May 20, 2004
Severe weather round #2 on May 20th featured damaging straight-line winds, large hail (up to golfball size), and flash flooding as several short lines or clusters of thunderstorms moved across south-central and southeast Wisconsin. In the Paddock Lake area (Kenosha Co.), the powerful wind gust to 56 kts (65 mph) toppled large trees, with one falling onto a home. Flash flooding over Kenosha County was the result of slow-moving, training thunderstorms that dumped 2.54 inches of rain in Paddock L
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5403803). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Kenosha County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.