Low pressure, which originated in Canada, intensified as it moved across Wisconsin. A swath of 6 to 12 inches of snow fell across central and northeast Wisconsin.
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The episode as NWS GRB wrote it up.
Low pressure, which originated in Canada, intensified as it moved across Wisconsin. A swath of 6 to 12 inches of snow fell across central and northeast Wisconsin. As the low intensified, north winds increased and gusted over 35 mph at times across the Fox Valley and lakeshore, causing blowing and drifting snow.
The highest snowfall totals included 15.0 inches near Ephraim (Door Co.), 13.0 inches near Pella (Shawano Co.), 12.2 inches at Egg Harbor (Door Co.), 11.0 inches at Oconto (Southern Oconto Co.) and Juddville (Door Co.), 10.5 inches at Pulcifer (Shawano Co.), 10.0 inches near Beaver (Southern Marinette Co.), 9.4 inches at Plover (Portage Co.) and 9.0 inches at Peshtigo (Southern Marinette Co.). A snowfall of 7.5 inches was recorded in Green Bay.
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 Jan 14, 4:34 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 434 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR ROUTINE MORNING/AVIATION FORECAST ISSUANCE .SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISSUED AT 432 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. EXCEPT FOR THE ECMWF...THE LATEST GFS/CANADIAN/WRF MODEL SHIFTED BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW A TAD BIT FURTHER NORTH AND INCREASED SNOWFALL TOTALS. TRENDED THIS WAY...BUT NOT AS ROBUST AS THE WRF WOULD INDICATE NEARLY A FOOT IN SOME SPOTS ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN WHERE SOME LAKE ENHANCEMENT WILL OCCUR. INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES DUE TO CHANGES IN THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. PER COORDINATION WITH MILWAUKEE...DECIDED TO EXTEND THE WARNING FOR THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE UNTIL 12Z WEDNESDAY DUE TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND EXPECTED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL OCCUR MIDDAY WITH TEMPS SLOWLY FALLING DURING THE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST...WHICH WAS DEPICTED IN THE END TIMES OF THE WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISSUED AT 432 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 THE MAIN CONCERN DURING THIS PART OF THE FORECAST IS A CLIPPER SYSTEM THAT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. MODELS HAD BOTH AN UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE RIDGE OVER WISCONSIN ON WEDNESDAY SO ONLY HAVE A SMALL AREA WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE FAR NORTH DURING THE MORNING...OTHERWISE DRY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE CLIPPER WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT WILL BE ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN ADVISORY. EXPECT AT LEAST A CHANCE OF SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS SURFACE FLOW REMAINS CYCLONIC AND ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH PASSES THROUGH THE STATE. SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN AS COLD AIR IN NORTHWEST FLOW PASSES OVER LAKE SUPERIOR. HAVE A CHANCE FOR SNOW IN THAT AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. A SURFACE RIDGE MOVING INTO THE REGION SHOULD BRING AN END TO LAKE EFFECT IN THE NORTH AS WINDS BACK AND ARE NO LONGER BE FAVORABLE FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN. MODELS WERE SHOWING DIFFERENCES IN LOCATION AND TIMING OF SUBSEQUENT SYSTEMS...SO CHANCES FOR SNOW ARE UNCERTAIN ENOUGH TO GO NO HIGHER THAN SLIGHT CHANCE THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. CONTINUED NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES MOSTLY BELOW NORMAL. && .AVIATION...FOR 12Z TAF ISSUANCE ISSUED AT 432 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY TODAY AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM DROPS SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION WEST TO EAST TODAY. AS THE SNOW ARRIVES...LOOK FOR MVFR/IFR CIGS OR LOWER CAN BE EXPECTED. INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN WHERE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR WIZ022-038>040- 048>050-073-074. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR WIZ019>021- 031-037-045. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR WIZ030-035- 036. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR WIZ010- 018. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR WIZ011- 013. && SHORT TERM.....ECKBERG LONG TERM......MG AVIATION.......ECKBERG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 542 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-151145- 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- 542 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT TODAY INTO TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. A BAND OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. TOTALS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A CLIPPER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BRING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TO VILAS COUNTY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TOTALS TODAY AND TONIGHT. LMZ521-522-541>543-151145- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 542 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ON LAKE MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY GUSTS TO NEAR GALE FORCE ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. RE/MG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
19 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A total of 7.6 inches of snow fell 8 miles west of Merrill.
A total of 8.5 inches of snow fell near White Lake and 7.5 inches of snow fell near Antigo.
A total of 8.2 inches of snow fell at Lakewood.
A total of 11.0 inches of snow fell at radio station WOCO in Oconto.
A total of 7.8 inches of snow fell at WSAW TV in Wausau and 7.6 inches of snow fell on the northeast side of Wausau.
A total of 13.0 inches of snow fell near Pella, 10.5 inches fell at Pulcifer, 8.8 inches fell at Shawano, and 8.7 inches fell 4 miles southeast of Shawano.
A total of 10.0 inches of snow fell west of Beaver, 9.0 inches fell in Peshtigo, and 7.2 inches fell at Marinette.
A total of 7.0 inches of snow fell at Pittsville.
A total of 9.4 inches of snow fell at Plover, 8.3 inches fell at Rosholt, 7.5 inches fell near Stevens Point, and 7.3 inches fell at Amherst.
A total of 7.3 inches of snow fell near Big Falls.
Many of the highest snowfall totals from the storm were recorded in Door County. A total of 15.0 inches of snow fell at Ephraim, 12.2 inches fell at Egg Harbor, 11.0 inches fell at Juddville, 8.5 inches fell at Baileys Harbor and Forestville, and 7.4 inches fell at Washington Island.
A total of 7.0 inches of snow fell in New London.
A total of 7.5 inches of snow fell at the National Weather Service.
A total of 8.0 inches of snow fell at Wild Rose.
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, January 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: 491067, 491068, 491069, 491070, 491071, 491072, 491073, 491074, 491075, 491076, 491077, 491078, 491079, 491080, 491081, 491082, 491083, 491084, 491085.