Several inches of snow, along with a period of freezing rain, caused hazardous driving conditions across much of north central and northeast Wisconsin. The heaviest snow fell in far north central Wisconsin where 4 to 6 inches of snow was followed by freezing rain and sleet.
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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.
Several inches of snow, along with a period of freezing rain, caused hazardous driving conditions across much of north central and northeast Wisconsin. The heaviest snow fell in far north central Wisconsin where 4 to 6 inches of snow was followed by freezing rain and sleet. The highest snowfall totals in Vilas County included an official report of 6.9 inches at Minocqua, and reports from the general public of 6.8 inches near Lac du Flambeau, 6.5 inches near Boulder Junction, and 6.0 inches at Arbor Vitae.
The precipitation formed as an area of low pressure moved across Wisconsin. The same system dropped more than 2 feet of snow on northeast Minnesota.
Slick roads from a quick blast of snow and ice resulted in a multitude of traffic accidents in central Wisconsin. One person was killed (indirect) and at least 2 people were injured (indirect) in the crashes. Three roads were closed in Wausau (Marathon Co.) due to accidents and hazardous driving conditions.
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 3, 12:13 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1213 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 UPDATED AVIATION PORTION FOR 18Z TAF ISSUANCE .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1128 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 SHORT WAVE WHICH GENERATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER FAR NC WI CONTINUES TO SHIFT EAST OF IMT LATE THIS MORNING. WILL LET THE ADVISORY EXPIRE AT NOON. NEW HEADLINES LIKELY WILL BE NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THE LATER PERIODS FROM TNT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP. TIMING AND RATE OF WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD CRITICAL FOR PCPN TYPE AND HEADLINES NEEDED. WILL BE DIGESTING THE DATA THIS AFTERNOON FOR ADJUSTMENTS. MID LEVEL BAR WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WAS ALSO PRODUCING DENSE FOG OVER LOCATIONS TO THE SOUTH...WILL NEED TO MONITOR VSBYS FOR POSSIBLE HEADLINES FOR DENSE FOG THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS WELL. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY...TONIGHT...AND WEDNESDAY ISSUED AT 423 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 FORECAST UNCERTAINTY RATHER HIGH ATTM AS MODELS CONTINUE TO WAFFLE ON TRACK OF LOW PRESSURE WED INTO WED NIGHT. INITIAL BAND OF SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH WAA/SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH STATE IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST HALF OF CWA. AMOUNTS FAIRLY CONSISTENT AS BAND MOVED THROUGH...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE EAST WITH SLOW START GIVEN INFLUX OF DRIER AIR AND WARMER TEMPS. MODELS SUPPORT TREND SEEN IN OBSERVATIONS FOR SWITCH OVER TO DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AS UPPER MOISTURE MOVES OUT. TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT CWA JUST BELOW OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING. AS DRIZZLE FALLING ON SNOW AND SURFACES NEAR FREEZING IMPACTS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. CURRENT SPS/FORECAST COVERS. ATTENTION ON NEXT ROUND THIS EVENING AND AGAIN LATER WED. DEEPER MOISTURE TO RETURN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WEAK WAVE MOVES TO SOUTH OF REGION COMBINED WITH CONTINUED WAA TO LEAD TO HIGH POPS FOR PCPN. TEMP PROFILES SUGGEST MAINLY LIGHT SNOW...THOUGH LOW LEVEL/SFC TEMPS SOUTH AND EAST WOULD POINT TO RAIN OR MIX. MAIN LOW TO LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF IOWA ON WED. AGAIN TRACK IS VERY UNCERTAIN WITH UKMET AND LATEST EC SHIFTING FURTHER WEST. NCEP MODELS OUTLIERS WITH FASTER SPEED AND OR FURTHER EAST TRACK. TEMP PROFILE ON EC SUGGESTS RAIN MIXING IN OVER NORTH CENTRAL. WITH UNCERTAINTY AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH ADDING ANY HEADLINES ATTM. HAVE GONE CONSERVATIVE WITH AMOUNTS WED AFTERNOON...WHICH WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO ADVISORY CONDITIONS. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY ISSUED AT 423 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 MEAN FLOW THRU THE UPCOMING WEEKEND TO BE DOMINATED BY A POSITIVE- TILTED LONGWAVE TROF FROM CNTRL CANADA TO THE SW CONUS WITH UPR RIDGING OVER THE SE CONUS. THIS PATTERN WOULD KEEP A SW FLOW ALOFT OVER WI WITH ONE SYSTEM JUST EXITING THE GREAT LAKES AND A POTENTIAL FOR TWO OTHER SYSTEMS TO POSSIBLY IMPACT OUR WEATHER LATE IN THE WEEK/EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE OTHER MAIN ISSUE IS THE ARCTIC INTRUSION WHICH MAY BE DELAYED BY A DAY DEPENDING ON WHICH MDL YOU BUT INTO. NEVERTHELESS...TEMPS WL DIP TO VALUES NOT SEEN OVER NE WI SINCE MID-FEBRUARY. UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING THE TRACK OF THE SFC LOW CONT INTO WED NGT AS THE SHORT-TERM MDLS DISAGREE NOT ONLY ON THE TRACK...BUT ALSO THE FORWARD SPEED. NAM/GFS ON THE FAST SIDE WHILE THE GEM/UKMET/ ECMWF ON THE SLOW SIDE. TRENDS HAVE BEEN THAT THE SFC LOW WL EVENTUALLY TRACK THRU THE HEART OF WI (FROM SW THRU NE WI)...SO WL HEDGE THE FCST IN THAT DIRECTION. FAVOR THE SLOWER MOVEMENT AS WELL DUE TO HI PRES ACROSS SE CANADA ACTING AS AN INITIAL BLOCK... THUS MAY NEED TO CARRY A RAIN/SNOW OR EVEN ALL RAIN INTO WED EVENING BEFORE THE CDFNT BLASTS THRU AND SWITCHES EVERYTHING TO ALL SNOW. MAY ALSO NEED TO RAISE POPS/SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS THE NORTH AS A SLOWER MOVEMENT WOULD KEEP FAVORABLE LIFT/FORCING LONGER THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. CAN EASILY SEE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE NORTH...BUT DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY STILL IN PLAY...WL HOLD OFF ON ANY HEADLINE. HAVE KEPT MIN TEMPS ON THE WARMER SIDE OF GUIDANCE DUE TO THE SLOWER MOVEMENT OVERALL WITH THE COLDEST OF THE INCOMING AIR MASS STILL WELL TO OUR WEST. THE SYSTEM LIFTS INTO SE CANADA ON THU AND PULLS COLDER AIR INTO WI...ALTHO THE BITTERLY COLD AIR TO REMAIN OVER THE PLAINS AS THE ARCTIC HI PRES TO BUILD MORE SOUTH THAN EAST OVER THE CNTRL CONUS. EXPECT MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS OVER A VAST MAJORITY OF NE WI WITH ONLY VILAS CNTY POTENTIALLY SEEING A FEW SNOW SHWRS AS THE COLDER AIR MASS MOVES OVER LAKE SUPERIOR. WINDS TO HAVE TOO MUCH OF A WESTERLY COMPONENT...THUS KEEPING MOST OF THE SNOW NORTH OF THE MI BORDER. DO NOT ANTICIPATE MUCH OF AN UPWARD RISE IN TEMPS ON THU AND MAY ACTUALLY SEE READINGS EITHER STEADY OR EVEN SLOWLY FALL. DRY AND COLD CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL OVER THE REGION THU NGT AS THE ARCTIC HI SETTLES INTO THE NRN ROCKIES...BUT EXTENDS EWD INTO THE MIDWEST. THE MAIN PCPN BAND TO SET-UP FROM TX TO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES ALONG THE NOW-STALLED CDFNT. CRUX OF THE COLDEST AIR TO STILL BE LOCATED TO OUR WEST...SO HAVE RAISED MIN TEMPS A COUPLE OF DEGS. ENUF DRY AIR SHOULD BE ADVECTED INTO WI THRU FRI TO KEEP THAT AREA OF PCPN TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST...THUS CONTINUED DRY AND COLD CONDITIONS FOR NE WI AS THE ARCTIC HI PUSHES INTO THE PLAINS AND EXTENDS EWD INTO THE WRN GREAT LAKES. MAX TEMPS TO BE A GOOD 15 TO 20 DEGS BELOW NORMAL FOR EARLY DEC. THE ARCTIC HI PUSHES INTO THE UPR MS VALLEY/MIDWEST FRI NGT WITH 8H TEMPS OVER WI DROPPING TO AROUND -20C BY 12Z SAT. DESPITE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS REMAINING AROUND 20 KTS THRU THE NGT...THE SHEER DEPTH OF THE ARCTIC AIR WL ALLOW MIN TEMPS TO FALL INTO THE MID-SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO NEAR LAKE MI...TO AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO OVER N-CNTRL WI (IF NOT 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO IN THE TYPICAL COLD SPOTS). AS THE SFC HI REACHES THE WRN GREAT LAKES ON SAT... WINDS WL DIMINISH BUT TEMPS WL STRUGGLE ONLY INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO NORTH...10 TO 15 DEGS ACROSS E-CNTRL WI. MDLS ARE STILL SHOWING A NEW SYSTEM (UPR TROF) DIGGING ACROSS THE SW CONUS SAT NGT...BUT THEN DISAGREE WHEN THIS SYSTEM WL EJECT NEWD AND POTENTIALLY IMPACT A LARGE PART OF THE CNTRL CONUS ON SUNDAY. WHILE THE GEM HOLDS THE UPR TROF IN PLACE...THE GFS AND ECMWF EJECT THIS UPR TROF INTO THE CNTRL/SRN PLAINS ON SUNDAY WITH AN INITIAL SMALL CHC OF ISEN LIFT-INDUCED LIGHT SNOW OVER THE FCST AREA. THE MDL DIFFERENCES BECOME MORE EXAGERATED HEADED INTO SUNDAY NGT WITH THE ECMWF BRINGING MEASURABLE SNOW TO THE GREAT LAKES AS A SFC LOW LIFTS TOWARD LWR MI. MEANWHILE...THE GFS TAKES A MORE SRN ROUTE BY TAKING THE SFC LOW THRU THE TN VALLEY AND HARDLY BRINGS ANY SNOW TO NE WI. HARD TO HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE IN ANY PARTICULAR MDL AT THIS POINT...ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL THE DISTRESS HANDLING THE BIG SYSTEM CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE REGION. PREFER TO FOLLOW THE CONSENSUS SOLUTION WHICH ESSENTIALLY SPLITS THE MDLS AND BRINGS A CHC POP TO NE WI SUNDAY NGT. A SLIGHT WARM- UP IN TEMPS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY WITH MORE COLD AIR ARRIVING FOR MON. && .AVIATION...FOR 18Z TAF ISSUANCE ISSUED AT 1212 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 NOT GOOD CONFIDENCE IN THIS SET OF TAFS DUE TO UNCERTAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE/S AND CHANCES AS WELL AS FOG POTENTIAL. CIGS WERE MAINLY IFR SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AUW TO MNM AT 17Z WITH MVFR CONDITIONS TO THE NORTH. MOST AREAS...EXCEPT NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN...HAD IFR OR LIFR VSBYS IN FOG AND/OR PRECIPITATION. RADAR MOSAIC SHOWED MOSTLY LIGHT RETURNS OVER THE AREA WITH HIGH REFLECTIVITYS IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO EASTERN IOWA. LOOKS LIKE THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION IN MINNESOTA WAS HEADED FOR CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES IN THAT PART OF THE STATE WERE WITHIN A COUPLE OF DEGREES OF FREEZING...BUT LOCATIONS WITH ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES HAD FREEZING OR BELOW FREEZING DEW POINTS. 12Z MPX SOUNDING HAD ONLY A SHALLOW LAYER AT THE SURFACE THAT WAS ABOVE FREEZING AND WAS NOT SATURATED IN THE SNOW GROWTH ZONE. 12Z GRB SOUNDING HAD A SURFACE TEMPERATURE AROUND FREEZING BUT WAS SATURATED THROUGH THE SNOW GROWTH ZONE. 12Z MAV GUIDANCE SHOWED SNOW FOR PRECIPITATION TYPE AT WAUSAU...SO HAVE STUCK WITH SNOW FOR TODAY...WITH A CHANGE TO FREEZING OR MIXED PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT AS WARM ADVECTION CONTINUES ABOVE THE SURFACE. BY LATE MORNING...PRECIPITATION TYPE SHOULD BE RAIN...WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF AREAS CLOSER TO THE UPPER MICHIGAN BORDER. WEAKER SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT COULD RESULT IN DENSE FOG ISSUES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS ARE NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR VFR FLIGHT. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE.........TH SHORT TERM.....TE LONG TERM......KALLAS AVIATION.......MG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 316 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-042130- 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- 316 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A PERIOD OF SNOW...SLEET AND PERHAPS FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL PASS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE LEADING TO SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND PART OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT THIS TIME NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN MAY SEE A PERIOD OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHILE THE REST OF THE AREA CAN EXPECT RAIN OR SNOW BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO ALL LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING. ANYONE WITH MIDWEEK TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR IS POISED TO SURGE INTO THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND CONTINUE INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY. REPORTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND OR SLEET WILL ALSO BE APPRECIATED. LMZ521-522-541>543-042130- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 316 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. TDH/MG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
938 AM CST TUE DEC 03 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0936 AM SNOW HARRISON 45.48N 89.50W
12/03/2013 M2.5 INCH LINCOLN WI BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORT VIA WJFW.
0936 AM SNOW 2 N TOMAHAWK 45.49N 89.73W
12/03/2013 M2.5 INCH LINCOLN WI BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORT VIA WJFW.
0936 AM SNOW 2 W LAC DU FLAMBEAU 45.96N 89.92W
12/03/2013 M4.0 INCH VILAS WI BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORT VIA WJFW.
&&
ASHLEYWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
940 AM CST TUE DEC 03 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM SNOW LUXEMBURG 44.54N 87.69W
12/03/2013 M0.8 INCH KEWAUNEE WI BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORT VIA WBAY-TV.
&&
ASHLEYWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1029 AM CST TUE DEC 03 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1028 AM SNOW ROTHSCHILD 44.88N 89.61W
12/03/2013 E2.0 INCH MARATHON WI PUBLIC
REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
&&
ASHLEYWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 106 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 WIZ018>020-030-031-035>037-032300- LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT 106 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...MIXED PRECIPITATION TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON... AREA RADARS INDICATE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY LESS THAN AN INCH DUE TO THE MIX POTENTIAL. PATCHY SLICK ROADS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHICH COULD LINGER INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS PART OF AN EVOLVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. WIZ021-073-074-032300- NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRIVITZ 106 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...MIXED PRECIPITATION TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON... AREA RADARS INDICATE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND POSSIBLY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY LESS THAN AN INCH DUE TO THE MIX POTENTIAL. PATCHY SLICK ROADS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHICH COULD LINGER INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING COMMUTE. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS PART OF AN EVOLVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL IMPACT MUCH OF REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. WIZ022-038>040-045-048>050-032300- DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 106 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...MIXED PRECIPITATION TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON... AREA RADARS INDICATE A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. DEPENDING ON LOCAL TEMPERATURES...LIGHT RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY LESS THAN AN INCH DUE TO THE MIX POTENTIAL. PATCHY SLICK ROADS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHICH COULD LINGER INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS PART OF AN EVOLVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL IMPACT MUCH OF REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. TDH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather, 1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow and freezing rain caused hazardous conditions on roads in central Wisconsin. There were multiple traffic accidents, resulting in 1 fatality (indirect) and at least 2 injuries (indirect).
The heaviest snowfall was in Vilas County, where 4 to 6 inches of snow fell, followed by freezing rain.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather, Marathon | 2013-12-03 | 20 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
| Winter Storm, Vilas | 2013-12-03 | 20 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, December 2013
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: 482117, 482116.