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Lakeshore Flood — Southern Oconto, WI

Dec 1, 2019

The second winter storm in a week struck during the Thanksgiving weekend, impacting Wisconsin from late Saturday evening November 30th through Sunday December 1st. The storm developed over the Central Plains early Saturday, then quickly moved east to the Wisconsin/Illinois border on Sunday. Warm air aloft brought a mix of rain, sleet, freezing rain, and snow to the area Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening, transitioning to all snow by Saturday night and continuing into Sunday. A band of 8 to

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 869773). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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