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Flood — Sauk, WI

Jun 18, 1996

Occasional heavy rains over a 3-day period finally resulted in the Baraboo river overflowing it's banks 3 to 10 miles downstream of the city of Baraboo. Lowland farm land flooded and there were mudslides near the river. A cow died from the high waters, and 25,000 acres of farm land flooded.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5566533). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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