Heavy Snow, Manitowoc
- When
- November 26, 4:00 PM CST to November 27, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Manitowoc forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.091, -87.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, November 26 to 27, 2002
A narrow band of lake effect snow moved onshore over the extreme northeast part of Manitowoc county late in the afternoon, and persisted until midnight. Eight inches of snow fell 3 miles northeast of Two Rivers.
Where it happened
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- 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 GRB wrote it up.
A narrow band of lake effect snow moved onshore over the extreme northeast part of Manitowoc county late in the afternoon, and persisted until midnight. Eight inches of snow fell 3 miles northeast of Two Rivers. Other snowfall reports in northeast Manitowoc county ranged from 3.5 to 4.5 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, November 26, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 26 to 27, 2002
- Ice Storm and High Wind in Alaska, November 26 to 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, November 26 to 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, November 26 to 27, 2002
- Hail in Texas, November 26, 2002
- Hail in Texas, November 26, 2002
- Hail in Texas, November 26, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, November 26, 2002
- High Wind in Montana, November 26, 2002
- Dense Fog in California, November 26, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, November 26 to 27, 2002
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, November 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: 5322345.