Aug 27, 2018
A warm front lifted through Wisconsin the night of the 26th and into the morning of the 27th, leaving a moist and unstable airmass across the region. A cold front in eastern Minnesota pushed east during the afternoon to provide the lift to initiate storms. The storms produced very heavy rain that led to some flooding and also had some damaging winds.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 779003). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Sawyer County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.