1,435 first-hand accounts of flood events in Wisconsin, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A second round of thunderstorms on May 21st came rolling into south-central and southeast Wisconsin later in the afternoon and evening bring more damaging wind gusts, heavy rain, and lightning.
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 →During the afternoon and evening hours of August 22nd, the second round of storms for the calendar day moved east 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 →Thunderstorms began to develop across portions of southern Minnesota the night of August 7th before midnight. A strong low level jet and deep moisture advection caused several waves of thunderstorms to develop along a line from near Hutchinson Minnesota, to the southern Twin…
Read the full account →Leftover lowland, river flooding continued into early July on the Fox River in Green Lake County, as well along the lower Rock River from Ft. Atkinson to the Illinois border. This lowland flooding started in late May, 2004 and continued through June, into early July, 2004.
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 →Dense snowpack, temperatures in the 80s, and heavy rain contributed to widespread flooding in central and southern Ashland County. Both the Bad and Chippewa Rivers flooded, closing roads in Mellin and Glidden.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary front across Wisconsin combined with upper air support and abundant moisture to produce a prolonged period of thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms moved across the north-central section of Wisconsin during the evening of September 4th. These storms packed some damaging winds that blew down trees near Greenwood (Clark County).
Read the full account →Thunderstorms moved across the north-central section of Wisconsin during the evening of September 4th. These storms packed some damaging winds that blew down trees near Greenwood (Clark County).
Read the full account →A long line of severe thunderstorms moved east at 50 mph across south-central and southeast Wisconsin during the pre-dawn and early morning hours. Besides powerful winds, flash-flood producing rains accompanied the storms.
Read the full account →A stationary front set up across central Wisconsin on the evening of September 22nd. As an unusually moist air mass flowed over this boundary, heavy rain developed and fell repeatedly across the area during the evening and overnight hours.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure area within a very moist airmass resulted in rounds of heavy rainfall and flash flooding. More specifically, a prolonged period of heavy rainfall over northern Jefferson County, far southern Dodge County, and northeast Dane County resulted in 4 to 8…
Read the full account →Heavy rains of 1 to 2 inches on top of a saturated ground due to previous rains, resulted in a slow rise of water levels on rivers, streams, and creeks across Walworth county. Roads, homes, golf courses, and other businesses became flooded.
Read the full account →Two rounds of showers and thunderstorms developed along the Mississippi River and then moved slowly southeast across southwest Wisconsin during the late evening of June 8th into the early morning of the 9th.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms produced wind damage, including a tornado, over east-central Wisconsin. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted and power lines downed.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary front across Wisconsin combined with upper air support and abundant moisture to produce a prolonged period of thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Isolated flash flooding occurred in Sheboygan county as a result of heavy rainfall amounts of 5 to 6 inches in a 30 hour period ending about 1200CST. Most of the rain fell after 0500CST on the 21st. 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 →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.
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches in two hours or less caused extensive flash flooding. Law enforcement officials reported several roads were impassable, with water a foot deep in some places.
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 →During the afternoon and evening hours of August 22nd, the second round of storms for the calendar day moved east across south-central and southeast Wisconsin.
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