Flash Flood, Florence
- When
- July 15, 12:05 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Florence County, Florence
- Property damage
- $1.6 million
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.848, -88.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, July 15, 1999
Rainfall of 5 to 8 inches in just a few hours caused significant flash flooding across Florence county and extreme northern Forest county. S.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $1.6 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Rainfall of 5 to 8 inches in just a few hours caused significant flash flooding across Florence county and extreme northern Forest county. An estimated 50 to 75 miles of roads required repairs, including U.S. Highways 2 and 141 and state highways 70 and 101. A total of 49 homes and 2 businesses suffered some water damage. The damage was mainly confined to basements with minimal first floor inundation.
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:03 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Forest
- When
- July 15, 12:05 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Forest County, Alvin
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.667, -88.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Heat in Kansas, July 15 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 15, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flood in Minnesota, July 15 to 16, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, July 15 to 26, 1999
- Hail in Florida, July 15, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, July 15, 1999
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 15, 1999
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 15, 1999
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 15, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 15, 1999
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 15, 1999
- Drought in South Carolina, July 15 to 31, 1999
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, July 1999
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: 5711099, 5711100.