Overview
- Record 5.74-inch downpour in Milwaukee set a new daily rainfall record and sent the Milwaukee River to a crest of 11.19 feet, triggering life-threatening flash floods.
- Organizers canceled the fair’s final day and the Lynyrd Skynyrd concert after floodwaters inundated the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
- Fire departments and emergency responders conducted hundreds of water rescues while roads and sections of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport remained submerged.
- Nearly 47,000 We Energies customers in southeast Wisconsin have lost power and major road closures continue to disrupt travel.
- The National Weather Service has extended flood watches for parts of Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin and forecasts additional heavy rain through Monday morning.