Winter Storm, Green Lake
- When
- January 3, 6:00 PM CST to January 4, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Green Lake forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -89.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Wisconsin, January 3 to 4, 2000
The first major winter storm of the 1999-2000 winter season struck parts of southcentral and southeast Wisconsin (almost a year to the date after a major January 1999 winter storm/blizzard). 5 inches created winter storm conditions as locally defined.
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 MKX wrote it up.
The first major winter storm of the 1999-2000 winter season struck parts of southcentral and southeast Wisconsin (almost a year to the date after a major January 1999 winter storm/blizzard). The combination of northwest to north winds frequently gusting to 25 mph and snowfalls accumulations of 4 to 6.5 inches created winter storm conditions as locally defined. Beaver Dam (Dodge Co.) recorded the largest total of 6.5 inches. The remainder of southern Wisconsin experienced snowfall totals of 3 to 5 inches but had weaker winds below warning criteria. Numerous vehicle accidents (estimated at 300 for southcentral and southeastern counties) were noted by area newspapers due to the combination of ice roads and visibilities of 1/2 to 1 mile. Several schools delayed their opening by 2 hours. Synoptically, low pressure tracked from southern Missouri to northern Indiana to Lake Huron.
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, Fond du Lac
- When
- January 3, 6:00 PM CST to January 4, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fond du Lac forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.754, -88.488 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Sheboygan
- When
- January 3, 6:00 PM CST to January 4, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sheboygan forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.756, -87.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Columbia
- When
- January 3, 6:00 PM CST to January 4, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Columbia forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.467, -89.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Dodge
- When
- January 3, 6:00 PM CST to January 4, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.416, -88.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Green
- When
- January 3, 6:00 PM CST to January 4, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Green forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -89.602 (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
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 3, 2000
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, January 3, 2000
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, January 3, 2000
- Tornado in Mississippi, January 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 3, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, January 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 3 to 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Indiana, January 3 to 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, January 3, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5129291, 5129292, 5129293, 5129294, 5129295, 5129296.