Heavy Snow, Door
- When
- January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Door forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.838, -87.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 13 to 14, 2002
A low pressure system moved across southern Wisconsin spreading snow across the northeast part of the state. A narrow band of heavy snow developed from northern Door county into southern Marinette county as easterly flow off Lake Michigan added moisture to the storm.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 low pressure system moved across southern Wisconsin spreading snow across the northeast part of the state. A narrow band of heavy snow developed from northern Door county into southern Marinette county as easterly flow off Lake Michigan added moisture to the storm. The greatest snowfall accumulation was six inches at Sturgeon Bay (Door co.) and 3 miles southwest of Marinette (Marinette co.).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Marinette
- When
- January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marinette forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 45.351, -88.002 (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
- Winter Storm in Maine, January 13 to 14, 2002
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 13, 2002
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 13, 2002
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Maine, January 13, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Maryland, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Colorado, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Delaware, January 13, 2002
- Dense Fog in California, January 13, 2002
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, January 2002
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: 5279893, 5279894.