Sep 4, 2018
Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a slow moving cold front in a very moist and unstable air mass. The storms produced a wind gust to 63 mph in Wausau (Marathon Co.) and torrential rainfall. Twenty-four hour rainfall totals through early on the morning of September 5th were in excess of 3 inches at numerous locations. Sections of several streets in Merrill (Lincoln Co.) were closed due to flooding and there was some street flooding in Oneida County. The 2.81 inches of rain that fell in
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 786335). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lincoln County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.