Flash Flood — Marathon, Wisconsin

2002-06-22 · near Countywide, Marathon, Wisconsin

Wider weather episode

An east to west stationary front across central Wisconsin was the focus for the development of thunderstorms. Heavy rain occurred across that part of the state during the night of June 21-22 as thunderstorms trained over the area for several hours. Over 5 inches of rain fell during a 3 hour period across the affected areas. An unofficial gage near Biron (Wood co.) recorded 10.30 inches in 12 hours.A trailer park in Stratford (Marathon co.) had to be evacuated due to high water, and basements were flooded in some homes in central Wisconsin. Several bridges were out due to the flooding and roads were washed out in numerous locations. One township in Marathon county had 40 miles of roads that needed to be resurfaced. Waushara county suffered extensive damage to corn, potato, bean, carrot and pea crops.Lightning started a fire that caused minor damage to a factory in Two Rivers (Manitowoc co.).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5306375. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.