Lake-Effect Snow, Iron
- When
- February 23, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Iron forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.317, -90.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lake-Effect Snow in Wisconsin, February 23, 2006
Heavy lake effect snow left 7 inches at Montreal.
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.
Heavy lake effect snow left 7 inches at Montreal.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lake-Effect Snow
- Heavy snow in bands downwind of a large lake as cold air crosses warmer water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in Maryland, February 23, 2006
- Dense Fog in Virginia, February 23, 2006
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, February 23, 2006
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 23 to 24, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 23 to 24, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 23, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 23 to 24, 2006
- Dense Fog in District of Columbia, February 23, 2006
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, February 23, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 23, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 23 to 24, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Washington, February 23 to 24, 2006
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, February 2006
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: 5491218.