Sep 23, 2010
A stationary front set up across central Wisconsin on the evening of September 22nd. As an unusually moist air mass flowed over this boundary, heavy rain developed and fell repeatedly across the area during the evening and overnight hours. Soils were abnormally wet for this time of year, therefore the extreme rainfall amounts that fell caused significant widespread flooding and flash flooding. Buffalo, Trempealeau, Jackson, Taylor, Clark, and Juneau counties were included in federal disaster de
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 262995). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Trempealeau County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.