Monday Rain Obliterates State Record, State Of Emergency Declared

MADISON, WI — Monday's rain storm that passed through Wisconsin set the state's all-time record for the most rain that fell in a 24-hour period.

The old record was set on June 24, 1946, when 11.72 inches of rain fell near Mellen according to the National Weather Service. Monday's rainfall obliterated that record, as 15.33 inches washed out Cross Plains.

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Dane County officials declared a state of emergency a little before 9 a.m. Tuesday. The declaration qualifies the county for state and federal disaster assistance.

Evacuations are ongoing in the rural communities of Black Earth, Cross Plains and Mazomanie, which are just west of Madison. According to media reports, all roads in and around Cross Plains were closed Tuesday morning and travelers were asked to stay away from the town.

Man Swept Away In Current

Officials in Dane County say they have revocered the body of a man who was swept away by floodwaters on Monday night.

According to a Madison.com report, the Madison Fire Department was called to a rescue operation near Chapel Hill Road and Regis Road on Madison's west side just after 9 p.m. Monday after a vehicle got stranded in floodwaters.

The report stated that the car was swept into an embankment. Bystanders managed to get three people trapped inside out of the car. Two were pulled to safety, and the third - a man in his 70s, was "ripped from the hands of a bystander by a strong current in the floodwaters." That man was found in a water retention pond Tuesday morning.

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