Historic Flooding Inundates Milwaukee Over the Weekend

Almost a foot of rain fell in a short amount of time in southeast Wisconsin. Saturday night into Sunday morning, some areas neighboring Milwaukee saw 5-8 inches of rain, with some localized spots surpassing 9 inches!

That was complicated by another round of rain on Sunday, but thankfully that round was just far enough west to avoid a repeat incident. By the time the rain came to an end on Sunday, some areas were pushing a FOOT of rain. This far north is quite impressive to pick up that much rain - this was the second-most rain Milwaukee picked up over a 2 day stretch. Ever. Not just for the day - that record was obliterated

All of that rain had to go somewhere, and area creeks swole past records too. The old record on the Milwaukee River was about 10 and a half feet was surpassed early Sunday morning as all of the water ran off.