Winter Storm, Grant
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.868, -90.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Wisconsin, February 17 to 18, 2000
Heavy snow accompanied a winter storm, which affected the southwest portion of Wisconsin. 5 inches was reported at Cuba City (Grant County).
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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.
Heavy snow accompanied a winter storm, which affected the southwest portion of Wisconsin. Law enforcement and volunteer observers reported accumulations of 6 inches in Platteville (Grant County) and Prairie Du Chien (Crawford County), while 8.5 inches was reported at Cuba City (Grant County).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 17 to 18, 2000
- Ice Storm in Iowa, February 17 to 18, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, February 17, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 17 to 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 17 to 18, 2000
- Ice Storm in Illinois, February 17 to 18, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 17, 2000
- Winter Storm in Illinois, February 17 to 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 17 to 18, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, February 17, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, February 17 to 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 17, 2000
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, February 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: 5132413.