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Flash Flood — Dane, WI

Aug 18, 2007

Significant flash flooding affected parts of south-central and southeast Wisconsin during the overnight hours of August 18th into the pre-dawn hours of August 19th, in a roughly 75-mile wide band from the Iowa-Sauk County border through Dane County to Racine and Kenosha Counties. The flash flooding was the result of very heavy overnight rains from August 18th into August 19th, rangning from 4 to 7 inches (roughly one or two summer month's worth of rain in 24-hours). However, WSR-88D Doppler ra

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 56509). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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