Heavy rains flood streets, close roads in Milwaukee area
Road ClosureA resident describes heavy rainfall causing street flooding, with water over roads and flooding in Milwaukee neighborhoods.
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00:00in the back of the yard.00:02So, yeah, it's probably, oh, 50 yards away, but yeah, it's up in my backyard.00:08If it gets up to the house, we're in deep boudou, because we're about 15, 20 feet higher than the ground, you know, the ground back there.00:18So, but it's definitely, it's definitely foggy.00:22And, yeah, parts of Waukeshire were closed down Saturday, I think, or Sunday.00:28Water was over the road.00:31So that was a lot of rain.00:34I've never seen it rain that hard here before.00:37It sounded like there was a jet engine, a jet sitting in my driveway,00:41or somebody with a fire hose squirting house, or several fire hoses.00:46I looked out the window, I could not see the street.00:49And I'm only about 75 feet away from the street out my window, and I could not see it.00:55It was just solid rain.00:57So, yeah, it's definitely come down.01:07Yeah, I've seen some pictures of, you know, like an intersection I'm very familiar with, 27th Street in Morgan Avenue, Milwaukee.01:16Showed it underwater.01:18Somebody showed another intersection, 27th Street at Mitchell Street in Milwaukee.01:23Water up over the curb.01:25water running right into people's basement windows.01:29I don't recall,01:32I don't recall that neighborhood ever flooding my entire life.01:36I'm pretty familiar with the area down around Cleveland, 8th and 9th of Cleveland from that flooded many times, a couple times since.01:46And she was nine.01:47I was like,01:51my dad used to live right there by the creek.01:54They bought all the houses that were there that were on the block where my dad lived in.
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in the back of the yard.
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So, yeah, it's probably, oh, 50 yards away, but yeah, it's up in my backyard.
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If it gets up to the house, we're in deep boudou, because we're about 15, 20 feet higher than the ground, you know, the ground back there.
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So, but it's definitely, it's definitely foggy.
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And, yeah, parts of Waukeshire were closed down Saturday, I think, or Sunday.
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Water was over the road.
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So that was a lot of rain.
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I've never seen it rain that hard here before.
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It sounded like there was a jet engine, a jet sitting in my driveway,
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or somebody with a fire hose squirting house, or several fire hoses.
00:46
I looked out the window, I could not see the street.
00:49
And I'm only about 75 feet away from the street out my window, and I could not see it.
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It was just solid rain.
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So, yeah, it's definitely come down.
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Yeah, I've seen some pictures of, you know, like an intersection I'm very familiar with, 27th Street in Morgan Avenue, Milwaukee.
01:16
Showed it underwater.
01:18
Somebody showed another intersection, 27th Street at Mitchell Street in Milwaukee.
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Water up over the curb.
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water running right into people's basement windows.
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I don't recall,
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I don't recall that neighborhood ever flooding my entire life.
01:36
I'm pretty familiar with the area down around Cleveland, 8th and 9th of Cleveland from that flooded many times, a couple times since.
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And she was nine.
01:47
I was like,
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my dad used to live right there by the creek.
01:54
They bought all the houses that were there that were on the block where my dad lived in.
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Location mentioned:
Near S 27th St, Milwaukee, WI 53215
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