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Flash Flood — Brown, WI

Jul 20, 2019

Flood Cause
Heavy Rain

For the second consecutive day, a line of powerful thunderstorms moved across portions of central and east-central Wisconsin. The worst damage occurred from Wood/Portage counties eastward into the Fox Valley and lakeshore. Trees were uprooted or snapped and several structures were damaged as a result of straight-line winds and six weak, fast-moving tornadoes.||There was also a fatality due to drowning in Keshena (Menominee Co.) from abnormally fast flows on the Wolf River.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 847709). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Brown, WI

This event is one of many recorded floods in Brown County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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