S. Highway 63 north of Racine (Mower County).
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 ARX wrote it up.
One person was killed in a two vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 63 north of Racine (Mower County). The accident occurred on icy roads created by occasional freezing rain that fell through the early morning hours of February 11th. The driver of a semi-truck lost control of his vehicle and struck a car, killing the driver of the car.
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 Feb 10, 11:47 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1147 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1147 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015
LOW LEVEL LIFT HAS INCREASED TO THE POINT THAT ICE IS BEING
INTRODUCED AND MUCH OF THE FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS CHANGED OVER TO
SNOW. IR SATELLITE SAMPLING SHOWS THAT CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES ARE
BETWEEN -8C AND -13C...WHICH WOULD BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ICE.
WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TO BE MINOR AND FREEZING
DRIZZLE MAINLY OVER...WILL BE ALLOWING THE ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT
MIDNIGHT.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 252 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING POTENT/WOUND UP MID-LEVEL VORTICITY
CENTER AND SURFACE LOW NEAR MANKATO MN. CURRENTLY WATCHING A BAND
OF A MIX PRECIPITATION IN WING OF PV/WARM AIR ADVECTION IN
ADVANCE OF THE WAVE MOVING EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THERE
WAS SOME REPORTS OF LIGHT GLAZING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MN AS
THE BAND OF PRECIPITATION MOVED ACROSS THAT AREA EARLIER THIS
MORNING WHILE MAINLY ALL SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL/NORTHERN
MN INTO NORTHERN WI. IR NOW SHOWING MORE ICE IN CLOUD NOW UNDER
THE VORT MAX FOR SNOW PRODUCTION...SO STILL EXPECTING SNOW AMOUNTS
OF A COUPLE TO PERHAPS 4 INCHES ACROSS CLARK AND TAYLOR COUNTIES
FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT...1 TO 2 INCHES ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND A DUSTING/LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS
NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE
STILL EXPECTED MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF I-94 THIS EVENING...WITH
PERHAPS A LIGHT GLAZING POSSIBLE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE WAVE.
BASED ON THIS...WILL KEEP WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY GOING UNTIL
MIDNIGHT TO COVER THIS SCENARIO. MAY ALSO HAVE TO EXTEND THE
ADVISORY A COUPLE/FEW HOURS AS THERE IS SOME INDICATION THAT THERE
MAY STILL BE SOME LINGERING FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WILL
LET THE EVENING SHIFT ASSESS THIS AND ADJUST AS NECESSARY.
COLD AIR ADVECTION ON GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA
WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALSO OF NOTE...THERE WILL BE
STEEPENING LAPSE RATES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT
UNDER STRONG/DEEP 850-300MB PV-ADVECTION FOR SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
SNOW SHOWERS COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15-25MPH
/GUSTING TO 30-35 MPH AND FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW FROM TODAY COULD
PRODUCE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MAINLY NORTH OF I-94. WILL HAVE TO KEEP
AN EYE ON THIS AS SOME OF THESE SNOW SHOWERS COULD BECOME QUITE
INTENSE WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE FALLING SNOW AND
BLOWING AROUND OF THE SNOW. NOT ANTICIPATING A HEADLINE...BUT WILL
CANNOT TOTALLY RULE OUT EITHER. OTHERWISE...LOOKING AT VERY CHILLY
ARCTIC AIR SPILLING INTO THE REGION WITH WEDNESDAY NIGHT LOWS
DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE/BELOW ZERO. THESE TEMPERATURES
COMBINED WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS
IN THE MINUS 15 TO MINUS 25 DEGREE RANGE.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 252 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015
LOOK FOR QUIET/VERY COLD CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY AS ARCTIC AIR
SETTLES INTO THE REGION. PLAN ON HIGHS ONLY IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS/LOWER TEENS ABOVE ZERO.
FOR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...LOW PRESSURE TRACKING
ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA DRAWS WARMER AIR OVER THE ARCTIC AIRMASS IN
PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL PRODUCE A CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT
SNOW WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT EXPECTED TO
BOTTOM OUT ONCE AGAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE/BELOW ZERO WITH
HIGHS FRIDAY IN THE TEENS TO MIDDLE 20S.
ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT/BLAST MAKING
PASSAGE FRIDAY EVENING. THIS DROPS TEMPERATURES INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH HIGHS ON SATURDAY
ONLY MAKING IT INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. VERY COLD WIND
CHILLS ALSO ANTICIPATED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH
VALUES OF MINUS TEENS/20S BELOW ZERO EXPECTED. WITH ARCTIC HIGH
OVERHEAD SATURDAY NIGHT...PLAN ON LOWS IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO.
NORTHWEST FLOW WITH COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO LAST
THROUGH TUESDAY. A COUPLE WEAK MID-LEVEL WAVES WITHIN THIS FLOW WILL
GENERATE LIGHT SNOW CHANCES SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LOOK FOR
HIGHS ON SUNDAY IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS/MIDDLE TEENS...MODERATING
INTO THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1147 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015
FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS CHANGED OVER TO LIGHT SNOW WITH THE BACK EDGE
OF IT NOW MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WINDS COME AROUND
TO THE WEST. IFR CONDITIONS HAVE ALSO MAINLY IMPROVED UP TO MVFR
WITH CEILINGS IN THE 1-2KFT RANGE. WINDS WILL PICK UP
OVERNIGHT...THEN SUBSIDE A BIT DURING THE DAY BEFORE INTENSIFYING
AGAIN AFTER ANOTHER...MORE POTENT...COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME LIGHT SNOW LOOKS POSSIBLE WITH THE COLD
FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS WELL THOUGH CONDITIONS SHOULD MAINLY
STAY MVFR THROUGH IT.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR WIZ017-
029-032>034-041>044-053>055.
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR MNZ079-
086>088-094>096.
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR
IAZ008>011-018-019.
&&
UPDATE...HALBACH
SHORT TERM...DAS
LONG TERM...DAS
AVIATION...HALBACHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 455 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2015 WIZ017-029-111300- TAYLOR-CLARK- 455 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO MIDNIGHT. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN NOON AND MIDNIGHT...ALONG WITH A LIGHT ICING. THIS SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ON SATURDAY MORNING. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNINGS OF THURSDAY...SATURDAY...AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANY SNOWFALL OR ICING REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032-111300- WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO- 455 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO MIDNIGHT. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNINGS OF THURSDAY...SATURDAY...AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANY SNOWFALL OR ICING REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WIZ033-034-041>044-053-111300- TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- 455 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO MIDNIGHT. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNINGS OF THURSDAY...SATURDAY...AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANY SNOWFALL OR ICING REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ008>011-018-019-111300- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW- 455 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO MIDNIGHT. UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE ON SATURDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNINGS OF THURSDAY...SATURDAY...AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANY SNOWFALL OR ICING REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WIZ054-055-111300- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- 455 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO MIDNIGHT. UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNINGS OF THURSDAY...SATURDAY...AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANY SNOWFALL OR ICING REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ029-030-WIZ061-111300- FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT- 455 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH A LIGHT GLAZE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNINGS OF THURSDAY...SATURDAY...AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANY SNOWFALL OR ICING REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. BOYNE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
755 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0754 PM FREEZING RAIN 1 ESE WABASHA 44.37N 92.02W
02/10/2015 U0.00 INCH WABASHA MN 911 CALL CENTER
WABASHA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS THAT ROADS
ARE ICY FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE THAT OCCURRED
EARLIER THIS EVENING.
0752 PM FREEZING RAIN 1 ENE ROCHESTER 44.02N 92.46W
02/10/2015 U0.00 INCH OLMSTED MN 911 CALL CENTER
OLMSTED COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS THAT THERE
WAS A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLIER.
INTERSTATE 90 WAS ICED OVER NEAR/JUST OVER
INTO MOWER COUNTY.
0751 PM FREEZING RAIN MANTORVILLE 44.07N 92.75W
02/10/2015 U0.00 INCH DODGE MN 911 CALL CENTER
DODGE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS THAT EAST TO
WEST ROADS ARE ICE COVERED WHILE THE NORTH
TO SOUTH BOUND ROADS ARE MORE SNOW COVERED.
BOTH ARE SLICK BETWEEN HAYFIELD AND
MANTORVILLE.
&&
HALBACHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
836 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0825 PM SNOW 1 WSW WEST SALEM 43.90N 91.10W
02/10/2015 M1.0 INCH LA CROSSE WI NWS EMPLOYEE
SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION
WEST SALEM.
0820 PM SNOW 5 NE STODDARD 43.72N 91.16W
02/10/2015 M1.0 INCH VERNON WI NWS EMPLOYEE
SOME SLEET SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. OBSERVER
LOCATION STODDARD 5NNE.
0721 PM SNOW 3 WSW LA CRESCENT 43.81N 91.36W
02/10/2015 M0.6 INCH HOUSTON MN BROADCAST MEDIA
WXOW TV SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS.
&&
NWS LA CROSSE WI
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
903 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM SNOW 1 SSE HAMMOND 44.21N 92.37W
02/10/2015 E0.8 INCH WABASHA MN PUBLIC
SNOW/SLEET SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. OBSERVER
LOCATION HAMMOND 1S.
0856 PM SNOW 2 E LA CROSSE 43.82N 91.19W
02/10/2015 M0.6 INCH LA CROSSE WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE SNOW DURATION 24
HOURS. OBSERVER LOCATION NWS LA CROSSE.
0848 PM SNOW WINONA 44.05N 91.66W
02/10/2015 E2.0 INCH WINONA MN PUBLIC
SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS.
0800 PM SNOW ADAMS 43.96N 89.82W
02/10/2015 E2.0 INCH ADAMS WI PUBLIC
SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS.
&&
NWS LA CROSSE WI
IRIS SYSTEMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The driver of a car was killed when the car was struck by a semi-truck. The driver of the semi-truck lost control of his vehicle on icy roads created by occasional freezing rain that had fallen during the early morning hours of February 11th.
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, Mower | 2015-02-11 | 23 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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