Heavy Snow, Adams
- When
- January 12, 8:00 AM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Adams forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -89.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 12, 2000
A narrow band of snow remained nearly stationary over the same area for several hours with snowfall rates as much as 1/2 to 1 inch per hour. 5 inches in Merrillan (Jackson County) and 12 inches in Rome (Adams 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.
A narrow band of snow remained nearly stationary over the same area for several hours with snowfall rates as much as 1/2 to 1 inch per hour. Volunteer observers reported total accumulations of 8 inches in Mondovi (Buffalo County), 11 inches in Osseo (Trempealeau County), 10.5 inches in Merrillan (Jackson County) and 12 inches in Rome (Adams County).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Buffalo
- When
- January 12, 8:00 AM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -91.754 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Trempealeau
- When
- January 12, 8:00 AM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Trempealeau forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.304, -91.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Jackson
- When
- January 12, 8:00 AM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.319, -90.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Clark
- When
- January 12, 8:00 AM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clark forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.735, -90.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Juneau
- When
- January 12, 8:00 AM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Juneau forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.924, -90.114 (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
- Dense Fog in California, January 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 12 to 13, 2000
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 12 to 13, 2000
- Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, January 12 to 15, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, January 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 12 to 13, 2000
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in California, January 12 to 13, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 12 to 13, 2000
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5126973, 5128665, 5128666, 5128667, 5128668, 5128669.