Heavy Snow, Iron
- When
- February 16, 9:00 PM CST to February 17, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Iron forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.317, -90.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 16 to 17, 2005
Six to eight inches of lake effect snow fell in the Hurley area.
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 DLH wrote it up.
Six to eight inches of lake effect snow fell in the Hurley area.
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
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 16, 2005
- Winter Storm in New York, February 16, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, February 16, 2005
- Winter Weather in New York, February 16, 2005
- Flooding in Indiana, February 16 to 25, 2005
- Dense Fog in Arizona, February 16, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, February 16, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, February 16, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, February 16, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, February 16, 2005
- Hail in North Carolina, February 16, 2005
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, February 2005
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: 5445634.