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Flood — Marathon, WI

Mar 16, 2016

A strong spring storm system produced a swath of 1.5 to 3 inches of rain over much of central Wisconsin from the evening of March 15th into the morning of the 16th. |Runoff from the heavy rain caused flooding of, mainly low-lying, areas along most of the main rivers across central Wisconsin. The heavy rain caused ponding of water roads, resulting in the closure of roads in the Merrill area (Lincoln Co.).||Some of the heaviest rainfall totals included: 3.30 inches near New Rome (Wood Co.); 3.0

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 626309). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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