Rain changed to snow as a low pressure system intensified northeast of Wisconsin. Five to seven inches of snow fell in 12 hours across parts of northeast Wisconsin.
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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.
Rain changed to snow as a low pressure system intensified northeast of Wisconsin. Five to seven inches of snow fell in 12 hours across parts of northeast Wisconsin. Winds gusted to more than 30 mph at times causing blowing and drifting of the new snow. The highest snowfall totals included 7.6 inches at Stevens Point (Portage Co.), 7.4 inches at Polonia (Portage Co.), 7.3 inches near Amherst (Portage Co.), 7.2 inches near Rhinelander (Oneida Co.), 7.1 inches at Lena (Oconto Co.), and 7.0 inches at High Falls Reservoir (southern Marinette Co.) and Oconto Falls (southern Oconto 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 Nov 24, 2:49 PM CST, 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 249 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR ROUTINE AFTERNOON FORECAST ISSUANCE .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT ISSUED AT 244 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 MESSY FCST TO SAY THE LEAST FOR TNGT AS A LARGE BAND OF SNOW ROTATES THRU NE WI THIS EVENING BEFORE EASING AFTER MIDNGT. TRYING TO DETERMINE EXACT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND AFFECT OF GUSTY WINDS ON THE FRESH SNOW WL BE THE MAIN FCST CHALLENGE. A SECONDARY CHALLENGE TO BE LAKE EFFECT FOR VILAS CNTY...ALTHO THIS APPEARS TO BE A MINOR EVENT. COMBINATION OF NEGATIVELY-TILTED SHORTWAVE TROF ADN TRAILING CDFNT DRAPED OVER THE GREAT LAKES...WL ALLOW SNOW TO CONT ACROSS NE WI THRU THE EVENING HOURS. MAX LIFT/FORCING STILL PROGGED TO BE OVER E-CNTRL WI...THUS THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THERE. HEAVIEST SNOW RATES TO FALL FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING/ OVRNGT HOURS. LATEST ACCUMULATION NUMBERS TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS E-CNTRL WI...TO 2 TO 5 INCHES ELSEWHERE. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT HEADLINES INCLUDE: UPGRADING SRN MARINETTE CNTY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING...ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVY FOR FOREST AND MARINETTE COUNTIES AND EXPIRE THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CNTRL WI AT 09Z (INSTEAD OF 12Z). ANOTHER COMPLICATION FOR TNGT WL BE THE GUSTY WINDS DURING THE EVENING HOURS WHICH WOULD TEND TO BLOW/DRIFT THE NEW SNOW. THIS WOULD CREATE SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS. LASTLY... WL NEED TO WATCH VILAS CNTY FOR LAKE EFFECT POTENTIAL AS TRAJS ARE FAVORABLE. ONE NEGATIVE FOR A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS THE MODEST AMOUNT OF COLD AIR MOVING OVER LAKE SUPERIOR. DELTA-T VALUES ARE ONLY ABLE TO REACH THE MID-TEENS...THUS KEEPING ACCUMULATIONS IN CHECK. HAVE KEPT THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVY IN PLACE...BUT AMOUNTS WL BE TEPID COMPARED TO EARLIER EVENTS THIS MONTH. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISSUED AT 244 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 LAKE-EFFECT SNOW POTENTIAL OVER NC WI WED NGT INTO THU...AND THE EFFECTS OF A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... WILL BE THE MAIN FCST CONCERNS. ANY LINGERING LIGHT SNOW OVER FAR NE WI...AND LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVER FAR NC WI...WILL END EARLY IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY... WITH DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ARRIVES. DRY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO PREVAIL THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. CLIPPER SYSTEM THAT THE MODELS HAVE STRUGGLED WITH OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS NOW SEEMS POISED TO MOVE SW OF THE FCST AREA ON WEDNESDAY...SO HAVE BACKED OFF ON POPS OVER MOST OF THE AREA. AN UPPER TROF AND CYCLONIC NORTH FLOW WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES TO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE FOR LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS IN NORTH CENTRAL WI WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY...WITH FAVORABLE NNW TRAJECTORIES...LAKE-H8 DELTA-T'S APPROACHING 20 C AND SOME SYNOPTIC ENHANCEMENT FROM THE UPPER TROF. WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY POPS FOR VILAS COUNTY...AND PLAN TO MENTION ACCUMS OF 2-4 INCHES IN THE HWO FOR STARTERS. THE LES WILL TAPER OFF AS HIGH PRESSURE ARRIVES THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A BRIEF TRANSITION TO ZONAL FLOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY... WITH A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY...THEN MOVING THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WAA AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL CAUSE SOME LIGHT SNOW TO DEVELOP FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH POSSIBLE MIXED PCPN OVER NORTHERN WI AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 30S ON SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING...WITH COLD NW FLOW LEADING TO ANOTHER PERIOD OF LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVER NC WI SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS AND COOL SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. && .AVIATION...FOR 18Z TAF ISSUANCE ISSUED AT 1120 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REST OF NE WI THIS AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR GRADUALLY FILTERS EWD ACROSS THE STATE. THIS SNOW WILL THEN PERSIST INTO THE EVENING AS A NEGATIVELY-TILTED SHORTWAVE TROF LIFTS NE INTO THE GREAT LAKES. HEAVIEST SNOW STILL EXPECTED TO FALL SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO MARINETTE. CIGS/VSBYS TO BE REDUCED TO IFR CONDITIONS WITH LOCALLY LIFR CONDITIONS IN HEAVIER BURSTS OF SNOW. IMPROVEMENT IS NOT FCST TO TAKE PLACE UNTIL AFTER MIDNGT WHEN MVFR CONDITIONS RETURN ALTHO LIGHT SNOW LIKELY TO STILL BE FALLING. A RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS TO OCCUR FROM WEST TO EAST ON TUE AS A RDG OF HI PRES APPROACHES WI. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR WIZ022-038>040- 048>050-073-074. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY FOR WIZ020-031-036-037-045. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY FOR WIZ010-011- 013-018-019-021-030-035. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR WIZ005. && SHORT TERM.....KALLAS LONG TERM......KIECKBUSCH AVIATION.......KALLAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 256 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-252100- 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- 256 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION AS SNOW FALLS DURING THE EVENING RUSH HOUR AND CONTINUES THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO MARINETTE. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED FARTHER NORTHWEST. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BRING 3 TO 5 INCHES TO PARTS OF VILAS COUNTY TONIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST PARTS OF THE COUNTY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY LAKE-EFFECT SNOW MAY BRING SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES TO VILAS COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS IN FAR NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY. LMZ521-522-541>543-252100- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 256 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR GALE FORCE IN THE DEATHS DOOR REGION THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND HINDER NAVIGATION FOR MARINERS FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. AK/TSK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 934 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 WIZ005-010-018-241800- VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK 934 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AS COLDER AIR GRADUALLY MOVES INTO THE AREA...TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN NEAR THE FREEZING MARK ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE LIGHT RAIN HAS STARTED TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. THIS SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW-COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN TO A SAFE SPEED AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. WIZ030-035-036-045-241800- MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS... STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA 934 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AS COLDER AIR GRADUALLY MOVES INTO THE AREA...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR THE FREEZING MARK ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE THIS MORNING. THE LIGHT RAIN HAS STARTED TO MIX WITH AND WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. THIS SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW- COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN TO A SAFE SPEED AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. AK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 158 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 WIZ005-010>012-018>020-242200- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA 158 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...SNOW WILL IMPACT THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE... LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES...AND ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. AFTERNOON COMMUTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LOCALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. WIZ030-035>037-045-048-242200- MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS... STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH 158 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE... MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF MILE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR ARE LIKELY...SO ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS FOR THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE FROM SCHOOL OR WORK. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. WIZ031-038>040-049-050-242200- SHAWANO-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA... CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 158 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP AND CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE... RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW OVER THE REGION BY AROUND 3 PM. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR WILL BE LIKELY...SO ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION DURING THE COMMUTE FROM SCHOOL OR WORK. WIZ013-021-022-073-074-242200- NORTHERN MARINETTE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...CRIVITZ 158 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...LIGHT RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON... LIGHT RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BETWEEN 3 PM AND 4 PM...THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON COMMUTE...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. KIECKBUSCH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A total of 7.2 inches of snow was measured 5 miles north of Rhinelander.
A total of 6.4 inches of snow was measured 2 miles south of Antigo.
An estimated 6 to 7 inches of snow fell across Menominee County.
A total of 7.0 inches of snow was measured at High Falls Reservoir, northwest of Crivitz.
A total of 7.0 inches of snow was measured at Oconto Falls.
Heavy snow fell across the far southern part of Door County.
A total of 6.9 inches of snow was measured 4 miles east of Bowler.
A total of 7.6 inches of snow was measured at Stevens Point.
A total of 6.5 inches of snow was measured at New London.
Heavy snow fell across the northwest Waushara County.
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, November 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: 548213, 548214, 548215, 548216, 548217, 548218, 548219, 548220, 548221, 548222.