1,435 first-hand accounts of flood events in Wisconsin, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A series of strong to severe storms traversed western into central Wisconsin from the morning hours of October 24th into October 25th, producing heavy rain and mostly small hail.
Read the full account →A series of strong to severe storms traversed western into central Wisconsin from the morning hours of October 24th into October 25th, producing heavy rain and mostly small hail.
Read the full account →A series of strong to severe storms traversed western into central Wisconsin from the morning hours of October 24th into October 25th, producing heavy rain and mostly small hail.
Read the full account →A line of thunderstorms developed across far western Wisconsin Thursday morning, June 14th, and tracked eastward across west central Wisconsin. Some of these storms produced up to quarter size hail near Rice Lake, along with significant street flooding.
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.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms that developed over northwest Minnesota during the evening of June 20th, moved across western Wisconsin during the early morning hours of the 21st. These storms produced large hail and winds strong enough to cause damage.
Read the full account →A line of intense thunderstorms swept in from Minnesota and caused widespread straight-line wind damage to many areas of central and western Wisconsin. This was one of the worst storms to hit the region in over 25 years.
Read the full account →A series of thunderstorms, slowly moving northeast at 10 mph, trained through southern Columbia Co. and dumped 5 to 7 inches of rain between 0500CST and 1000CST.
Read the full account →The 3rd round (June 10th) of severe weather during the week was more widespread than the 2nd round. The usual large hail and/or damaging thunderstorm wind reports were common (large trees knocked over), as well as isolated flash flooding or urban/small stream flooding.
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 →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 series of thunderstorms with heavy rains repeatedly trained through a corridor from northwest of East Troy (Walworth Co.) to Waukesha (Waukesha Co.) to the Wauwatosa area (Milwaukee Co.), resulting in flash flooding damage.
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 →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 stagnant weather pattern on August 23rd and 24th resulted in waves of heavy rain and severe thunderstorms. A warm front pushed north during the afternoon of August 23rd.
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 →Three rounds of thunderstorms produced wind damage and flash flooding during the afternoon, evening, and overnight hours of August 9th. The thunderstorms developed as a cold front trailing from low pressure over northeast Wisconsin moved into a hot, humid and unstable air mass…
Read the full account →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 series of thunderstorms, slowly moving northeast at 10 mph, trained through the Milwaukee area... dumping 2 to 4 inches of rain between 0900CST and 1300CST. The resultant urban flooding closed some roads, notably College Ave. from 27th to 31st street.
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