River Flood Warnings in Wisconsin
2,025 river flood warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of river flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Warnings
- 2,025
- Busiest year
- 2019262 river flood warnings
- Average year
- 101over 20 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rock County185
- Vernon County179
- Crawford County166
- Buffalo County125
- Trempealeau County115
- Jefferson County104
- Green County95
- Kenosha County92
- Sauk County85
- Wood County81
- Marathon County79
- Richland County76
- Racine County73
- Milwaukee County70
- Columbia County67
- Lafayette County66
- Waupaca County63
- Marinette County62
- La Crosse County57
- Juneau County54
- Grant County53
- Jackson County53
- Outagamie County48
- Shawano County44
- Ozaukee County40
- Pierce County38
- Pepin County36
- Waukesha County36
- Portage County36
- Sheboygan County35
- Winnebago County31
- Oconto County28
- Florence County26
- Green Lake County25
- Lincoln County25
- Monroe County21
- Eau Claire County20
- Adams County15
- Brown County14
- Fond du Lac County12
The latest river flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 9:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Racine | 49 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 6 days |
| Sep 19, 12:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 21 hr |
| Sep 19, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 67 hr |
| Sep 19, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 5 days |
| Sep 19, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 27 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 5 days |
| Jul 2, 9:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 4 days |
| Jul 2, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 5 days |
| Jul 2, 8:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 3 days |
| Jul 2, 8:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 3 days |
| Jul 2, 8:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 33 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.