Heavy Snow, Waushara
- When
- April 7, 7:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waushara forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.113, -89.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, April 7, 2003
A band of heavy snow stretched across central Wisconsin, well north of a low pressure system that moved from the southern plains to the Ohio River Valley. 0 inches at Hancock.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 band of heavy snow stretched across central Wisconsin, well north of a low pressure system that moved from the southern plains to the Ohio River Valley. Snow totals included 6.8 inches 4 miles north of Wautoma and 6.0 inches at Hancock.
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
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, April 7, 2003
- Rip Current in Florida, April 7, 2003
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 7, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 7, 2003
- Flood in Alabama, April 7, 2003
- Tornado in Mississippi, April 7, 2003
- Hail in Texas, April 7, 2003
- Ice Storm in Maryland, April 7 to 8, 2003
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, April 7, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 7, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 7, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, April 7, 2003
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, April 2003
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5350714.