Winter Storm, La Crosse
- When
- December 28, 11:00 AM CST to 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- La Crosse forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.907, -91.115 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Wisconsin, December 28, 2000
Areas of southwest Wisconsin along the Mississippi River were hit by a winter storm, which produced 5 to 7 inches of snow. 5 inches at Lancaster (Grant County), 6 inches at Westby (Vernon County) and 6 inches at Arcadia (Trempealeau County).
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 6
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 ARX wrote it up.
Areas of southwest Wisconsin along the Mississippi River were hit by a winter storm, which produced 5 to 7 inches of snow. Reports from cooperative observers included 7 inches at Victory (Vernon County), 6.5 inches at Lancaster (Grant County), 6 inches at Westby (Vernon County) and 6 inches at Arcadia (Trempealeau County).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Trempealeau
- When
- December 28, 11:00 AM CST to 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Trempealeau forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.304, -91.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Vernon
- When
- December 28, 11:00 AM CST to 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.594, -90.834 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Buffalo
- When
- December 28, 11:00 AM CST to 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -91.754 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Crawford
- When
- December 28, 11:00 AM CST to 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.240, -90.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Grant
- When
- December 28, 11:00 AM CST to 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.868, -90.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 28 to 29, 2000
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 28 to 29, 2000
- High Wind in North Dakota, December 28, 2000
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, December 28, 2000
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 28, 2000
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, December 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 28, 2000
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, December 2000
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5165372, 5165373, 5165374, 5167238, 5167239, 5167240.