A large area of very heavy rain has flooded large sections of southeast Wisconsin. Here’s a look at some unbelievable rain amounts.

These rain amounts fell in just one day-yesterday. In fact most of the rain fell in less than 24 hours.

The heaviest rain between six inches and just over 12 inches fell yesterday, August 10, between Milwaukee, Waukesha and just north of Milwaukee.

Here’s a good visualization of where the heavy rain fell.

The heaviest reliable rainfall measurement tallied up to 12.62 inches at Pewaukee, west of Milwaukee.

There was an unofficial rain gauge measurement of 14.50 inches, but that has not been accepted as valid by the National Weather Service. It doesn’t mean that’s an incorrect measurement. It’s just not a verified rain gauge reporting the heavy amount. It’s

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