Heavy Rain, Jefferson
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM CST to April 2, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, 1 mi NE of Johnson Creek
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.021, -88.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Wisconsin, April 1 to 2, 1998
50 inches on top of a saturated ground resulted in a mudslide onto Old Highway 26 just north of Interstate 94 near Johnson Creek. The mudslide closed the Highway on the 1st, and it was cleaned up by the morning of April 2nd.
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.
- 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
- $3,000
- 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.
Additional heavy rains of 1 to 1.50 inches on top of a saturated ground resulted in a mudslide onto Old Highway 26 just north of Interstate 94 near Johnson Creek. The mudslide closed the Highway on the 1st, and it was cleaned up by the morning of April 2nd. The mudslide occurred at the construction site of a new outlet mall.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5636611.