The largest winter storm in nearly two years affected much of Wisconsin with wet, heavy snow. Snowfalls of 8 to 12 inches fell across the central and northeast part of the state.
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.
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.
The episode as NWS GRB wrote it up.
The largest winter storm in nearly two years affected much of Wisconsin with wet, heavy snow. Snowfalls of 8 to 12 inches fell across the central and northeast part of the state. The snow developed from low pressure which moved out of the southern Plains and into northeast Illinois. Strong winds in response to the deepening low gusted over 30 mph at times, but blowing snow was limited by the high water content.
Some of the highest snowfall totals included 12.2 inches at Oshkosh (Winnebago Co.), 11.9 inches in Mosinee (Marathon Co.), 11.7 inches at Neenah (Winnebago Co.), 11.0 inches at Wisconsin Rapids (Wood Co.), 10.8 inches near Big Falls (Waupaca Co.), 10.6 inches at Coloma (Waushara Co.), 10.5 inches at Oconto (Oconto Co.) and Appleton (Outagamie Co.), 10.2 inches near Amherst (Portage Co.) and 10.1 inches at Green Bay (Brown Co.).
The highest wind gusts during the storm included 45 mph at Green Bay, 41 mph at Marshfield (Wood Co.), 39 mph at Oshkosh and near Combined Locks (Outagamie Co.) and 38 mph at Manitowoc (Manitowoc Co.) and near Kimberly (Outagamie Co.).
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 Dec 19, 10:41 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1041 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ADDED UPDATE SECTION AND AVIATION SECTION FOR 06Z TAFS .UPDATE...PCPN SURGING NWD ACRS THE AREA. A WHILE BACK...THOUGHT OUR SNOWFALL TOTALS BY MORNING MIGHT BE A BIT HIGH. BUT BASED ON LATEST RADAR AND SFC OBS...WE ARE PROBABLY IN GOOD SHAPE. SRN EDGE OF UPR DEFORMATION ZONE STILL POINTED INTO E-C WI...SO PLACEMENT OF HEAVIEST SNOWS IS ON TRACK. LDS SHOWING LTG STRIKES ADVANCING NEWD ACRS IA. SO WE VERY WELL COULD SEE SOME TSSN ACRS THE SRN PART OF OUR FCST AREA LATE TNGT/TOMORROW AS DRY SLOT DRIVES NEWD TOWARD THE AREA. SKOWRONSKI && .PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED AT 831 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012... UPDATE...UPGRADING E-C WI TO BLIZZARD WARNING...SEE CODING BELOW. HAVE DECIDED TO UPGRADE WAUSHARA NE TO THE DOOR TO A BLIZZARD WARNING. AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY...THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO THE CHANGE. BUT GIVEN THE EXPECTED IMPACT OF THE SYSTEM...IT SEEMS WORTHY OF BLIZZARD WARNING. WILL NOT CHANGE HAZARD START OR END TIMES. IMPACTS WL PROBABLY LINGER CONSIDERABLY PAST CURRENT END TIMES OVER E-C WI. BUT NOW THAT WE WL HAVE HIGHER GRADE WARNING...DON/T WANT TO DRAG IT OUT TOO MUCH PAST THE PEAK OF THE EVENT. SFC AND STLT DATA CONT TO SUPPORT MORE WLY TRACK OF CYCLONE. STILL EXPECT SFC LOW TO TRACK INTO FAR SE WI TOMORROW AFTN. SRN EDGE OF COMMA HEAD ON IR STLT IMAGERY...THOUGH STILL A LITTLE ILL DEFINED...SEEMS TO BE DIRECTED ALONG A LINE FM JUST NW OF MSN TO GRB. THAT RAISES A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT SNOW TOTALS IN THE FAR SE PART OF THE FCST AREA...ESP GIVEN THE WARM LAKE TEMPS. MAY SHAVE MTW TOTALS DOWN A BIT AT ISSUANCE. NO OTHER CHGS TO SNOW TOTALS. WL BE UPPING WINDS A BIT IN SOME AREAS...ESP GUSTS. UPDATED PRODUCT SUITE OUT ASAP. SKOWRONSKI DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 652 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012... UPDATE...WINTER STORM EVENT UNFOLDING ABOUT AS EXPECTED THUS FAR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. AT THE SFC...THE CYCLONE CENTER WAS NEAR PONCA CITY OK. MAX SFC PRESSURE FALLS WERE OVER W-C MO...INDICATING THE LOW WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING NE. LEADING EDGE OF PCPN WAS APPROACHING SWRN WI...AND WL CONT TO SURGE NWD OVERNIGHT. OVERALL FCST IN GOOD SHAPE. SEE TWO MAIN ISSUES TO ADDRESS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST IS THE POSSIBILITY OF UPGRADING E-C WI TO A BLIZZARD WARNING. THE CRITERIA FOR A BLIZZARD WARNING ARE SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AOA 35 MPH...VSBYS FREQUENTLY AOB 1/4SM...WITH THOSE CONDITIONS PERSISTING FOR AT LEAST 3 HRS. THE MAIN STICKING POINT IS THAT TEMPERATURES NR FZG ARE NOT IDEAL FOR GETTING VERY LOW VSBYS DUE TO EITHER FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW. BUT WITH THIS LOOKING LIKE A VERY HIGH-END EVENT...DON/T WANT TO GET FIXATED ON TECHNICAL DEFINITIONS. IT MIGHT BE WORTH GOING WITH THE BLIZZARD WARNING EVEN IF WE ONLY FLIRT WITH THE VSBY CRITERIA. PLAN TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS WITHIN THE NEXT HR OR TWO. SECOND ISSUE IS POTENTIAL FOR A HIGH WIND EVENT IN DOOR COUNTY AS THE CYCLONE PULLS AWAY LATE THU NGT AND FRIDAY. 850 MB WINDS OF 55-60 KTS COULD GET MIXED DOWN TO THE SFC AS THE AIR DESTABILIZES OVER THE WARMER WATERS OF THE BAY. DON/T PLAN TO COMPLICATE THE SITN WITH ANY ADDITIONAL HEADLINES FOR THE WINDS...BUT WL START TO HIT HARDER IN THE FCST AND TEXT PRODUCTS. SKOWRONSKI DISCUSSION ISSUED AT 523 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012... SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. BASED ON LATEST MODEL QPF AND HPC SNOWFALL GUIDANCE...HAVE INCREASED SNOW TOTALS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. DID UPGRADE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MARATHON...LANGLADE...FOREST AND FLORENCE COUNTIES WITH THE MORNING UPDATE. WILL HAVE WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR ENTIRE AREA EXCEPT VILAS...ONEIDA AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. IT WILL BE A STRONG WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THOSE 3 COUNTIES SINCE WE ARE EXPECTING 4 TO 7 INCHES IN 18 TO 24 HOUR PERIOD. THERE HAS BEEN SOME INTERNAL DISCUSSION ON UPGRADING TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. SOME CONCERN WINDS WILL SLACKEN OFF TOMORROW MORNING AS LOW MOVES TOWARDS THE AREA AND ALSO CONCERN ABOUT THE WET SNOW NOT LOWERING VISIBILITIES AT A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL RATES MAY BE ENOUGH TO WARRANT BLIZZARD WARNINGS ONCE WINDS COME BACKUP THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE DECIDED TO LET EVENING SHIFT/MIDSHIFT/OR MYSELF TOMORROW MORNING TO UPGRADE TO A WARNING. LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS NORTHEAST TO NEAR CHICAGO BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MODEL QPF TONIGHT MUCH MORE COPIOUS THAN THE PREVIOUS RUNS WITH QPF TOTALS OVER 1.25 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. COUPLED JET STREAK AND F-GEN SHOULD AID IN LIFT ACROSS THE AREA FOR A HEAVY BAND OF SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A WARM LAYER ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WHICH COULD AFFECT PRECIPITATION TYPES ACROSS OUR FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF KEWAUNEE TO OSHKOSH. PRECIPITATION COULD BECOME MIXED WITH RAIN OR SLEET AT TIMES. THIS SCENARIO WAS SUPPORTED BY THE 12Z GFS COBB OUTPUT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY EVENING. LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CURRENT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS THE AREA. MODELS WERE INDICATING THAT MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE THURSDAY NIGHT PERIOD...GRADUALLY DISSIPATING AND ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW SEEMS REASONABLE FOR THE EASTERN 1/3 OR SO OF THE FORECAST AREA. SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON FRIDAY WITH CYCLONIC FLOW OF COLDER AIR OVER WARMER LAKE SUPERIOR WATERS. THIS SHOULD NOT LAST LONG AS A SURFACE RIDGE PUSHES EASTWARD INTO THE REGION AND WINDS BECOME UNFAVORABLE FOR LAKE EFFECT. ONLY WENT AS HIGH AS CHANCE POPS FOR NOW. THIS MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BUT THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF TIME TO DO THAT. THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK DOES NOT APPEAR VERY EVENTFUL AT THIS TIME AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE REGION SLOWLY BREAKS DOWN. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA ON OR AROUND WEDNESDAY BUT TIMING AND THE TRACK OF THE STORM IS STILL RATHER UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT. && .AVIATION...FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE. MAJOR WINTER STORM OVERSPREADING THE AREA...PROBABLY BRINGING OPERATIONS AT MOST AIRPORTS TO A VIRTUAL HALT. THE LOWEST VSBYS AND STRONGEST WINDS WL BE IN E-C WI...WHERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SKOWRONSKI && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT FOR WIZ038-039-045-048-049. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR WIZ022-040-050. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT FOR WIZ011>013-019>021-030-031-035>037-073-074. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY FOR WIZ005-010-018. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 714 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-201200- 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- 714 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT AS A MAJOR WINTER STORM BEGINS AFFECTING THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING WIDESPREAD TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS...IN EXCESS OF A FOOT...STILL APPEAR TO BE DESTINED FOR EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND WEST. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH WINDS...POSSIBLY GUSTING TO OVER 60 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE IN DOOR COUNTY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER OUTAGES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS AND PEAK WIND GUSTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY. LMZ521-522-541>543-201200- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 714 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NORTH GALES ARE LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY...AS AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM CROSSES THE REGION. GUSTS COULD APPROACH STORM FORCE AT TIMES. HEAVY SNOW WILL ALSO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING. SKOWRONSKI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 706 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-200400- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ 706 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON THE AREA... A MAJOR WINTER STORM WAS STRENGTHENING OVER THE PLAINS THIS EVENING. AT 600 PM...THE CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED NEAR PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA. IT HAD BEEN MOVING EAST...BUT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES REGION. PRECIPITATION FROM THE STORM WAS ABOUT TO ENTER SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...WITH SNOW NOW BEING REPORTED AT DUBUQUE IOWA. THE SNOW WILL SURGE INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. THE BEST ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS THAT SNOW WILL BEGIN AT LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 29...WHICH RUNS FROM WAUSAU TO GREEN BAY...TO KEWAUNEE... BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 200 AM. IT SHOULD CONTINUE NORTH...REACHING THE UPPER MICHIGAN BORDER OF FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN BETWEEN 500 AM AND 700 AM THURSDAY. THE SNOW COULD BE MIXED WITH OR FALL AS RAIN ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE FROM STURGEON BAY SOUTH THROUGH MANITOWOC. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW IS NOW ARRIVING A LITTLE SLOWER THAN EARLIER FORECAST. BECAUSE OF THIS...SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN...MAY NOT HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF NEW SNOW BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. THAT WILL BE DECEPTIVE...BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THAT MAY MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO TRAVEL TO WORK OR SCHOOL IN THE MORNING... CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE GREATLY DURING THE DAY AS THE SNOW CONTINUES AND WINDS INCREASE. PLEASE BE SURE TO TAKE THAT FACTOR INTO ACCOUNT WHEN MAKING PLANS FOR THURSDAY. SKOWRONSKI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1026 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-200800- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ 1026 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...DANGEROUS MAJOR WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON THE AREA... A MAJOR WINTER STORM WAS STRENGTHENING OVER THE PLAINS LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. AT 1000 PM...THE CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. IT HAD TURNED NORTHEAST...AND SHOULD REACH WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY DAYBREAK. PRECIPITATION FROM THE STORM HAD PUSHED INTO ABOUT THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION IN WISCONSIN WAS GENERALLY FALLING AS SNOW...THOUGH RAIN WAS REPORTED NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS LINE. THE BEST ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS THAT SNOW WILL BEGIN AT LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 29...WHICH RUNS FROM WAUSAU TO GREEN BAY...TO KEWAUNEE...BY 100 AM. IT SHOULD CONTINUE NORTH...REACHING THE UPPER MICHIGAN BORDER OF FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN BETWEEN 500 AM AND 700 AM THURSDAY. THE SNOW COULD BE MIXED WITH OR FALL AS RAIN ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE FROM STURGEON BAY SOUTH THROUGH MANITOWOC FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS WELL AS FOR THURSDAY MORNING. THE BRUNT OF THE STORM WILL BE FELT DURING THE DAY THURSDAY... WHEN SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY SNOW...WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES OVER EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY EVENING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE AFTER MIDNIGHT. ONCE THAT HAPPENS...SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT PROBABLY WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED FRIDAY. SKOWRONSKI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
20 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Around 8 inches of snow fell in the Laona area.
Snowfall totals were in the 8 to 9 inch range in far eastern Florence County.
Snowfall totals in far northern Marinette County were mainly in the 8 to 9 inch range.
Snowfall in the Crivitz and Beaver areas was in the 8 to 9 inch range.
Snowfall 8 miles west of Merrill was 8.6 inches.
Snowfall in the Lakewood area was 8.2 inches.
More than 10 inches of snow (10.5 inches) fell in Oconto.
Snowfall totals were mainly in the 10 inch to 12 inch range from southeast Marathon County to around Wausau and Mosinee.
Snowfall in Shawano County was in the 8 to 10 inch range.
Snowfall in the Appleton area was around 10.5 inches and a wind gust of 39 mph was reported near Combined Locks.
Snowfall across Brown County was mainly in the 8 to 10 inch range. The National Weather Service measured 10.1 inches of snow and a peak wind gust of 45 mph.
Snowfall totals were in the 10 inch to 11 inch range in southwest Manitowoc County. A peak wind gust of 38 mph was recorded at Manitowoc.
Snowfall in Wood County ranged from 10 to 12 inches and a peak wind gust of 41 mph was recorded at Marshfield.
Snowfall totals in Portage County mainly ranged from around 8 inches to around 10 inches.
Snowfall totals in Waupaca County were generally in the 8 inch to 12 inch range.
Snowfall totals in Waushara County were mainly in the 9 to 11 inch range.
Snowfall totals in the Oshkosh and Neenah areas were mainly around 12 inches. A peak wind gust of 39 mph was recorded at Oshkosh.
Snowfall totals in Calumet County were in the 8 to 9 inch range.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, December 2012
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: 418589, 418590, 418591, 418592, 418593, 418594, 418595, 418596, 418597, 418598, 418599, 418600, 418601, 418602, 418603, 418604, 418605, 418606, 418607, 418608.