August 27, 2018: Straight-line wind in Sauk County

A large west to east line of thunderstorms moving east to southeast late on August 27th into the early morning hours of August 28th brought more flash flooding and river flooding to Sauk, Columbia, Marquette, Green Lake, Fond du Lac, Dodge, and Jefferson Counties. This occurred along a stationary front within a very moist airmass. This rain event was the beginning of significant flooding on the Baraboo and Fox Rivers that continued into September. Flooding also began on the Rock and Crawfish Rivers due to repeated rounds of heavy rain during the last couple weeks of August. This also continued into September.