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Flash Flood — Ozaukee, WI

Jun 18, 1996

Torrential rainfalls due to "training" thunderstorms moving N/NW into Port Washington resulted in probably the worst flash flooding ever experienced by that city. Within about 2 hours the city picked up 6 to over 7 inches of rain... on top of 5 to 6.5 inches that fell in the previous two days. Water reached 3 to 4 feet deep on some roads, while most manhole covers were swept away. A state of Emergency was declared by city officials at 0800CST, with the height of the storm occurring at 0830 to 0

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5566559). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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