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Flash Flood — La Crosse, WI

Jun 15, 2015

Thunderstorms with very high rainfall rates and heavy rain moved across western Wisconsin during the afternoon hours of June 15th. The rainfall resulted in a mudslide south of Bangor (La Crosse County) that blocked both lanes of traffic on State Highway 162. The rain also caused Dutch Creek to come out of its banks and take out a snowmobile trail bridge and a pedestrian bridge in Bangor. The high rainfall rates overcame the drainage system on the south side of the city of La Crosse (La Crosse Co

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 575417). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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