Oct 17, 2016
Thunderstorms, that moved along a frontal boundary, produced heavy rainfall across northern Wisconsin on the evening of October 17th and isolated large hail after midnight. The heaviest rain fell in a swath from far northern Lincoln County to Florence County. Some of the heaviest rain fell in Rhinelander (Oneida County) where there was minor street flooding. The rainfall total of 4.64 inches at Rhinelander, most of which fell in just a few hours, set a new calendar day rainfall record for Octobe
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 662474). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Oneida County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.