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