Heavy Snow, Burnett
- When
- March 8, 3:00 PM CST to March 9, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Burnett forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.863, -92.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 8 to 9, 1999
A strong late season winter storm brought heavy snow mainly to adjacent areas of Minnesota, but western portions of Douglas and Burnett counties in Wisconsin also received up to half a foot.
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 DLH wrote it up.
A strong late season winter storm brought heavy snow mainly to adjacent areas of Minnesota, but western portions of Douglas and Burnett counties in Wisconsin also received up to half a foot.
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, Douglas
- When
- March 8, 3:00 PM CST to March 9, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 46.464, -91.899 (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
- Tornadoes and Flood in Oklahoma, March 8, 1999
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Iowa, March 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 8 to 28, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 8 to 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, March 8 to 9, 1999
- High Wind in Oklahoma, March 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 8, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, March 8, 1999
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Indiana, March 8 to 9, 1999
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, March 1999
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: 5691999, 5692000.