1,435 first-hand accounts of flood events in Wisconsin, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Long duration showers and some thunderstorms dumped 2 to 3 inches of rain across parts of southcentral and southeast Wisconsin on top of a saturated ground.
Read the full account →Several rounds of thunderstorms moved west to east across the same locations and dumped enough rain to cause flash flooding in the city of Kenosha (Kenosha County).
Read the full account →Leftover thunderstorms from the evening of May 17th eventually moved through Kenosha County during the pre-dawn hours on the 18th, and left in their wake flash flooding conditions around Somers.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding of rivers and streams occurred over Green and Rock Counties for several days in mid-February. To prevent motorists from crossing flooded bridges, law enforcement officials closed several bridges on county roads during the period of Feb 15th through the 19th.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding of rivers and streams occurred over Green and Rock Counties for several days in mid-February. To prevent motorists from crossing flooded bridges, law enforcement officials closed several bridges on county roads during the period of Feb 15th through the 19th.
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 afternoon and early evening of Saturday, August, 7th, a line of thunderstorms developed across west central Wisconsin. These storms remained nearly stationary for an hour or two and produced over 5 inches of rainfall in a short period of time across Eau Claire.
Read the full account →Several rounds of storms moved across western Wisconsin during the afternoon of August 7th. One of these storms produced an EF3 tornado that started in Boscobel (Grant County) and traveled east/southeast before dissipating south of Blue River (Grant County).
Read the full account →Several rounds of storms moved across western Wisconsin during the afternoon of August 7th. One of these storms produced an EF3 tornado that started in Boscobel (Grant County) and traveled east/southeast before dissipating south of Blue River (Grant County).
Read the full account →Several rounds of storms moved across western Wisconsin during the afternoon of August 7th. One of these storms produced an EF3 tornado that started in Boscobel (Grant County) and traveled east/southeast before dissipating south of Blue River (Grant County).
Read the full account →Several rounds of storms moved across western Wisconsin during the afternoon of August 7th. One of these storms produced an EF3 tornado that started in Boscobel (Grant County) and traveled east/southeast before dissipating south of Blue River (Grant County).
Read the full account →Several rounds of storms moved across western Wisconsin during the afternoon of August 7th. One of these storms produced an EF3 tornado that started in Boscobel (Grant County) and traveled east/southeast before dissipating south of Blue River (Grant County).
Read the full account →Several rounds of storms moved across western Wisconsin during the afternoon of August 7th. One of these storms produced an EF3 tornado that started in Boscobel (Grant County) and traveled east/southeast before dissipating south of Blue River (Grant County).
Read the full account →Several rounds of storms moved across western Wisconsin during the afternoon of August 7th. One of these storms produced an EF3 tornado that started in Boscobel (Grant County) and traveled east/southeast before dissipating south of Blue River (Grant County).
Read the full account →Persistent strong east to northeast winds of 20 to 30 knots with frequent gusts of 30 to 40 knots resulted in high waves of 8 to 12 feet for a 12 to 18 hour period from the evening of October 24th through the afternoon of October 25th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms produced flooding rains over portions of South Central Wisconsin and far southern Southeast Wisconsin. The storms produced damaging wind gusts over Lafayette and Dane counties.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed well north of a warm front, that was across southern Iowa, during the evening of the June 18th. These storms were slow moving and produced some localized heavy rain and flash flooding across Crawford and Vernon Counties.
Read the full account →A line of storms moved across western Wisconsin during the morning of July 27th. These storms produced damaging winds and large hail. Behind the first line of storms, redevelopment occurred during the late morning with these storms also producing some large hail.
Read the full account →Excessive thunderstorm rains produced flash flooding and relatively rapid rises on the larger tributaries in west and southwest Wisconsin. There was at least two feet of water over some roadways across southern Clark County and northern Jackson County, along with flash flooding…
Read the full account →Excessive thunderstorm rains produced flash flooding and relatively rapid rises on the larger tributaries in west and southwest Wisconsin. There was at least two feet of water over some roadways across southern Clark County and northern Jackson County, along with flash flooding…
Read the full account →On July 18th, a nearly stationary cold front extended across northern Wisconsin into central Minnesota. Not long after sunrise, a small complex of thunderstorms developed over eastern Minnesota ahead of the cold front.
Read the full account →A line of storms moved across portions of western Wisconsin during the afternoon of May 25th as a cold front moved across the region. These storms produced damaging winds across parts of Buffalo, Trempealeau, Jackson and Clark Counties.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed along a slow moving cold front across western Wisconsin during the late morning of August 4th. These storms produced some locally heavy rains that caused some flash flooding to occur near Granton (Clark County).
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front during the afternoon hours on Sunday (6/29) across central and east-central Wisconsin.
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