The Milwaukee area saw record rainfall after days of nonstop rain followed by persistent flood warnings. | Pixabay
The Milwaukee area saw record rainfall after days of nonstop rain followed by persistent flood warnings. | Pixabay
The Milwaukee area saw record rainfall after days of nonstop rain followed by persistent flood warnings.
“We broke several rain records Sunday in Milwaukee," FOX6 meteorologist Tom Wachs posted on Twitter after the rain had finally dissipated. "[There was] 4.78 inches of rain Sunday in Milwaukee, 5.57 inches total at MKE [airport] through Monday morning and nearly 10 inches of rain reported in Racine.”
FOX6 Milwaukee reports that flood warnings remained in effect for several days, including over the weekend. Milwaukee received nearly 5 inches of rain on Sept. 11, while Racine was drenched by more than nine inches in a single day.
The 4.78 inches in total accumulation that hit Milwaukee erased the 22-year-old single-day city record of 2.96 inches. On average, most towns in the area received 3 to 9 inches of precipitation, with the heavy downpour also setting a record for total rainfall on any day in September, surpassing the 8-decade-old mark of 4.32 inches set on Sept. 8, 1941.
The Washington Post reports that several roads, including major highways, were heavily flooded and power outages had occurred across much of Southeast Wisconsin. The water level of local rivers and streams also rose.
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