Flood, Racine
- When
- June 17, 7:00 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Racine forecast zone
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Crop damage
- $17 million
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -87.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Wisconsin, June 17, 1996
A couple rounds of heavy rains on top of saturated ground resulted in scattered flooding across Racine county. 97 inches fell overnight from the 16th to 17th.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Crop damage
- $17 million
- 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 MKX wrote it up.
A couple rounds of heavy rains on top of saturated ground resulted in scattered flooding across Racine county. In the city of Racine, 1.5 inches fell between 1930CST and 2000CST on the 17th, while 1.97 inches fell overnight from the 16th to 17th. Many storm sewers became clogged with debris, and many roads then flooded. Flooding of resident basements and businesses was noted. Rural farm land sustained soil erosion and damage to crops. It was the worst farm-land flooding ever seen by some farmers, as some of them completely gave up trying to plant a 1996 crop.
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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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: 5566544.