Widespread moderate to heavy rains across south-central and southeast Wisconsin during the period of November 1-4, resulted in an improvement to long-term drought conditions.  Thunderstorms with locally heavy rain were noted on November 1st, 2nd, and 4th.  Training of convective cells occurred on a line from southwestern Iowa County to the Middleton and Madison area in Dane County to the Juneau area in Dodge County.  These corridor had rainfall totals of 5 to over 6 inches for the four-day period.  Heavy rains during the pre-dawn hours on November 4th combined with leaf-clogged storm sewers to produce minor urban flooding in the cities of Madison, Sheboygan (Sheboygan Co.), and Milwaukee (Milwaukee Co.).  These rains were primarily responsible for an improvement of moderate (D1) to severe (D2) drought conditions to abnormally dry (D0) to moderate (D1) conditions by the end of November, 2003.  Three consecutive, daily, rainfall records were set at Madison on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, where the 4-day total was 5.09 inches.  An unofficial 6.8 inches was measured for Nov 1-4, at a location a couple miles west of Middleton.  The monthly rainfall at Madison's Truax Field was 7.49 inches, or 5.18 inches above normal.  This was the 2nd wettest November on the books.  The south-central counties experienced another round of decent rains on November 23rd, with Madison registering 1.70 inches.  A monthly total of 8.11 inches was measured in the village of Mazomanie in northwest Dane County.  Other scattered locations in Lafayette, Iowa, Dane, Columbia, and Green Lake Counties also had over 8 inches of precipitation for the month.  At Milwaukee's Mitchell Field, 3.94 inches of rain fell during the month, or 1.24 inches above normal.  Of this total, 3.59 inches fell during the first four days of the month.  In response to the rains on the first four days of the month, water levels in lakes, rivers, and streams rose from 25% to 50% of capacity to 75% to 90% of their bank-full levels by the end of the month.

Heavy Rain in OZAUKEE, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: PORT WASHINGTON
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in IOWA, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: DODGEVILLE
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in GREEN, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: MONROE
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in LAFAYETTE, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: DARLINGTON
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in ROCK, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: JANESVILLE
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in WALWORTH, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: ELKHORN
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in RACINE, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: RACINE
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in KENOSHA, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: KENOSHA
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in MARQUETTE, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: MONTELLO
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in GREEN LAKE, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: GREEN LAKE
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: FOND DU LAC
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: SHEBOYGAN
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in SAUK, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: BARABOO
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in COLUMBIA, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: PORTAGE
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in DODGE, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: BEAVER DAM
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: WEST BEND
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in DANE, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: MADISON
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in JEFFERSON, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: FT ATKINSON
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: WAUKESHA
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
From 01-NOV-03 00:00:00 to 04-NOV-03 23:59:00 (CST)
Location: MILWAUKEE
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC