Flood, Sauk
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM CST to April 4, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Sauk forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 43.427, -89.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Wisconsin, April 1 to 4, 1998
Steady rains and some thunderstorms dumped 2 to 4 inches of rain over Sauk County on top of a saturated ground, resulting in scattered flooding reports. Highway 154 near Rock Springs was closed due to high water levels along Narrows Creek on April 1st.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- 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
- $5,000
- 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.
Steady rains and some thunderstorms dumped 2 to 4 inches of rain over Sauk County on top of a saturated ground, resulting in scattered flooding reports. Highway 154 near Rock Springs was closed due to high water levels along Narrows Creek on April 1st. Other low-lying roads and farm fields along the Baraboo River experienced minor flooding. The Baraboo River at Baraboo crested at 19.57 feet at 1300CST on April 1st, or 3.57 feet above flood stage. It went below flood stage at 0945CST on the 4th.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 1, 1998
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, April 1, 1998
- Flood in California, April 1, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New Hampshire, April 1, 1998
- Flood in Florida, April 1 to 19, 1998
- Flood in New York, April 1 to 7, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, April 1, 1998
- Flood in Florida, April 1, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1998
- Flooding in Vermont, April 1 to 13, 1998
- Wildfire and Drought in Guam, April 1 to 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, April 1998
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: 5636612.