Flood, Lincoln
- When
- April 19, 12:00 PM CST to April 21, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.338, -89.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Wisconsin, April 19 to 21, 1996
Water backed up behind a dam on the Prairie River at Merrill (Lincoln county), resulting in the flooding of the 1200 block of East 14th Street and a nearby park. Area basements were filled with up to 3 feet of water.
Where it happened
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- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GRB wrote it up.
Water backed up behind a dam on the Prairie River at Merrill (Lincoln county), resulting in the flooding of the 1200 block of East 14th Street and a nearby park. Area basements were filled with up to 3 feet of water. Eight homes suffered damage. The flooding was the result of a faulty gate on the dam and increased flows from spring snow melt.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Illinois, April 19, 1996
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- Hail in Texas, April 19, 1996
- Tornadoes in Indiana, April 19, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, April 19, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5543985.