Published: Aug. 28, 2018
Heavy rain floods several areas in
Washington County
By Nicholas Dettmann
ndettmann@conleynet.com
262-306-5043
TOWN OF TRENTON — Jamie and Eileen
Kudek have lived in their home on Highway 33, next to the Milwaukee River
between Newburg and West Bend, for nearly 20 years and it’s been around since
Jamie’s grandfather built it.
That’s why, despite the flooding
issues the Kudeks have during any significant rainfall, they don’t plan to
move.
Instead, they’ve had fun with it.
Eileen Kudek said she’s given her
husband a beer through a window from the house while he’s in a boat.
When asked if the Kudeks get nervous
before a predicted thunderstorm, Eileen said, “not really.”
On Monday, in the aftermath of
Sunday’s heavy rains throughout Washington County and southeastern Wisconsin,
the Kudeks’ grandchildren — Hannah Koby, Brooklynn Harmon and Jakora Harmon —
spent a portion of the day retrieving food, such as cucumbers, cantaloupes and
zucchini, from the Kudeks’ garden, which was mostly underwater.
They were having fun.
Koby said rain measured about 6
inches in her grandparents’ yard. Others in the area reflected on what was, to
some, an overwhelming storm.
“I can’t remember if we’ve had
storms like this,” said Connie Puerling of Newburg, who lives up the hill from
Fireman’s Park. She added she saw the skies were green as the storm moved
through, with some areas sounding tornado sirens.
Andrew Dionne said, while fishing
next to the Milwaukee River in West Bend with Collin Totten, also of West Bend,
“the backyard is a little wet.”
Their fishing spot, which was on
Auxiliary Court, had three steps next to the river that were underwater.
According to Andy Boxell,
meteorologist from the National Weather Service’s Milwaukee office in Sullivan,
municipalities throughout Washington County received, on average, 4-6 inches of
rain. He said some spot areas had as much as 7 inches of more.
West Bend ranged from 2.46 inches to
7.25 inches.
Other preliminary data reported to
the National Weather Service indicated Kewaskum got about 7.5 inches, Hartford
got more than 4.5, Slinger got 4.28 inches, Richfield ranged from 3-5 inches
and Germantown ranged from 2.85-3.9 inches.
Jackson got about 2.75 inches, but
tree branches
of about 4-6 inches in diameter were
reported down and wind gusts surpassed 70 mph.
Marcia Cronce, a meteorologist with
the National Weather Service in Sullivan, said a representative went to Jackson
to review a report of a possible tornado and found sporadic tree damage with
wind speeds of about 70 mph. But there were no indications of a tornado.
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