Jul 19, 2017
A line of severe thunderstorms moved across southwest Wisconsin during the evening of July 19th. Locations from Prairie du Chien (Crawford County) east to Gotham (Richland County) and Platteville (Grant County) were hit with winds of 60 to 70 mph. Hangars and vintage World War II plane were damaged at the Prairie du Chien airport, an outbuilding was damaged near Mt. Hope (Grant County) and significant tree and power line damaged occurred in Lancaster (Grant County).
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 709982). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in La Crosse County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.