1,435 first-hand accounts of flood events in Wisconsin, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
Read the full account →Clusters of severe thunderstorms moved southeast through south-central and southeast Wisconsin, resulting in damaging straight line winds that toppled large trees, very large damaging hail, and heavy rains that led to flash flooding.
Read the full account →Heavy rains of 2.0 to to 4.5 inches werer reported across parts of Waukesha and Milwaukee counties during the late afternoon and into late evening as thunderstorms tracked northeast over the same areas.
Read the full account →Heavy rains of 2.0 to to 4.5 inches werer reported across parts of Waukesha and Milwaukee counties during the late afternoon and into late evening as thunderstorms tracked northeast over the same areas.
Read the full account →A complicated weather scenario developed during the late afternoon and early evening of July 9th. A cold front pushing east into southwestern Wisconsin produced slow moving scattered thunderstorms across south-central Wisconsin as a lake breeze pushed west into the counties of…
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 →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Training of thunderstorms moving east/southeast through south-central and southeast Wisconsin overnight, resulted in isolated flash floods in the vicinity of Barvenveld, and some minor urban and small stream flooding elsewhere in Sauk, Dane, Rock, Green, and Lafayette counties.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms in Minnesota moved into west central Wisconsin and produced some damaging winds, torrential rainfall and hail. ||Up to 2.5 inches of rain fell in a 30 minute period in portions of west central Wisconsin causing roads and bridges to be flooded.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the morning hours on June 21st resulted in urban flooding in several cities across Jefferson county. In Watertown, some city streets were closed due to 1.62 inches of rain in a couple hours ending at 0600CST on the 21st.
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 →Rare, out-of-season severe thunderstorms, with up to golf-ball to baseball-size hail, pelted parts of southern Wisconsin during the overnight hours of October 23, 2001.
Read the full account →A line of severe thunderstorms moved out of Minnesota and into western and central Wisconsin during the morning hours of August 13th. Strong winds created tree and minor structural damage, while widespread heavy rain of 3 to 4 inches caused some flash flooding, road closures,…
Read the full account →A stationary front set up across central Wisconsin on the evening of September 22nd. As an unusually moist air mass flowed over this boundary, heavy rain developed and fell repeatedly across the area during the evening and overnight hours.
Read the full account →A stationary front set up across central Wisconsin on the evening of September 22nd. As an unusually moist air mass flowed over this boundary, heavy rain developed and fell repeatedly across the area during the evening and overnight hours.
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 →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 →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 →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 →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…
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