cells trained over the same area, resulting in flash flooding. During the afternoon and evening hours, the activity regenerated and shifted east to the lakeshore counties and over Lake Michigan. In one case, a west-east line of storms over Lake Michigan (east of Milwaukee to Kenosha from 1800 to 2000CST) possessed WSR-88D reflectivity values of 65-70 dBZ and hail algo

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 50082). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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