Heavy Snow, Vilas
- When
- November 13, 5:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vilas forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 46.053, -89.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, November 13, 2000
A slow moving winter weather system dropped move than 5 inches of new snow over parts of northern Wisconsin during the day on November 13th. ).
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 GRB wrote it up.
A slow moving winter weather system dropped move than 5 inches of new snow over parts of northern Wisconsin during the day on November 13th. Snowfall of 5.8 inches was recorded at a cooperative observer site 6 miles southwest of Laona (Forest co.). Reports from voluntary snowfall observers included 6.0 inches of new snow 2 miles north of Sayner (Vilas co.) and at Tipler (Florence co.) and 7.2 inches at Popple River (Forest co.).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Forest
- When
- November 13, 6:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Forest forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 45.667, -88.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Florence
- When
- November 13, 6:30 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Florence forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.848, -88.398 (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
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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: 5160038, 5160039, 5160040.