Jun 12, 2008
Thunderstorms that developed in warm, moist and unstable air ahead of an approaching cold front produced torrential rain that resulted in significant flash flooding, especially in the Oshkosh (Winnebago Co.) area. Heavy rainfall caused street and other nuisance flooding in Waushara Co., Brown Co., Door Co. and Kewaunee Co. The State of Wisconsin suffered over a half billion dollars in damage from this flooding event.||The storms also produced some large hail and wind damage.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 121141). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Winnebago County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.