Heavy Snow, Waushara
- When
- March 21, 6:00 AM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waushara forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.113, -89.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 21, 2008
A large snowstorm that produced 12 to 18 inches of snow across southeast Wisconsin brought heavy snow as far north as Waushara County. 5 inches of snowfall from the storm.
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 large snowstorm that produced 12 to 18 inches of snow across southeast Wisconsin brought heavy snow as far north as Waushara County. Coloma, in southwest Waushara County, received 7.5 inches of snowfall from the storm.
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 Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 21, 5:44 AM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 5:44 AM CST, 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 3:19 AM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 419 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-221100- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE- WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- 419 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN...EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY. THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOUTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 29...WHICH RUNS FROM WAUSAU TO GREEN BAY TO KEWAUNEE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...SO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THAT PART OF THE STATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY. LMZ521-522-541>543-221100- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 419 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. JS/PK
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
- Cold in Illinois, March 21, 2008
- Flooding in Arkansas, March 21 to 23, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 21 to 22, 2008
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 21, 2008
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, March 21 to 22, 2008
- Winter Storm in Michigan, March 21 to 22, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 21, 2008
- Winter Storm in Illinois, March 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 21 to 22, 2008
- Winter Storm in Michigan, March 21 to 22, 2008
- Blizzard in Maine, March 21, 2008
- High Wind in Maine, March 21, 2008
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, March 2008
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: 86326.