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Wisconsin Flood Stories

1,435 first-hand accounts of flood events in Wisconsin, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

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Grant, WI · Sep 19, 2019

Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across southwest Wisconsin during the early morning hours of September 19th. These storms dropped between 2 and 4 inches of rain that caused water to go over roads in and near Lancaster, Beetown and Ellenboro (Grant County).

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Grant, WI · Sep 19, 2019

Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across southwest Wisconsin during the early morning hours of September 19th. These storms dropped between 2 and 4 inches of rain that caused water to go over roads in and near Lancaster, Beetown and Ellenboro (Grant County).

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Vernon, WI · Sep 20, 2019

Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across southwest Wisconsin during the early morning hours of September 19th. These storms dropped between 2 and 4 inches of rain that caused water to go over roads in and near Lancaster, Beetown and Ellenboro (Grant County).

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Flood

Vernon, WI · Sep 20, 2019

Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across southwest Wisconsin during the early morning hours of September 19th. These storms dropped between 2 and 4 inches of rain that caused water to go over roads in and near Lancaster, Beetown and Ellenboro (Grant County).

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Flood

Vernon, WI · Sep 19, 2019

Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across southwest Wisconsin during the early morning hours of September 19th. These storms dropped between 2 and 4 inches of rain that caused water to go over roads in and near Lancaster, Beetown and Ellenboro (Grant County).

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Vernon, WI · Sep 21, 2019

Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across southwest Wisconsin during the early morning hours of September 19th. These storms dropped between 2 and 4 inches of rain that caused water to go over roads in and near Lancaster, Beetown and Ellenboro (Grant County).

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Crawford, WI · Sep 22, 2019

Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across southwest Wisconsin during the early morning hours of September 19th. These storms dropped between 2 and 4 inches of rain that caused water to go over roads in and near Lancaster, Beetown and Ellenboro (Grant County).

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Crawford, WI · Sep 22, 2019

Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across southwest Wisconsin during the early morning hours of September 19th. These storms dropped between 2 and 4 inches of rain that caused water to go over roads in and near Lancaster, Beetown and Ellenboro (Grant County).

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Columbia, WI · Jun 20, 2018

After one of the wettest May's on record, above normal rainfall continued in June. Some rivers reached minor flood stage. The Yahara chain of lakes and surrounding marshland reached very high levels. Lake Kegonsa set a new high water record.

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Kenosha, WI · Jun 20, 2018

After one of the wettest May's on record, above normal rainfall continued in June. Some rivers reached minor flood stage. The Yahara chain of lakes and surrounding marshland reached very high levels. Lake Kegonsa set a new high water record.

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Rock, WI · Jun 19, 2018

After one of the wettest May's on record, above normal rainfall continued in June. Some rivers reached minor flood stage. The Yahara chain of lakes and surrounding marshland reached very high levels. Lake Kegonsa set a new high water record.

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Flash Flood

Iowa, WI · Oct 22, 2020

A persistent surge of relatively moist and unstable air north of a stationary front brought heavy rain and flash flooding to portions of south central WI. 4-6 inches of rain fell.

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Columbia, WI · Oct 22, 2020

A persistent surge of relatively moist and unstable air north of a stationary front brought heavy rain and flash flooding to portions of south central WI. 4-6 inches of rain fell.

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Grant, WI · Sep 20, 2018

Thunderstorms with locally heavy rains moved across portions of southwest Wisconsin during the late evening of September 19th into the early morning of the 20th.

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Flood

Grant, WI · Sep 20, 2018

Thunderstorms with locally heavy rains moved across portions of southwest Wisconsin during the late evening of September 19th into the early morning of the 20th.

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Eau Claire, WI · Aug 11, 2016

Several waves of thunderstorms that moved across southern Minnesota, and into west central Wisconsin between the late afternoon of Wednesday, August 10th, through Thursday morning, August 11th, caused damage near Ellsworth.

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Sawyer, WI · Aug 27, 2018

A warm front lifted through Wisconsin the night of the 26th and into the morning of the 27th, leaving a moist and unstable airmass across the region. A cold front in eastern Minnesota pushed east during the afternoon to provide the lift to initiate storms.

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Bayfield, WI · Aug 27, 2018

A warm front lifted through Wisconsin the night of the 26th and into the morning of the 27th, leaving a moist and unstable airmass across the region. A cold front in eastern Minnesota pushed east during the afternoon to provide the lift to initiate storms.

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Ashland, WI · Aug 27, 2018

A warm front lifted through Wisconsin the night of the 26th and into the morning of the 27th, leaving a moist and unstable airmass across the region. A cold front in eastern Minnesota pushed east during the afternoon to provide the lift to initiate storms.

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La Crosse, WI · Jun 15, 2015

Thunderstorms with very high rainfall rates and heavy rain moved across western Wisconsin during the afternoon hours of June 15th. The rainfall resulted in a mudslide south of Bangor (La Crosse County) that blocked both lanes of traffic on State Highway 162.

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Brown, WI · Sep 8, 2015

Heavy rain developed as low pressure moved across Wisconsin. The heaviest rain fell during the morning, with numerous locations in the Fox Valley receiving more than 2 inches of rain, much of which fell in just 2 to 3 hours.

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Outagamie, WI · Sep 8, 2015

Heavy rain developed as low pressure moved across Wisconsin. The heaviest rain fell during the morning, with numerous locations in the Fox Valley receiving more than 2 inches of rain, much of which fell in just 2 to 3 hours.

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Flash Flood

Dunn, WI · Sep 2, 2015

Previous thunderstorms that moved across western Wisconsin during the morning hours of Wednesday, September 2nd, provided a boundary that fired off additional thunderstorms in west central Wisconsin during the early afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Chippewa, WI · Sep 2, 2015

Previous thunderstorms that moved across western Wisconsin during the morning hours of Wednesday, September 2nd, provided a boundary that fired off additional thunderstorms in west central Wisconsin during the early afternoon.

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