Rain totals in some Milwaukee County spots top 10 inches as of early Sunday
As of 8:35 a.m., St. Francis was reporting 10.5 inches, Bayside 9.93 inches and Greenfield 9.19 inches.
Earlier Sunday, at 4 a.m., the weather service posted these estimated totals:
Waukesha and Milwaukee areas: 7 to 10 inches or more; West Bend and Port Washington areas: 4 to 6 inches; Racine area: 1 to 3 inches.
Areas father north, west and south received 1 to 2 inches of rain, including Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Portage, Madison, Whitewater and Kenosha.
An additional 1 to 2 inches of rain is expected to fall across much of the area, including the Milwaukee metro, into Monday.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: milwaukee Wisconsin rain totals Aug. 10
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