Flash Flood, Fond du Lac
- When
- June 21, 4:30 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac County, Fond du Lac
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Coordinates
- 43.754, -88.488 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 21, 1997
Isolated flash flooding occurred in Fond du Lac county as a result of heavy rainfall amounts up to 5 inches in a 30 hour period ending about 1200CST. No one was injured or killed by the flood waters.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $300,000
- 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 MKX wrote it up.
Isolated flash flooding occurred in Fond du Lac county as a result of heavy rainfall amounts up to 5 inches in a 30 hour period ending about 1200CST. No one was injured or killed by the flood waters. Two elementary schools under construction in the city of Fond du Lac experienced roof damage due to the heavy downpours of rain. The intense rains around 0500CST evidently toppled an old tree which then crashed through the roof of a Fond du Lac home. The home's garage and dormer were also damaged. In the flood plain of the village of North Fond du Lac, 51 homes experienced significant basement flooding which resulted in considerable damage to carpets, furniture, and appliances. Highway 41 was closed in the city of Fond du Lac from 0900CST to 1100CST on the 21st due to high water levels. Rainfall totals for the 28-hour period ending 1000CST were 5 inches in the extreme eastcentral part of the county. The city of Fond du Lac picked up 2.28 inches on the 20th, and 2.49 inches on the 21st, for a total of 4.77 inches. The individual 24 hour values were new daily records for the calendar days.
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:29 UTC.
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
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- Dust Storm and Lightning Strike in Oregon, June 21 to 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 21, 1997
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: 5608889.