1,435 first-hand accounts of flood events in Wisconsin, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →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 →Parts of south-central and southeast Wisconsin experienced several rounds of record-setting torrential heavy rains during the afternoon and evening hours of July 22, 2010 that led to flash flooding and damage.
Read the full account →Parts of south-central and southeast Wisconsin experienced several rounds of record-setting torrential heavy rains during the afternoon and evening hours of July 22, 2010 that led to flash flooding and damage.
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 →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 →Heavy rains, combined with snow melt runoff, caused the Mississippi River to reach near record levels. In fact, at most locations the water reached levels second only to the all-time flood of record, which occurred in April 1965.
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 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 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 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 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 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 →Two-day rainfall totals of between 0.90 inch and 1.35 inches fell over southern Wisconsin on March 10th through March 11th. This rain fell on frozen ground that also had snow cover between 5 and 12 inches deep, melting some of the snow that added between 0.20 of an inch to…
Read the full account →Two-day rainfall totals of between 0.90 inch and 1.35 inches fell over southern Wisconsin on March 10th through March 11th. This rain fell on frozen ground that also had snow cover between 5 and 12 inches deep, melting some of the snow that added between 0.20 of an inch to…
Read the full account →A persistent surge of relatively moist and unstable air north of a stationary front brought heavy rain and flash flooding to portions of south central WI. 4-6 inches of rain fell.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms that developed in warm, moist and unstable air ahead of an approaching cold front produced torrential rain that resulted in significant flash flooding, especially in the Oshkosh (Winnebago Co.) area.
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 →Scattered thunderstorms developed well north of a warm front, that was across southern Iowa, during the evening of the June 18th. These storms were slow moving and produced some localized heavy rain and flash flooding across Crawford and Vernon Counties.
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 →Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were common across southwest Wisconsin during the afternoon of September 9th. This rain fell fast enough and on soils that were already saturated and produced some flash flooding.
Read the full account →Persistent warm and moist advection over an outflow boundary triggered thunderstorms over west central WI that organized into a large and slow moving squall line.
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