Flash Flood, Wood
- When
- March 13, 4:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wood County, 7 mi SSW of Wisconsin Rapids
- Coordinates
- 44.455, -90.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Wisconsin, March 13, 1996
An accumulation of water from melting ice and snow broke loose from a field, resulting in a flash flood in the Nekoosa area. Water gushed into the basement of a nearby home, filling it to the rafters in less than an hour.
Where it happened
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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.
An accumulation of water from melting ice and snow broke loose from a field, resulting in a flash flood in the Nekoosa area. Water gushed into the basement of a nearby home, filling it to the rafters in less than an hour. The water rose as high as the entryway of the main level before gradually receding. The flood waters cracked the house's foundation, caused structural damage to 2 walls and destroyed the hot water heater, furnace, duct work, refrigerator, freezer and other furnishings. The flood waters roared through the crack in the foundation with enough force to move a pool table two and one-half feet.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 13 to 15, 1996
- Flood in California, March 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 13 to 14, 1996
- Flooding in Wyoming, March 13 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 13 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, March 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, March 13, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, March 13, 1996
- Strong Wind in California, March 13, 1996
- Hail in Arizona, March 13, 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: 5540627.