Winter Storm, Pierce
- When
- January 22, 3:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.720, -92.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong surface low pressure tracked across Nebraska and Iowa and created a belt of mixed precipitation in west central Wisconsin. Total snow amounts between three and five inches fell in the mentioned counties.
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The episode as NWS MPX wrote it up.
Strong surface low pressure tracked across Nebraska and Iowa and created a belt of mixed precipitation in west central Wisconsin. Total snow amounts between three and five inches fell in the mentioned counties. Freezing rain accumulations were between one tenth and one quarter of an inch.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, January 1999
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: 5685043, 5685044, 5685045.