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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.

Lakeshore Flood$3.3M damage

Kenosha, WI · Jan 11, 2020

Strong low pressure passing by to the southeast resulted in an extended period of strong north to northeast winds along the Lake Michigan shoreline of southeast and east central Wisconsin.

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Flash Flood$22.1M damage

Milwaukee, WI · Aug 6, 1998

A monumental flash flood event ravaged adjacent portions of Milwaukee and Waukesha counties during the afternoon and evening hours. For the northwest quarter of Milwaukee Co., and the northeast/ eastcentral parts of Waukesha Co., it was the second year in row (press headline -…

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Flood$300K damage

Sawyer, WI · Apr 12, 2023

Record breaking snowfall for the 2022-2023 winter season was received across all of northwest Wisconsin which was about 200% of normal snowfall. Much of this snowpack remained on the ground into April.

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Flood$23.5M damage

Racine, WI · Jul 12, 2017

Rounds of thunderstorms with torrential rainfall affected southern WI from late evening on July 11th through the morning of July 12th due to a strong surge of warm, moist, and unstable air over a stationary front.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Ozaukee, WI · Aug 10, 2025

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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Flash Flood$100K damage

Bayfield, WI · Jun 18, 2024

On Tuesday, June 18, 2024, a stationary surface front, in conjunction with an anomalously moist airmass over the Northland, resulting in widespread flash flooding.

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Flood$8.5M damage

Crawford, WI · Aug 28, 2018

A line of severe thunderstorms moved across western Wisconsin during the evening of August 27th. A brief tornado touched down and had an intermittent damage path between Tomah and Wyeville (Monroe County). The damage was limited to trees and power poles.

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Flash Flood$75K damage

Price, WI · Jun 25, 2024

Thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a warm front across northwest Wisconsin during the evening hours of the 24th. Storms quickly became severe in a very unstable and highly sheared environment as the grew upscale into a large complex during the late evening and early…

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Flash Flood$335K damage

Oconto, WI · May 12, 2022

Scattered thunderstorms developed along an instability ribbon from central to northeast Wisconsin during the afternoon hours on Thursday (5/12). The strongest storms produced large hail across this area.

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Flood$150K damage

Douglas, WI · Apr 11, 2023

Record breaking snowfall for the 2022-2023 winter season was received across all of northwest Wisconsin which was about 200% of normal snowfall. Much of this snowpack remained on the ground into April.

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Flood$6.5M damage

Vernon, WI · Aug 28, 2018

A line of severe thunderstorms moved across western Wisconsin during the evening of August 27th. A brief tornado touched down and had an intermittent damage path between Tomah and Wyeville (Monroe County). The damage was limited to trees and power poles.

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Flash Flood$75K damage

Grant, WI · Aug 17, 2025

Rounds of strong to severe storms throughout the day on August 16th resulted in instances of large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding in western Wisconsin. Hail with these storms reached up to golf ball sized near New Lisbon along with instances of tree damage.

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Flash Flood$58K damage

Marathon, WI · Jul 13, 2024

Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon on Saturday (7/13) as the area reached its convective temperature. These initial storms produced large hail up to 3 inches, gusty winds, and heavy rainfall across central Wisconsin.

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Flood$120K damage

Price, WI · Apr 11, 2023

Record breaking snowfall for the 2022-2023 winter season was received across all of northwest Wisconsin which was about 200% of normal snowfall. Much of this snowpack remained on the ground into April.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Grant, WI · Aug 10, 2025

Two separate rounds of storms moved through Grant County on August 10th bringing both heavy rain and flash flooding along with them. The first round of storms moved through during the early morning hours bringing widespread flooding issues to northern portions of the county.

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Flash Flood$10.0M damage

Walworth, WI · Jul 12, 2017

Rounds of thunderstorms with torrential rainfall affected southern WI from late evening on July 11th through the morning of July 12th due to a strong surge of warm, moist, and unstable air over a stationary front.

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Flood$4.5M damage

Vernon, WI · Aug 28, 2018

A line of severe thunderstorms moved across western Wisconsin during the evening of August 27th. A brief tornado touched down and had an intermittent damage path between Tomah and Wyeville (Monroe County). The damage was limited to trees and power poles.

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Flash Flood$6.0M damage

Green, WI · Jul 18, 1996

The same thunderstorms that trained southeast through nextdoor Lafayette county also created flash flooding in the Browntown to Monroe areas down to Martintown in Green county.

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Flood$4.9M damage

Sauk, WI · Aug 29, 2018

A line of severe thunderstorms produced widespread wind damage and 18 brief tornadoes across mainly Marquette, Green Lake, Fond du Lac, northern Dodge, and Sheboygan Counties.

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Flash Flood$30K damage

Sauk, WI · Jun 22, 2024

Severe thunderstorms developed across western Wisconsin and moved eastward across southern Wisconsin through the afternoon and evening hours on June 22nd due to passing low pressure and its approaching cold front.

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Flash Flood$30K damage

Dane, WI · Jun 22, 2024

Severe thunderstorms developed across western Wisconsin and moved eastward across southern Wisconsin through the afternoon and evening hours on June 22nd due to passing low pressure and its approaching cold front.

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Flash Flood$30K damage

Fond Du Lac, WI · Jun 22, 2024

Severe thunderstorms developed across western Wisconsin and moved eastward across southern Wisconsin through the afternoon and evening hours on June 22nd due to passing low pressure and its approaching cold front.

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Flash Flood$130K damage

Marinette, WI · May 12, 2022

Scattered thunderstorms developed along an instability ribbon from central to northeast Wisconsin during the afternoon hours on Thursday (5/12). The strongest storms produced large hail across this area.

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Flood$1.1M damage

Brown, WI · Mar 15, 2019

Several locations across northeast Wisconsin had snow depths around a foot or more above normal for late February and early March. Temperatures across central and northern Wisconsin warmed above freezing during the daytime hours starting around March 8th.

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