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Flash Flood — Douglas, WI

Sep 30, 2019

A warm front set up over the region during the early morning hours of the 30th. Torrential rainfall was reported overnight leading to saturated soils in the area. Additional showers and thunderstorms moved over these same areas during the late morning and early afternoon hours and led to some isolated flash flooding in Douglas County Wisconsin where water over the roadway led to a few closed roads.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 857026). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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