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Wisconsin Flood Stories

1,435 first-hand accounts of flood events in Wisconsin, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood$100K damage

Lafayette, WI · May 22, 2004

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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Flash Flood$100K damage

Green, WI · May 23, 2004

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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Flash Flood$100K damage

Dane, WI · May 23, 2004

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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Flash Flood$100K damage

Iowa, WI · May 23, 2004

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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Flash Flood$100K damage

Racine, WI · May 20, 2004

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.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Dodge, WI · Sep 12, 2006

Scattered flash flood events occurred over southern Wisconsin thanks to a series of slow-moving clusters or short lines of thunderstorms, each with a round of heavy rain, that moved northeast through southern Wisconsin.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Jefferson, WI · Sep 12, 2006

Scattered flash flood events occurred over southern Wisconsin thanks to a series of slow-moving clusters or short lines of thunderstorms, each with a round of heavy rain, that moved northeast through southern Wisconsin.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Waukesha, WI · Sep 12, 2006

Scattered flash flood events occurred over southern Wisconsin thanks to a series of slow-moving clusters or short lines of thunderstorms, each with a round of heavy rain, that moved northeast through southern Wisconsin.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Milwaukee, WI · Sep 12, 2006

Scattered flash flood events occurred over southern Wisconsin thanks to a series of slow-moving clusters or short lines of thunderstorms, each with a round of heavy rain, that moved northeast through southern Wisconsin.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Racine, WI · Sep 12, 2006

Scattered flash flood events occurred over southern Wisconsin thanks to a series of slow-moving clusters or short lines of thunderstorms, each with a round of heavy rain, that moved northeast through southern Wisconsin.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Racine, WI · Sep 12, 2006

Scattered flash flood events occurred over southern Wisconsin thanks to a series of slow-moving clusters or short lines of thunderstorms, each with a round of heavy rain, that moved northeast through southern Wisconsin.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Kenosha, WI · Sep 12, 2006

Scattered flash flood events occurred over southern Wisconsin thanks to a series of slow-moving clusters or short lines of thunderstorms, each with a round of heavy rain, that moved northeast through southern Wisconsin.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Ozaukee, WI · Jul 26, 2007

A series of thunderstorm cells moved south through southern Wisconsin during the mid-morning hours on July 26th. Some of these cells trained over the same area, resulting in flash flooding.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Dodge, WI · Aug 22, 2007

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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Flash Flood$100K damage

Kenosha, WI · Aug 22, 2007

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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Flash Flood$100K damage

Racine, WI · Aug 22, 2007

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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Flash Flood$100K damage

Lafayette, WI · Aug 18, 2007

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…

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Waukesha, WI · Aug 22, 2007

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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Flash Flood$100K damage

Iowa, WI · Aug 22, 2007

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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Flash Flood$100K damage

Washington, WI · Aug 22, 2007

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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Flash Flood$100K damage

Jefferson, WI · Aug 19, 2007

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…

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Waukesha, WI · Aug 19, 2007

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…

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Pierce, WI · Aug 13, 2009

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.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Columbia, WI · Jul 22, 2010

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.

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