Above normal rainfall continued through the first ten days of October leading to additional river flooding.
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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.
The episode as NWS MKX wrote it up.
Above normal rainfall continued through the first ten days of October leading to additional river flooding.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 8, 5:20 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
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The Crawfish River reached minor flood stage, cresting at 8.05 ft. the evening of October 14th. There is widespread flooding of lowland and agricultural land. There is widespread flooding of roads in Riverbend Campground about 5 miles upstream of Milford.
The Baraboo River at Baraboo reached minor flood stage, cresting at 18.06 ft. the late morning of October 11th. The Wisconsin River was also flooding at this time which aided in agricultural and lowland flooding of the lower Baraboo River basin. Floodwaters covered portions of parking lots of local businesses near Hwy. 33 and I-90/94. Floodwaters also covered Tritz Rd. near Hwy. 33.
The Pecatonica River at Darlington reached minor flood stage, cresting at 13.95 ft. the late evening of October 11th. Floodwaters cover a portion of Main Street in Darlington. A part of the Lafayette County Fairgrounds is flooded. Agricultural and lowland flooding is prevalent.
The Wisconsin River at Portage reached moderate flood stage, cresting at 18.02 ft. the early morning of October 15th. Water surrounds seasonal homes along Old River Road in Blackhawk Park. Old River Road, Blackhawk Road, and West Lake Road are flooded with several feet of water. West Lane Road in the Long Lake area has 4 feet of water over it in places. Water is over River Oaks Road and Oak Knoll Road at Hwy V in the Town of Dekorra. 12 homes are flooded on Hwy V. Floodwaters are at the base of Caledonia/Lewiston Levee on Old River Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, October 2018
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 798997, 799397, 799023, 799173.