1,435 first-hand accounts of flood events in Wisconsin, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Heavy snow fall during winter remained on the ground through the end of March and then rapidly melted, resulting in river stages close to record levels along Wisconsin's western border.
Read the full account →One person was killed near Victory (Vernon County) when a house was swept down a hillside by a mudslide during the early morning hours of the 22nd.
Read the full account →The second winter storm in a week struck during the Thanksgiving weekend, impacting Wisconsin from late Saturday evening November 30th through Sunday December 1st.
Read the full account →A line of thunderstorms moved across southwest Wisconsin during the evening of October 1st. These storms produced winds strong enough to remove the roof from a farm building near Platteville (Grant County).
Read the full account →One would be hard pressed to find another day like June 1, 2000 in terms of depth and range of severe, convective weather events across south-central and southeast Wisconsin.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure area brought a 18-24 hour period of moderate to sometimes heavy rainfall. 3 to 6 inches of rain fell over far eastern WI, which resulted in river, creek, and lowland flooding. Numerous roads were flooded and closed.
Read the full account →A slow-moving surface boundary, nearly parallel with the mid-level flow affected southern Wisconsin during the period of June 7th through June 9th.
Read the full account →Several rounds of thunderstorms with heavy rain occurred across portions of western Wisconsin during the early morning of August 28th. These storms were centered along and north of Interstate 94 from Monroe County southeast through Adams County.
Read the full account →Several rounds of thunderstorms with heavy rain occurred across portions of western Wisconsin during the early morning of August 28th. These storms were centered along and north of Interstate 94 from Monroe County southeast through Adams County.
Read the full account →Several rounds of storms with heavy rain moved across north-central Wisconsin during the early morning of July 15th. Radar estimates indicate a band of 3 to 5 inches of rain fell from northwest Clark County to the southeast part of the county.
Read the full account →Storms moved across southwest Wisconsin during the early morning hours of August 8th. These storms produced heavy rainfall with radar estimates of 2 to 2.5 inches. Runoff from this heavy rain caused some rock slides to occur near Potosi (Grant County).
Read the full account →Severe weather in the form of a tornado, damaging straight-line downburst winds, large hail, and flash flooding hammered a small piece of south-central and much of southeast Wisconsin during the late afternoon and evening hours.
Read the full account →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…
Read the full account →A slow-moving surface boundary, nearly parallel with the mid-level flow affected southern Wisconsin during the period of June 7th through June 9th.
Read the full account →River flooding was prevalent across southern WI during the month of September after receiving 12 to 20 inches of rain from August 16th to September 5th. Additional rains throughout the remainder of the month prolonged the flooding.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms brought multiple rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall to central Wisconsin on September 21st. The heaviest rain caused flash flooding in Wood County during the evening hours, closing and damaging roads and bridges.
Read the full account →One would be hard pressed to find another day like June 1, 2000 in terms of depth and range of severe, convective weather events across south-central and southeast Wisconsin.
Read the full account →One person was killed near Victory (Vernon County) when a house was swept down a hillside by a mudslide during the early morning hours of the 22nd.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms that developed across west central Minnesota early Wednesday morning, moved eastward into east central, Minnesota, and into west central Wisconsin.
Read the full account →Flash flooding occurred primarily in eastern Waukesha county as a result of heavy rainfall amounts in excess of 5 to over 8 inches in a 30 hour period ending about 1000CST. This flash flooding was greater than a "100 year rainfall" based on rainfall frequency maps.
Read the full account →Torrential rainfalls due to "training" thunderstorms moving N/NW into Port Washington resulted in probably the worst flash flooding ever experienced by that city. Within about 2 hours the city picked up 6 to over 7 inches of rain...
Read the full account →A slow-moving surface boundary, nearly parallel with the mid-level flow affected southern Wisconsin during the period of June 7th through June 9th.
Read the full account →Periods of moderate rainfall on February 19-20th resulted in 1.25-2.50 inches of rain. The rain fell on top of a snow cover of 0 to 3 inches and a frozen ground.
Read the full account →For the second night in a row, thunderstorms with very heavy rain rolled across southwest Wisconsin producing widespread flash flooding during the evening of June 22nd.
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