1,435 first-hand accounts of flood events in Wisconsin, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →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.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure slowly tracked east across east-central Wisconsin to central Lake Michigan through the day on Friday (7/5). Showers and thunderstorms developed shortly after daybreak and then became more concentrated during the mid-morning into the early afternoon.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure slowly tracked east across east-central Wisconsin to central Lake Michigan through the day on Friday (7/5). Showers and thunderstorms developed shortly after daybreak and then became more concentrated during the mid-morning into the early afternoon.
Read the full account →A few rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms moved along a stationary front that was draped across southern WI. Two tornadoes occurred with the second line of storms in the early afternoon.
Read the full account →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…
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 →Rainfall totals of 3 to 4 inches caused flash flooding across parts of southwest Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening of June 12 from repeat thunderstorms. Hardest hit communities were in Grant County and included Potosi, Tennyson and British Hollow.
Read the full account →Flash flooding occurred ahead of a cold front that moved southeast into a warm and unstable air mass. Early storms produced large hail and some wind damage before an east to west boundary formed in the Appleton area, providing the focus for training thunderstorms and flooding.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms producing heavy rain moved into Bayfield County dropping 3.00 inches in the town of Bayfield and 3.61 inches in the town of Washburn. Several roads were closed as the Fish Creek overtopped its banks between Moquah and Ashland.
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 →A shortwave trough and a persistent transport of very moist air into southern WI led to numerous thunderstorms and resultant wind damage, flash flooding, and river flooding. We Energies reported 11,500 customers without power with a majority of them in Milwaukee County.
Read the full account →A series of thunderstorms, slowly moving northeast at 10 mph, trained through the Big Bend area of southeast Waukesha Co., dumping 4 to 6 inches of rain between 0400CST and 0900CST in Big Bend.
Read the full account →A series of thunderstorms feeding off of a humid tropical-like airmass repeatedly trained across portions of southcentral and southeast Wisconsin during the late evening of the 20th into the early morning hours of the 21st. The net result was widespread flash flooding.
Read the full account →During the late evening of Sunday, March 12, flash floods occurred over a couple southern Wisconsin counties as a complex of thunderstorms producing torrential rainfalls moved across the area.
Read the full account →Very slow moving clusters of thunderstorms developed across south-central Wisconsin during the early afternoon hours of June 25th. Very heavy rains within these storms produced 3 to 5 inches of rain in some areas and resulted in flash flooding near Sun Prairie (Dane Co.,…
Read the full account →A convective thunderstorm complex that orginated over southern Minnesota moved east/southeast across southern Wisconsin and generated a line of strong to severe storms.
Read the full account →Heavy rains, in some cases, setting new daily records across south-central and southeast Wisconsin, resulted in most rivers reaching or exceeding flood stage. Thunderstorms and cloud-to-ground lightning were reported across the southeastern counties.
Read the full account →One inch rainfalls between 1900CST and 2000CST resulted in scattered field and lowland flooding across Dodge county, especially near streams and creeks. Soil erosion and washed out crops were reported. Some roads became blocked, and some minor road shoulder washouts were noted.
Read the full account →Repeated rounds of strong thunderstorms with heavy rainfall produced several inches of rain in the Baraboo River Basin and surrounding areas on September 21-22. Moderate flooding occurred along the Baraboo River from La Valle to Reedsburg to Rock Springs.
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