1,435 first-hand accounts of flood events in Wisconsin, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Repeated thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flash flooding over parts of central Wisconsin. Hardest hit was the northeast part of Adams County where Doppler radar estimated total amounts of 15 inches.
Read the full account →A warm front extended west to east across the Upper Mississippi River Valley on June 7, which provided the focus for thunderstorms producing excessive rainfall and other severe weather.
Read the full account →A band of thunderstorms with heavy rain moved northwest to southeast from northwest Iowa County to southwest Green County during the early morning hours of June 22nd.
Read the full account →Isolated flash flooding occurred in Fond du Lac county as a result of heavy rainfall amounts up to 5 inches in a 30 hour period ending about 1200CST. No one was injured or killed by the flood waters.
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 →Severe weather round #2 on May 20th featured damaging straight-line winds, large hail (up to golfball size), and flash flooding as several short lines or clusters of thunderstorms moved across south-central and southeast Wisconsin.
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 →After experiencing several round of moderate to heavy rains during the week of June 6-12, parts of southcentral and southeast Wisconsin suffered yet another round of heavy rains on June 13th. The result was widespread flooding of rivers, streams, creeks, and urban areas.
Read the full account →The Rock River at Afton rose above its flood stage of 9 feet on May 24 at 0122 CST and crested on June 1st. The river fell below its flood stage on July 8th. The Rock River at Newville rose above its flood stage of 10 feet on May 26 at 1430 CST and crested on June 6th.
Read the full account →The Fox River at Berlin rose above its flood stage of 13 feet on May 25th at 2115 CST. The river crested on June 18th at 16.24 feet, 3.24 feet above flood stage. Water damage to road systems, parks, treatment plants, and basements was noted along most rivers and streams.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed along a warm front in central Minnesota during the evening of August 7th. These storms moved southeast during the overnight and early morning hours of August 8th, bringing widespread rainfall amounts of two to three inches to the area.
Read the full account →A line of severe thunderstorms moved out of Minnesota and into western and central Wisconsin during the morning hours of August 13th. Strong winds created tree and minor structural damage, while widespread heavy rain of 3 to 4 inches caused some flash flooding, road closures,…
Read the full account →A cold front moved through northwest Wisconsin the night of the 26-27 and dropped a widespread area of 2-3 inches of rain over parts of Sawyer County.
Read the full account →A warm front extended west to east across the Upper Mississippi River Valley on June 7, which provided the focus for thunderstorms producing excessive rainfall and other severe weather.
Read the full account →A warm front extended west to east across the Upper Mississippi River Valley on June 7, which provided the focus for thunderstorms producing excessive rainfall and other severe weather.
Read the full account →A warm front lifting northward into Iowa triggered round after round of thunderstorms leading to excessive rainfall across southwest Wisconsin during the evening and overnight hours of August 18-19. Total rainfall amounts of 10 to 15 inches were common.
Read the full account →A line of severe thunderstorms moved out of Minnesota and into western and central Wisconsin during the morning hours of August 13th. Strong winds created tree and minor structural damage, while widespread heavy rain of 3 to 4 inches caused some flash flooding, road closures,…
Read the full account →Late afternoon thunderstorms rumbled across southern Wisconsin producing classic severe weather damage in many locations. There were numerous reports of wind damage to trees and power lines, large hail, and lightning.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed along the same east to west stationary front resulting in flash flooding over central and southern Marinette county during the night. There were reports of some minor road washouts and basement flooding.
Read the full account →The evening of August 13th, a slow moving mesoscale convective complex developed, with a band of intense thunderstorms across Pierce, Pepin, and Eau Claire counties in west central Wisconsin.
Read the full account →Repeated rounds of heavy rains over a 3-day period resulted in considerable farm field and lowland flooding across Jefferson county. Starting with the 16th, and ending in the morning hours on the 18th, 2 to 6 inches of rain fell on top of saturated ground.
Read the full account →The Mississippi River crested in April 2001 at levels second only to the all-time flood of record, which occurred in April 1965. Even though water levels were receding, the river remained above flood stage, which continued flooding until the middle of May.
Read the full account →A strong spring storm system produced a swath of 1.5 to 3 inches of rain over much of central Wisconsin from the evening of March 15th into the morning of the 16th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over northeast Iowa Wednesday evening before tracking over east central Wisconsin overnight on May 2nd into the morning of May 3rd.
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