1,435 first-hand accounts of flood events in Wisconsin, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →High lake levels and a persistent northeast wind resulted in lakeshore flooding near Little Suamico in southeast Oconto County and around Suamico in northern Brown County.
Read the full account →High lake levels and a persistent northeast wind resulted in lakeshore flooding near Little Suamico in southeast Oconto County and around Suamico in northern Brown County.
Read the full account →Mild temperatures and some rainfall led to snow melt and excessive runoff on a frozen ground. Numerous rivers flooded including flooding in atypical areas due to ice jams. Evacuations were needed in some communities.
Read the full account →Mild temperatures and some rainfall led to snow melt and excessive runoff on a frozen ground. Numerous rivers flooded including flooding in atypical areas due to ice jams. Evacuations were needed in some communities.
Read the full account →Mild temperatures and some rainfall led to snow melt and excessive runoff on a frozen ground. Numerous rivers flooded including flooding in atypical areas due to ice jams. Evacuations were needed in some communities.
Read the full account →Mild temperatures and some rainfall led to snow melt and excessive runoff on a frozen ground. Numerous rivers flooded including flooding in atypical areas due to ice jams. Evacuations were needed in some communities.
Read the full account →Mild temperatures and some rainfall led to snow melt and excessive runoff on a frozen ground. Numerous rivers flooded including flooding in atypical areas due to ice jams. Evacuations were needed in some communities.
Read the full account →Mild temperatures and some rainfall led to snow melt and excessive runoff on a frozen ground. Numerous rivers flooded including flooding in atypical areas due to ice jams. Evacuations were needed in some communities.
Read the full account →Mild temperatures and some rainfall led to snow melt and excessive runoff on a frozen ground. Numerous rivers flooded including flooding in atypical areas due to ice jams. Evacuations were needed in some communities.
Read the full account →Mild temperatures and some rainfall led to snow melt and excessive runoff on a frozen ground. Numerous rivers flooded including flooding in atypical areas due to ice jams. Evacuations were needed in some communities.
Read the full account →A series of thunderstorms, slowly moving northeast at 10 mph, trained through western Racine Co., dumping 4 to 6 inches of rain between 0400CST and 0835CST in Waterford. Water levels in some farm fields reached an unbelievable 5 to 6 feet.
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 →Leftover thunderstorms from the evening of May 17th eventually moved through Kenosha County during the pre-dawn hours on the 18th, and left in their wake flash flooding conditions around Somers.
Read the full account →The second round of adverse weather on the 17th started off as a large hail and damaging wind event in Sauk County, but quickly changed to a heavy rain and flash flooding event as individual cells became more numerous and clusters moved east/southeast.
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 →Heavy rain fell across much of St. Croix, Dunn and Chippewa Counties, with the heaviest rainfall (four inches or more) in a swath from New Richmond (St. Croix County) to Stanley (Chippewa County). Water was several feet deep over many state and local roads.
Read the full account →A large complex of thunderstorms, mainly consisting of very heavy rain and damaging winds, raked through most of southern Wisconsin during the early morning hours. This was round number one for the day.
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