Oct 24, 2001
Rare, out-of-season severe thunderstorms, with up to golf-ball to baseball-size hail, pelted parts of southern Wisconsin during the overnight hours of October 23, 2001. The storms cut a swath from southern Green County to the Janesville/Beloit area in Rock County, to the area east of Elkhorn (Walworth Co.), to the southern part of the city of Racine (Racine Co.). The largest hailstones, and consequently the greatest amount of damage, occurred in the southern part of city of Racine. In Racine,
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5269937). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Racine County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.