Heavy Rain in Wisconsin, July 11, 2006

Name: Heavy Rain in Wisconsin, July 11, 2006
Start: 2006-07-11T12:00
End: 2006-07-11T15:00
Location: Wisconsin

July 11, 2006 · NWS MKX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A series of slow moving thunderstorms dumped heavy rains of around 2 to over 4 inches. Only some minor urban and small stream flooding occurred.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS MKX wrote it up.

A series of slow moving thunderstorms dumped heavy rains of around 2 to over 4 inches. Only some minor urban and small stream flooding occurred. No damage was reported as water got up to the top of curbs. A trained spotter southwest of Verona measured 4.12 inches of rain for the afternoon hours. A citizen west of Lake Mills measured 3.71 inches of rain for the afternoon hours. The wastewater treatment plant in Lake Mills picked up 2.76 inches of rain.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 1:15 PM CST, 22 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:15 PM CST, 22 hours 45 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Dane

When: July 11, 12:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where: Dane County, 4 mi SW of Verona
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.067, -89.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Jefferson

When: July 11, 12:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, 4 mi WSW of Lake Mills
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.021, -88.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Wisconsin in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Wisconsin, July 2006

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5520280, 5520281.