Heavy Snow, Vilas
- When
- December 6, 12:00 PM CST to December 7, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Vilas forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 46.053, -89.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 6 to 7, 2006
A northwest flow of very cold air across Lake Superior produced heavy lake effect snow showers in north central Wisconsin. Seven inches of snow fell at Phelps and 6 inches fell at Winchester.
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 northwest flow of very cold air across Lake Superior produced heavy lake effect snow showers in north central Wisconsin. Seven inches of snow fell at Phelps and 6 inches fell at Winchester.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 7316.