Milwaukee Weather
We May Have Dodged a Flooding BulletBy WTMJ News TeamMILWAUKEE - The National Weather Service has cancelled a flash flood watch that had been in effect. Storm Team Forecaster Michael Fish says the rain was lighter than feared overnight. Some areas got as much as an inch. But most areas got less and the rain fell slowly. "We had a line of storms out in Minnesota meet a stationary front. Normally that would lead storms to blow up. But in this case they lost balance and fell apart," Fish said. There were heavy storms just to the north and just to the south. And while we got rain overnight, it wasn't enough to cause more major flooding. There's a line of flash flood warnings to our west and south, but none in southeast Wisconsin. The news is certainly good for our area which is still cleaning up from Thursday's unprecedented deluge in Milwaukee County. Governor Doyle declared a State of Emergency in Milwaukee County on Friday, a day after nearly eight inches of rain caused widespread flooding across southeastern Wisconsin. The declaration frees up state agencies to work with local law enforcement and petitions President Obama to declare Milwaukee County a federal disaster area, thereby allowing for federal disaster aid.
Powerful thunderstorms caused 7 1/2 inches of rain in Milwaukee, widespread flooding Thursday evening in southern Wisconsin, closing down Milwaukee's airport and opening up a giant sink hole, and two people were hospitalized after being struck by lightning, authorities said. A second sinkhole in Milwaukee washed away portions of two basements. Moving forward, we're not totally out from under the gun yet. Fish says there's another change for storms later today. By tonight, though, it should start to clear out and Fish says we should have at least a couple of dry days. A flash flood watch had been in effect until 10 this morning, but the National Weather Service cancelled it early.
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