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Flood — Buffalo, WI

Sep 6, 2015

During the evening of September 6th, thunderstorms developed north of a nearly stationary front across the west central portions of Wisconsin. The first round of thunderstorms produced some locally heavy rains and damaging winds. A tree was blown down onto a house in Merrillan (Jackson County) and another house near Warrens (Monroe County) sustained roof and siding damage from the winds. A second round of thunderstorms then developed and moved very slowly over the same area as the previous storm

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 598056). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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