Heavy Snow, Green
- When
- December 24, 1:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Green forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -89.602 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 24, 1997
). Most of the snow fell between 1500 and 1900 CST.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 2
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 MKX wrote it up.
Low pressure moving east across central Illinois dumped a narrow band of snow ranging from 6 to 6.5 inches deep over a small part of southcentral Wisconsin from around Brodhead (Green Co.) to Footville (Rock Co.). Most of the snow fell between 1500 and 1900 CST. Otherwise, southcentral and southeast Wisconsin received 2 to 5 inches in this event. The axis of the greatest snow accumulations extended from around Darlington (Lafayette Co.) east/northeast to Milwaukee. There were probably at least 300 motor vehicle accidents attributed to snow covered or slippery roads across southcentral and southeast Wisconsin.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Rock
- When
- December 24, 1:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rock forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.671, -89.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 24, 1997
- Tornadoes in Alabama, December 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 24 to 25, 1997
- Flooding in Georgia, December 24 to 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 24, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 24 to 26, 1997
- Dense Fog in Oregon, December 24 to 25, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, December 24 to 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 24 to 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 24, 1997
- Winter Storm in Missouri, December 24, 1997
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, December 1997
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5619777, 5619778.