1,435 first-hand accounts of flood events in Wisconsin, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
2 to 5 inches of rainfall forced the evacuation of a trailer park near Platteville when several feet of water rushed under mobile homes. Coon Branch Creek near Benton flooded a nearby park, causing damage to a ball field, a concession stand and a couple of bridges.
Read the full account →After repeated rounds of thunderstorms with heavy rain, some flash flooding occurred across parts of Buffalo, Trempealeau and Clark Counties. Flood waters covered State Highway 88 and County Road B near Gilmanton (Buffalo County), County Road D near Strum (Trempealeau County)…
Read the full account →After repeated rounds of thunderstorms with heavy rain, some flash flooding occurred across parts of Buffalo, Trempealeau and Clark Counties. Flood waters covered State Highway 88 and County Road B near Gilmanton (Buffalo County), County Road D near Strum (Trempealeau County)…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms began to develop during the afternoon of Wednesday, June 26th. These storms developed from the Twin Cities, northeast across east central Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin and moved slowly southeast.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms dropped 4 to 8 inches of rain, causing extensive flash flooding. Several mudslides were reported by law enforcement officials, while numerous roads were covered with water as much as 2 to 3 feet deep.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms dropped 4 to 8 inches of rain, causing extensive flash flooding. Several mudslides were reported by law enforcement officials, while numerous roads were covered with water as much as 2 to 3 feet deep.
Read the full account →A continuous feed of moisture, in a low to mid-level warm air advection regime, impinged along an outflow boundary draped across southern Wisconsin.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across portions of southwest Wisconsin throughout the day on July 23rd. The heavy rain pushed most of the streams out of their banks in the Bloomington area (Grant County), flooded basements in Mt.
Read the full account →A line of thunderstorms from the approach of a strong cold front resulted in straight-line wind damage in the Village of Sullivan. Numerous tree damage occurred and structural damage to a storage building.
Read the full account →Flooding continued during the day as a result of excessively heavy rainfall Friday night into Saturday morning. Numerous roads remained closed due to washouts, while streams and creeks were overflowing.
Read the full account →For the second consecutive night, flash flooding affected southwest Wisconsin, with rainfall amounts totaling 2 to 4 inches. Law enforcement officials and emergency managers reported mudslides blocking highways.
Read the full account →For the 3rd consecutive day, severe weather struck parts of south-central and southeast Wisconsin on June 3rd in the form of an isolated tornado, downburst winds (toppled trees), and a flash flood.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms affected much of northern, central and east-central Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening of July 16 with tornadoes, downburst winds and large hail.
Read the full account →Late afternoon thunderstorms rumbled across southern Wisconsin producing classic severe weather damage in many locations. There were numerous reports of wind damage to trees and power lines, large hail, and lightning.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms dropped 4 to 8 inches of rain, causing extensive flash flooding. Several mudslides were reported by law enforcement officials, while numerous roads were covered with water as much as 2 to 3 feet deep.
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 →The second round of adverse weather on the 17th started off as a large hail and damaging wind event in Sauk County, but quickly changed to a heavy rain and flash flooding event as individual cells became more numerous and clusters moved east/southeast.
Read the full account →The second round of adverse weather on the 17th started off as a large hail and damaging wind event in Sauk County, but quickly changed to a heavy rain and flash flooding event as individual cells became more numerous and clusters moved east/southeast.
Read the full account →The second round of adverse weather on the 17th started off as a large hail and damaging wind event in Sauk County, but quickly changed to a heavy rain and flash flooding event as individual cells became more numerous and clusters moved east/southeast.
Read the full account →A mesoscale convective system (MCS) moved east across southern Wisconsin and generated scattered severe downburst winds, flood-producing rains, and intense lightning strikes.
Read the full account →An isolated severe thunderstorm, dumped large hail in Lafayette County. However, several additional clusters of thunderstorms trained east/southeast across Lafayette and Green Counties, resulting in flash flooding.
Read the full account →Three rounds of severe thunderstorms affected parts of south-central and southeast Wisconsin on September 11, 2000:1) The 1st round consisted of a cluster of storms that produced damaging straight-line winds in Walworth County.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell across much of St. Croix, Dunn and Chippewa Counties, with the heaviest rainfall (four inches or more) in a swath from New Richmond (St. Croix County) to Stanley (Chippewa County). Water was several feet deep over many state and local roads.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell across much of St. Croix, Dunn and Chippewa Counties, with the heaviest rainfall (four inches or more) in a swath from New Richmond (St. Croix County) to Stanley (Chippewa County). Water was several feet deep over many state and local roads.
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