1,435 first-hand accounts of flood events in Wisconsin, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →Showers and thunderstorms tracked through central and east-central Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening on Wednesday (7/16) as a mesoscale convective vortex tracked along a cold front through southern Wisconsin.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms tracked through central and east-central Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening on Wednesday (7/16) as a mesoscale convective vortex tracked along a cold front through southern Wisconsin.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms tracked through central and east-central Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening on Wednesday (7/16) as a mesoscale convective vortex tracked along a cold front through southern Wisconsin.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted across northwestern Wisconsin the morning of the 4th bringing a very warm and humid airmass to the region. Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours with a few being severe across Burnett and Washburn counties.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms tracked through central and east-central Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening on Wednesday (7/16) as a mesoscale convective vortex tracked along a cold front through southern Wisconsin.
Read the full account →A historic flash flood and record rainfall occurred over portions of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Area and Southeast WI resulting in damages in the $100s Millions.
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 →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 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 →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 →Scattered to widespread heavy rains across south-central and southeast Wisconsin during the period of June 9-12, 2004 kept many rivers and streams at or above flood stage for a good part, or most of the month.
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 →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 →During the period of June 20th to June 28th, portions of southern Wisconsin experienced repeated rounds of thunderstorms, with rainfall of 1 inch to as much as 6 inches per round. The run-off from these heavy rain events caused area rivers and streams to flood.
Read the full account →Repeated rounds of showers and some thunderstorms during the second half of April brought rain totals for the entire month to between 5 and 8 inches, or between 150 percent and 200 percent of normal across southern Wisconsin.
Read the full account →The second week of April saw rainfall totals between 2 inches and 5 inches across southern Wisconsin. These totals represented 300 percent to 600 percent of the amount normally seen from April 7th through the 14th.
Read the full account →The second week of April saw rainfall totals between 2 inches and 5 inches across southern Wisconsin. These totals represented 300 percent to 600 percent of the amount normally seen from April 7th through the 14th.
Read the full account →The second week of April saw rainfall totals between 2 inches and 5 inches across southern Wisconsin. These totals represented 300 percent to 600 percent of the amount normally seen from April 7th through the 14th.
Read the full account →The second week of April saw rainfall totals between 2 inches and 5 inches across southern Wisconsin. These totals represented 300 percent to 600 percent of the amount normally seen from April 7th through the 14th.
Read the full account →A historic flash flood and record rainfall occurred over portions of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Area and Southeast WI resulting in damages in the $100s Millions.
Read the full account →A historic flash flood and record rainfall occurred over portions of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Area and Southeast WI resulting in damages in the $100s Millions.
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