Heavy Snow, Bayfield
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM 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 in Wisconsin, December 23, 2015
The event began in the morning as sleet then switched to a heavy wet snow in northwestern Wisconsin. This created very dangerous conditions along U.
Where it happened
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- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The event began in the morning as sleet then switched to a heavy wet snow in northwestern Wisconsin. This created very dangerous conditions along U. S. Highway 2 in Bayfield County where 6 to 7 inches of snow fell in a few short hours. A band of 6 to 7 inches stretched from Shell Lake to Cornucopia. Four miles southeast of Cornucopia had 6.5 inches of snow by late afternoon while the Brule DNR ranger station had 7.0 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Douglas
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM 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, Washburn
- When
- December 23, 9:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washburn forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.899, -91.791 (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
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- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, December 23, 2015
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, December 23, 2015
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, December 23, 2015
- Storm Surge and Blizzard in Alaska, December 23 to 28, 2015
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 23 to 24, 2015
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, December 23, 2015
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, December 23, 2015
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kentucky, December 23, 2015
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, December 23, 2015
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, December 23, 2015
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, December 23, 2015
More
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 611995, 611997, 611998.