Sep 17, 2015
Several waves of thunderstorms moved across east central Minnesota, and into west central Wisconsin during the morning of Thursday, September, 17th. These storms dropped up to 5-6 inches of rain in Barron County before 9 AM LST. There were reports of washed out roads near Cameron, Barron and Chetek. Heavy rainfall, and associated runoff, also caused several creeks near Bloomer in Chippewa County to flood and caused one highway west of Bloomer to close.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 594699). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Chippewa County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.