The severe drought, that had persisted across the northern portions of Buffalo and Trempealeau Counties into the northwest corner of Jackson County, ended in late February. Enough moisture from the snow that fell over the winter was able to work into the ground and began recharging the soil moisture.
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The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
The severe drought, that had persisted across the northern portions of Buffalo and Trempealeau Counties into the northwest corner of Jackson County, ended in late February. Enough moisture from the snow that fell over the winter was able to work into the ground and began recharging the soil moisture.
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 La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 31, 10:00 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1000 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 334 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014 AT 3 PM...A 1024 MB HIGH WAS CENTERED OVER LA CROSSE. SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HIGH WAS KEEPING SKIES MAINLY SUNNY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. FURTHER SOUTH TOWARD THE IOWA AND MISSOURI BORDER...600 TO 500 MB FRONTOGENESIS WAS PRODUCING A BAND OF SNOW. FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...BOTH THE 31.12Z AND 31.18Z MODELS...CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT THIS FRONTOGENETIC BAND WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS IOWA THIS EVENING AND MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT. AS THIS OCCURS...SNOW WILL MOVE NORTHWARD IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF GRANT COUNTY. AS A THE 850 MB LOW MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF KANSAS...THE BAND OF FRONTOGENESIS SHIFTS TO MORE OF A SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ORIENTATION FROM KANSAS INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY NOON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...THE FRONTOGENESIS DRAMATICALLY DEEPENS /900 T0 500 MB/ OVER THIS SAME AREA. IN ADDITION...THE LIFT ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN IOWA...AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS AS THE UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE INCREASES IN THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF A 130 KNOT 250 MB JET. THIS WILL GREATLY ENHANCE THE SNOW RATES ACROSS THIS AREA. 31.09Z SPC SREF SHOWS ENHANCING PROBABILITIES FOR 1 INCH SNOW RATES FROM KANSAS CITY TO CHICAGO BETWEEN 01.09Z AND 01.18Z. WHILE THE CENTER OF THESE HIGHEST PROBABILITIES ARE SOUTH OF GRANT COUNTY... SOME NEGATIVE EPV BETWEEN 600 AND 500 MB MAY LEAD TO SOME BANDING ACROSS THE COUNTY WHICH WOULD GREATLY ENHANCE THE SNOW RATES. WHILE THERE WILL BE BANDING...THE BUFKIT SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT THERE WILL BE A LACK DENDRITES WITH THIS EVENT. OVER THE PAST 4 MODEL RUNS...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY IN THE 0.25 TO 0.30 INCH RANGE. WITH SNOW TO LIQUID RATIOS RUNNING 13-17 TO 1...SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS GRANT COUNTY AND 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF AN AUSTIN MINNESOTA TO NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN LINE. ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THERE IS SOME INCONSISTENCY SHOWING UP IN THE MODELS. THE GFS...GEM...AND ECMWF ARE ALREADY SHOWING SUBSIDENCE ACROSS THE AREA. MEANWHILE THE NAM...NMM...AND ARW ARE CONTINUING TO SHOW OMEGA IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE IN THE NORTHERN STREAM. DUE TO THE DIFFERENCES...LINGERED A 20 TO 50 PERCENT PRECIPITATION CHANCE INTO THE MID AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 334 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014 ON SATURDAY NIGHT...AN ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION. THIS HIGH WILL THEN LINGER ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES ON BOTH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 0 TO 15 BELOW. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TEMPERATURES AND WIND SPEED AROUND 5 TO 10 KNOTS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 15 TO 30 BELOW. WE WILL LIKELY NEED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY ACROSS OUR WEST AND NORTH ON SATURDAY NIGHT...AND ACROSS OUR EAST ON SUNDAY NIGHT. FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...THE 31.12Z MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT A STRONG SHORT WAVE IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. THE DEFORMATION BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. HOWEVER THE NORTHWEST EXTENT OF THIS PRECIPITATION IS STILL IN QUESTION. THE ECMWF HAS ITS HEAVY SNOW FALLING ALONG THE SAME TRACK AS THE SYSTEM WHICH MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. MEANWHILE THE GFS AND GEM HAS SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. IF THE GFS PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE CORRECT...WE WOULD EVEN NEED A SNOW ADVISORY. WITH THERE STILL BEING INCONSISTENCIES IN THE MODELS STAYED WITH THE MODEL CONSENSUS. TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME THE WARM STRATOSPHERIC AIR /30 TO 100 MB/ CURRENTLY OVER ASIA WILL SHIFT EAST TOWARD ALASKA AND WESTERN CANADA. AT THE SAME TIME...THERE WILL BE A SUDDEN STRATOSPHERIC WARMING EVENT DEVELOPING BETWEEN 10 AND 50 MB OVER GREENLAND AND WESTERN EUROPE. THIS WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE RIDGE IN THIS AREA. THIS ULTIMATELY SPLITS THE POLAR VORTEX INTO 2 AREAS /GOING FROM A WAVE 1 PATTERN TO A WAVE 2 PATTERN/. ONE PIECE ENDS UP OVER EASTERN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC AND OTHER ENDS UP OVER EURASIA. AS THIS OCCURS...THE SPLIT FLOW PATTERN OVER NORTH AMERICA WILL COME TO AN END AND A BROAD TROUGH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH EASTERN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. FORTUNATELY AT THIS TIME...THE COLDEST AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE POLAR VORTEX IS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA...SO WE WILL NOT BE AS COLD AS WE COULD BE. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1000 PM CST FRI JAN 31 2014 VFR CLOUDS ARE SPREADING INTO THE TAF SITES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THESE ARE AHEAD OF A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO HEAD INTO LAKE ERIE SATURDAY NIGHT. AS THE SYSTEM CROSSES ILLINOIS DURING THE MORNING...BOTH TAF SITES SHOULD SEE SOME SNOW ROLL IN. VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO DROP TO IFR QUICKLY ONCE THE SNOW STARTS...BETWEEN 13-15Z. CEILINGS WILL DROP TO MVFR QUICKLY AS WELL. THE SNOW LOOKS BRIEF...THOUGH...WITH THE TAF SITES ON THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF THE SYSTEM. BY 19-20Z...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE DONE...WITH ACCUMULATIONS PERHAPS UP TO 1 INCH. VISIBILITIES WILL CLIMB QUICKLY TO VFR ONCE THE SNOW ENDS...WHILE CEILINGS HOLD MVFR. CEILINGS DO NOT LOOK TO REACH VFR UNTIL LATE IN THE EVENING WHEN DRIER ARCTIC AIR FLOWS INTO THE TAF SITES. NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WILL SIGNAL THE ARCTIC AIR FLOWING IN...TOPPING OUT IN THE 10-15 KT RANGE. A FEW HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE AT RST TOO. && .ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR WIZ061. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...BOYNE LONG TERM...BOYNE AVIATION...AJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1107 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2014 MNZ079-086>088-WIZ017-029-032>034-011200- WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON- 1107 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING...SUNDAY NIGHT...WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. MINOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NO ACTION IS NEEDED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-WIZ041>044-053>055-011200- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- 1107 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL OF AN INCH OR LESS WILL FALL BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL SATURDAY MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO END SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PLAN ON A TOTAL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING...SUNDAY NIGHT...WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. MINOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WIZ061-011200- GRANT- 1107 AM CST FRI JAN 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT AND GOES THROUGH DAYBREAK SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH AN INCH OR LESS EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL SATURDAY MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO END SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PLAN ON A TOTAL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING...SUNDAY NIGHT...WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. MINOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WETENKAMP/HALBACH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The severe drought across northern Buffalo County ended in late February. Enough moisture from the snow that fell over the winter was able to work into the ground and began recharging the soil moisture.
The severe drought across northwest corner of Jackson County ended in late February. Enough moisture from the snow that fell over the winter was able to work into the ground and began recharging the soil moisture.
The severe drought across northern Trempealeau County ended in late February. Enough moisture from the snow that fell over the winter was able to work into the ground and began recharging the soil moisture.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, February 2014
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: 495592, 495593, 495595.