December Rains Prompt Flood Watches In Wis.
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin is getting a soaking from rare December rainfall.
The National Weather Service has issued flood watches for southwestern, south-central and southeastern Wisconsin as a slug of rain pushes northward into Wisconsin from the central U.S.
In southwest Wisconsin, the weather service says nearly 4 inches of rain already had fallen on Viroqua by Sunday morning, and it was still raining. Another 1 to 2.5 inches of rain is possible through Monday afternoon.
The weather service says up to 2.6 inches of rain could fall along and northwest of a line from Janesville to Sheboygan.
Besides the rain, Wisconsin also seeing balmy weather for mid-December. Milwaukee broke a record high at 10 a.m. Sunday when the temperature reached 59 degrees. The previous record of 58 was set in 1975.
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