Flood, Wood
- When
- June 2, 7:00 AM CST to June 3, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.455, -90.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Wisconsin, June 2 to 3, 2000
Thunderstorms dropped heavy rain on central Wisconsin during the day on June 1st causing the Yellow River at Babcock to rise above flood stage on June 2nd. Flooding was confined to agricultural land and marshland near the river, but no damage was reported.
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
- None recorded
- 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 GRB wrote it up.
Thunderstorms dropped heavy rain on central Wisconsin during the day on June 1st causing the Yellow River at Babcock to rise above flood stage on June 2nd. Flooding was confined to agricultural land and marshland near the river, but no damage was reported. The river fell below flood stage early on June 3rd.
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
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 2, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in New York, June 2, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in New York, June 2, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in New York, June 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 2, 2000
- Flooding in Iowa, June 2 to 3, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 2, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Massachusetts, June 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 2, 2000
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, June 2000
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: 5154518.