Heavy Snow, Wood
- When
- December 20, 10:00 AM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.455, -90.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 20, 1998
A weak area of low pressure produced a band of 4 to 7 inches of snow across central Wisconsin. The heaviest snow occurred over southern Wood, southern Portage, southern Waupaca and northern Waushara counties, where 7 inches fell.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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.
A weak area of low pressure produced a band of 4 to 7 inches of snow across central Wisconsin. The heaviest snow occurred over southern Wood, southern Portage, southern Waupaca and northern Waushara counties, where 7 inches fell.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Portage
- When
- December 20, 10:00 AM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Portage forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.476, -89.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Waupaca
- When
- December 20, 10:00 AM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waupaca forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -88.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Waushara
- When
- December 20, 10:00 AM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waushara forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.113, -89.243 (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
- Ice Storm in Kansas, December 20, 1998
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in California, December 20 to 21, 1998
- Cold in California, December 20 to 27, 1998
- Rip Current in Florida, December 20, 1998
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, December 20 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in Missouri, December 20 to 21, 1998
- Cold in Nebraska, December 20 to 23, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, December 20, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, December 20 to 21, 1998
- Cold in Kansas, December 20 to 23, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 20 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 20 to 21, 1998
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, December 1998
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5675595, 5675596, 5675597, 5675598.