Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 14 to 15, 2007

Name: Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 14 to 15, 2007
Start: 2007-01-14T19:00
End: 2007-01-15T18:00
Location: Wisconsin

January 14 to 15, 2007 · NWS MKX · 20 events in 20 counties and zones

Snow spread across south-central and southeast Wisconsin leaving behind general accumulations of 3-5 inches with a couple isolated higher amounts. Numerous vehicle accidents were reported.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 20 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 20

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 MKX wrote it up.

Snow spread across south-central and southeast Wisconsin leaving behind general accumulations of 3-5 inches with a couple isolated higher amounts. Numerous vehicle accidents were reported. Some specific snow reports include 5.7 inches at Franksville (Racine Co.) and 5.2 inches two miles north of Glendale (Milwaukee Co.). Some freezing rain mixed in with the snow generally south of a line from Madison (Dane Co.) to Milwaukee (Milwaukee Co.). However, along and southeast of Interstate 43 between Beloit (Rock Co.) and Milwaukee, the precipitation started off as light freezing rain and switched to snow by 2200CST on the 14th. Synoptically, a suface low pressure moved through central Illinois into central Indiana. The associated warm air advection ahead of the low along with a short wave trough in the upper levels of the atmosphere were the reasons for snow development.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 14, 2:44 PM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 2:44 PM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

20 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Marquette

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Marquette forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.820, -89.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Green Lake

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Green Lake forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.800, -89.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Fond du Lac

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Fond du Lac forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.754, -88.488 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Sheboygan

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Sheboygan forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.756, -87.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Sauk

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Sauk forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.427, -89.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Columbia

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Columbia forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.467, -89.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Dodge

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Dodge forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.416, -88.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Washington

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.369, -88.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Ozaukee

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Ozaukee forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.403, -87.891 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Iowa

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Iowa forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.001, -90.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Dane

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Dane forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.067, -89.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Jefferson

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.021, -88.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Waukesha

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Waukesha forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.018, -88.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Lafayette

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Lafayette forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 42.661, -90.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Green

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Green forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 42.680, -89.602 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Rock

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Rock forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 42.671, -89.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Walworth

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Walworth forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 42.669, -88.542 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Racine

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Racine forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 42.730, -87.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Kenosha

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Kenosha forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 42.573, -87.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Milwaukee

When: January 14, 7:00 PM CST to January 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Milwaukee forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.022, -87.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Wisconsin in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Wisconsin, January 2007

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: 13152, 13153, 13155, 13156, 13157, 13158, 13160, 13161, 13162, 13164, 13165, 13166, 13168, 13169, 13170, 13171, 13172, 13174, 13175, 13178.