Flash Flood — Menominee (c), Wisconsin

2000-07-08 · near Keshena, Menominee (c), Wisconsin

Wider weather episode

A nearly stationary front across Wisconsin combined with upper air support and abundant moisture to produce a prolonged period of thunderstorms. A few of the storms contained high winds and hail but flooding from heavy rainfall caused the majority of the problems.The heaviest rainfall occurred in an area that extended from southern Vilas county southeast into Manitowoc county. Rainfall totals in this area ranged from 2 to 4 inches for the 24 hour period ending at 6:00 AM CST on the morning of the 8th. Flooding of roads and/or basements was reported in the area from Pelican Lake to Rhinelander (Oneida co.), around Antigo and Deerbrook (Langlade co.), Crandon (Forest co.), Keshena (Menominee co.), Oconto Falls (Oconto co.), Green Bay and De Pere (Brown co.) and Manitowoc (Manitowoc co.). Small streams and creeks overflowed their banks and rural areas suffered some crop damage.Green Bay (Brown co.) received 4.12 inches of rain on July 8th and 4.65 inches of rain in a 24 hour period spanning July 7th and 8th. These totals set a new rainfall records from July 8th and for the month of July respectively. The previous record 24 hour total was 4.39 inches set on July 23, 1912.At least 25,000 customers lost electrical power as a result of the storms. Strong winds downed trees in Wittenberg (Shawano co.), Tigerton (Shawano co.) and Marion (Waupaca co.).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5162587. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.