Flash Flood, Marathon
- When
- September 11, 9:17 AM CST to 3:17 PM CST
- Where
- Marathon County, 1 mi N of Stratford
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.898, -89.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Wisconsin, September 11, 2000
) experienced minor flooding on September 11th due to heavy rains from thunderstorms that passed through the area the preceding night. M.
Where it happened
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- 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.
The Big Eau Pleine River near Stratford (Marathon co.) experienced minor flooding on September 11th due to heavy rains from thunderstorms that passed through the area the preceding night. The crest of 15.0 feet occurred at 11:00 A.M. CST. Flood stage there is 14.0 feet.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Flood and Hail in Iowa, September 11, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 11 to 12, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Indiana, September 11, 2000
- Flash Flood in Maryland, September 11, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, September 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, September 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 11, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Illinois, September 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 11, 2000
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, September 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: 5174684.