Aug 19, 2007
Significant flash flooding affected parts of south-central and southeast Wisconsin during the overnight hours of August 18th into the pre-dawn hours of August 19th, in a roughly 75-mile wide band from the Iowa-Sauk County border through Dane County to Racine and Kenosha Counties. The flash flooding was the result of very heavy overnight rains from August 18th into August 19th, rangning from 4 to 7 inches (roughly one or two summer month's worth of rain in 24-hours). However, WSR-88D Doppler ra
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 56510). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Columbia County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.