Apr 18, 2002
A warm front across Wisconsin lifted north during the afternoon and evening. Moist and very unstable air south of the front led to the development of severe thunderstorms. The storms produced 5 tornadoes, damaging straight line winds, large hail and some flooding.Brief tornado touchdowns in Lincoln county, Oneida county and Marathon county snapped numerous trees. Marathon county had hundreds of trees downed and numerous barns and farm sheds destroyed by a combination of straight line winds an
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5293648). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Oneida County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.