Flood, Ozaukee
- When
- June 18, 6:30 AM CST to June 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ozaukee forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3.9 million
- Crop damage
- $3.0 million
- Coordinates
- 43.403, -87.891 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Wisconsin, June 18 to 20, 1996
A series of thunderstorms "trained" N/NW into Ozaukee county and dumped heavy rains from 2 inches to over 7 inches on June 18th. Total rainfalls for the 3-day period of the 16th, 17th, and 18th ranged from 5 to over 13 inches (see Port Washington flash flood report for 06/18/96).
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- 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
- $3.9 million
- Crop damage
- $3.0 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 series of thunderstorms "trained" N/NW into Ozaukee county and dumped heavy rains from 2 inches to over 7 inches on June 18th. Total rainfalls for the 3-day period of the 16th, 17th, and 18th ranged from 5 to over 13 inches (see Port Washington flash flood report for 06/18/96). There were many reports of flooding of basements, businesses, farm land, and low lands along rivers, streams, and creeks. Some roads were blocked for extended periods of time in Mequon, Cedarburg, Saukville, and Thiensville. Trash dumpsters were carried away by water 3 feet deep in Thiensville. Farm land sustained soil erosion and crop damage. The Milwaukee River on the east side of Cedarburg crested at 12.66 feet at 1815CST on the 18th, or 1.66 feet above flood stage.
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
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 18, 1996
- Flood in Wisconsin, June 18 to 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 18, 1996
- Tropical Storm in North Carolina, June 18 to 19, 1996
- Flood in Wisconsin, June 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 18, 1996
- Tropical Storm in North Carolina, June 18 to 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 18 to 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 18, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 18, 1996
- Flood in Wisconsin, June 18, 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: 5566561.