Flash Flood, Douglas
- When
- July 25, 8:30 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $2.0 million
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 46.464, -91.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 25, 1999
Flash flooding caused by very heavy thunderstorm rains occurred across much of the county, with many roads washed out or under water. Hardest hit was the central part of the county, including Parkland, Oakland, and Solon Springs townships.
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
- $2.0 million
- 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 DLH wrote it up.
Flash flooding caused by very heavy thunderstorm rains occurred across much of the county, with many roads washed out or under water. Hardest hit was the central part of the county, including Parkland, Oakland, and Solon Springs townships. U.S. Highway 53 in the city of Solon Springs and County Highway C near South Range were under several feet of water through the night, and traffic had to be rerouted. Streets and basements in the city of Superior were also flooded. The total cost of damage county-wide was nearly $2 million.
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:30 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
- Wildfire in California, July 25 to 27, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, July 25, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 25, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 25, 1999
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 25, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 25, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 25, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 25, 1999
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 25, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 25, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 25, 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: 5711719.