Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, April 16 to 17, 2014

Name: Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, April 16 to 17, 2014
Start: 2014-04-16T07:00
End: 2014-04-17T10:00
Location: Wisconsin

April 16 to 17, 2014 · NWS DLH · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

A winter storm system brought heavy snow to parts of northwest Wisconsin on April 16th and 17th. The heaviest snow amounts were generally between 6 and 14 inches.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 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: 8

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.

A winter storm system brought heavy snow to parts of northwest Wisconsin on April 16th and 17th. The heaviest snow amounts were generally between 6 and 14 inches. The heaviest snowfall report, 16.5 inches, was from 4 miles north of Grantsburg, WI.

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 Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 16, 5:40 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 5:40 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

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Event by event

8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Burnett

When: April 16, 7:00 AM CST to April 17, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Burnett forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.863, -92.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Washburn

When: April 16, 7:00 AM CST to April 17, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Washburn forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.899, -91.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Sawyer

When: April 16, 7:00 AM CST to April 17, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Sawyer forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.880, -91.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Douglas

When: April 16, 8:00 AM CST to April 17, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Douglas forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 46.464, -91.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Price

When: April 16, 8:00 AM CST to April 17, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Price forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.680, -90.361 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Bayfield

When: April 16, 9:00 AM CST to April 17, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Bayfield forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 46.635, -91.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Ashland

When: April 16, 9:00 AM CST to April 17, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Ashland forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 46.510, -90.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Iron

When: April 16, 9:00 AM CST to April 17, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Iron forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 46.317, -90.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in Wisconsin in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in Wisconsin, April 2014

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 514275, 514277, 514279, 514243, 514280, 514268, 514270, 514272.