A winter storm impacted most of the area during the afternoon and evening hours of February 2nd as a strong low pressure system moved from the central Plains to northern Lower Michigan, then continued northeast to western Quebec. Five to eight inches of snow fell in about 6 hours during the afternoon of the 2nd.
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The episode as NWS GRB wrote it up.
A winter storm impacted most of the area during the afternoon and evening hours of February 2nd as a strong low pressure system moved from the central Plains to northern Lower Michigan, then continued northeast to western Quebec.
Five to eight inches of snow fell in about 6 hours during the afternoon of the 2nd. Blustery east and northeast winds gusted to around 35 mph as the storm system passed to the south. The wet, heavy snow was accompanied by lightning and thunder in Manitowoc County and Calumet County. Some freezing rain and mixed precipitation also fell across parts of central and east central Wisconsin. The highest snowfall totals from the storm included 7.6 inches southwest of Big Falls (Waupaca Co.), 7.5 inches in the Wautoma area (Waushara Co.) and near Suring (Oconto Co.), 7.2 inches near Wisconsin Rapids (Wood Co.) and near Pulcifer (Shawano Co.), and 7.0 inches near Plover (Portage Co.).
An additional 1 to 3 inches of snow fell across the Fox Valley and lakeshore counties on the 3rd as an upper level disturbance moved across the state.
Snow moved into Vilas County on the afternoon of the 2nd, and continued through the morning of the 3rd due to lake effect snow showers behind the departing surface low pressure system. Highest snowfall totals in Vilas County included 7.8 inches at Lac du Flambeau, and 7.0 inches at Rest Lake and near Manitowish Waters.
New daily snowfall records were set for February 2nd at Appleton (Outagamie Co.), Stevens Point (Portage Co.), and Sturgeon Bay (Door Co.), each breaking their previous record by at least an inch.
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 Feb 2, 5:10 AM CST, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 510 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 UPDATED AVIATION PORTION FOR 12Z TAF ISSUANCE .SHORT TERM...TODAY...TONIGHT...AND WEDNESDAY ISSUED AT 332 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 FIRST ISSUE TODAY. CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPED THIS MORNING. WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING...ISSUED A SPS FOR SLIPPERY ROADS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE PRIOR TO THE WINTER STORM WORKING INTO THE AREA LATER TODAY. LOWER VISIBILITIES WERE NOTED OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PATCHY DENSE FOG NOTED ON A FEW OF THE WEB CAMS IN THE OSHKOSH AREA. OTHERWISE FOCUS CONTINUES WITH THE WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA. FOR THE BIG PICTURE...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW STILL LOOKS ON TARGET FOR AREAS MAINLY NORTHWEST OF THE FOX CITIES LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT AND PERHAPS EVEN LINGERING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BUT PLENTY OF LOOSE ENDS WITH THIS STORM...MAINLY POTENTIALLY LESS SNOW AMOUNTS OVER EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE LAKE SHORE...BUT GREATER CHANCE FOR A MIX OF PCPN WITH A CONCRETE TYPE OF SNOW DURING THE RUSH HOUR TIME FRAME. MID LEVEL DRYING MAY DIMINISH THE ACCUMULATION LATER TONIGHT OVER EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OR TURN TO A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW. WITH THE WAA REGION OF THE PCPN SLIDING NORTHWARD...AND THE SYSTEM DEFORMATION AREA ARRIVING LATER ON...COULD GET A BREAK IN THE STORM EVENT OVERNIGHT. THIS DEFORMATION AREA MAY STILL BE PASSING OVER THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THE NOON HOUR WEDNESDAY. REGION OF SNOW GROWTH REGION INCREASES WEDNESDAY MORNING SO THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY WARRANT AN EXTENSION OF THE WARNING OR AN ADVISORY. BUT THE CHALLENGE IS THE POTENTIAL BREAK OF THE DRY SLOT LATER THIS EVENING. LATER SHIFTS CAN TAKE ANOTHER LOOK TO WARRANT EXTENDING THE WARNINGS LONGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BUT OVERALL NO CHANGE TO THE HEADLINES WITH THE SYSTEM WORKING INTO IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW BUT DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW MAY BE HELD IN CHECK OVER EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DUE TO THE MIX POTENTIAL AND RELATIVELY WARMER TEMPS. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY ISSUED AT 332 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 MODELS CONT TO SHOW A SPLIT/AMPLIFIED MEAN FLOW WITH THE DOMINANT FEATURES BEING A WEST COAST UPR RDG AND A RETROGRADING UPR TROF FROM THE E-CNTRL CONUS TOWARD CNTRL NOAM BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS PATTERN WOULD MAINLY KEEP A NW FLOW INTO WI WITH SEVERAL CLIPPER- TYPE SYSTEMS SWINGING THRU THE AREA. NONE OF THESE SYSTEMS APPEAR TO BE VERY STRONG...THUS DO NOT SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF SERIOUS ACCUMULATIONS. TEMPS ARE FCST TO AVERAGE AT OR SLIGHTLY NORMAL THRU THE EXTENDED FCST. INITIALLY...LAKE EFFECT SET-UP IS FAVORABLE FOR N-CNTRL WI EARLY WED EVENING WITH NW WINDS...8H TEMPS OVER WRN LAKE SUPERIOR AT AROUND -16C...DELTA-T VALUES IN THE MID TO UPR TEENS AND A LACK OF A LOW-LEVEL INVERSION. THE PROBLEM FOR HIGHER POPS/BETTER SNOW ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WL BE THE APPROACH OF A WEAK SFC RDG WED NGT WHICH WOULD BACK THE WINDS AND ESSENTIALLY CUT-OFF ANY LAKE EFFECT. THEREFORE...HAVE CARRIED HI CHC POPS FOR THE SNOWBELT REGION OF VILAS CNTY WED EVENING AND TAPERED POPS DOWN FOR THE OVRNGT HOURS. PERHAPS UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW EXPECTED AT MOST. THE REST OF NE WI SHOULD SEE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER WITH DIMINISHING WINDS AS THE WEAK SFC RDG APPROACHES. MIN TEMPS TO RANGE FROM ZERO TO 5 ABOVE NORTH...5 TO 10 CNTRL/E-CNTRL WI AND 10 TO 15 ABOVE NEAR LAKE MI. A VERY WEAK CLIPPER...ACCOMPANIED BY A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROF... WL APPROACH THE WRN GREAT LAKES ON THU. THIS LITTLE SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE MOISTURE-STARVED...THUS EXPECT TO SEE CLOUDS TO THICKEN DURING THE DAY WITH A SMALL CHC OF LIGHT SNOW REACHING CNTRL WI MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THU LOOKS TO BE THE COOLEST DAY OF THE EXTENDED FCST WITH MAX TEMPS AROUND 20 DEGS NORTH...LWR TO MID 20S SOUTH. ANY LIGHT SNOW THAT DOES FALL FROM THIS SYSTEM WL QUICKLY EXIT ERN WI THU EVENING AND MAY BE NOTHING MORE THAN FLURRIES AT THAT. A RDG OF HI PRES IS FCST TO BUILD INTO THE UPR MS VALLEY THU NGT AND ANTICIPATE SKIES TO AT LEAST BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY. WINDS WL BE FAIRLY LIGHT...SO TEMPS SHOULD AGAIN DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO NORTH...AROUND 10 ABOVE CNTRL/E-CNTRL WI AND LWR TO MID TEENS NEAR LAKE MI. THE NEXT VERY WEAK CLIPPER/SHORTWAVE TROF COMBINATION IS FCST TO PUSH INTO THE UPR MS VALLEY ON FRI... BRINGING AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS WITH A SMALL CHC OF LIGHT SNOW REACHING CNTRL WI LATER IN THE DAY. A SW WIND AHEAD OF THE CLIPPER SHOULD BRING TEMPS CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR EARLY FEBRUARY WITH READINGS IN THE LWR TO MID 20S NORTH...MID TO UPR 20S SOUTH. THIS CLIPPER SWINGS THRU NRN SECTIONS OF THE GREAT LAKES FRI NGT WITH A TRAILING CDFNT SAGGING INTO CNTRL SECTIONS OF WI. HAVE CONTINUED THE SMALLER CHCOF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE FCST AREA...BUT ANY ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR TO BE MINOR. MODELS ARE SHOWING THIS CDFNT TO STALL OVER CNTRL WI AND ACTUALLY LIFT A BIT NORTH AS A WRMFNT ON SAT IN RESPONSE TO A STRONGER CLIPPER SYSTEM SITUATED WELL TO OUR NW OVER ALBERTA/SASKATCHEWAN. CANNOT RULE OUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW CHCS ALONG/NORTH OF THIS SFC BOUNDARY... WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ELSEWHERE. MAX TEMPS ON SAT WL RANGE FROM THE LWR TO MID 20S NORTH...UPR 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGS SOUTH. MODELS ARE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THE HANDLING OF THIS THIRD CLIPPER WITH THE GEM FASTER AND WEAKEST...THE GFS AND ECMWF DIFFER WITH THE INTENSITY. SAT NGT LOOKS TO BE MAINLY DRY WITH WHAT IS LEFT OF THE WRMFNT TO THE NORTH...THE CLIPPER LOCATED OVER THE SASKATCHEWAN BORDER AND THE MAIN MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROF SITUATED OVER THE NRN ROCKIES. AN INCREASE IN ISEN LIFT ACROSS WI WL BRING BOTH MILDER TEMPS (UPR 20S TO LWR 30S) AND A CHC FOR LIGHT PCPN ON SUNDAY...ALTHO QPF AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE QUITE LIGHT AS GULF MOISTURE IS CUT-OFF BY A SRN STREAM STORM ALONG THE GULF COAST. THE BEST CHC FOR SEEING A MORE WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW WOULD BE SUNDAY NGT INTO MON AS THE CLIPPER PASSES BY TO OUR NORTH AND A STRONGER SHORTWAVE TROF REACHES THE WRN GREAT LAKES. DUE TO A LACK OF GULF MOISTURE...ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS CLIPPER SHOULD BE LIGHT. AS THE UPR TROF APPROACHES...COOLER AIR ALOFT WL SEND MAX TEMPS ON MON CLOSER TO NORMAL. && .AVIATION...FOR 12Z TAF ISSUANCE ISSUED AT 510 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 PATCHY IFR/LIFR CIGS AND VSBYS DUE TO FOG AND STRATUS WERE OBSERVED EARLY THIS MORNING. VSBYS AND CIGS MAY TEMPORARILY IMPROVE TO MVFR LEVELS THIS MORNING BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE MORNING INTO THIS EVENING DUE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. CONDITIONS COULD BE AT OR BELOW AIRPORT MINIMUMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLS. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY IN MOST PLACES. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR WIZ030-031-035>040-045-048>050. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR WIZ010>013-018>022-073-074. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR WIZ005. && SHORT TERM.....TDH LONG TERM......KALLAS AVIATION.......TDH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 508 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-031200- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO- WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO- CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY- SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- 508 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PLEASE CONSULT OUR FORECAST PRODUCTS FOR THE SPECIFIC SNOW TOTALS AND WINDS EXPECTED IN YOUR AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AS THE WINTER STORM TRACKS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE MORE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. SOME TRAVEL IMPACTS MAY LINGER THROUGH THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SEVERAL CLIPPER SYSTEMS ARE FORECAST TO SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FROM THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WHILE NONE OF THESE CLIPPERS ARE EXPECTED TO BRING MUCH SNOW TO THE AREA...SOME ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. LMZ521-522-541>543-031200- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 508 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO IMPACT THE GREAT LAKES TODAY AND TONIGHT. NORTHEAST GALES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN ADVANCE OF THE LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS THIS STRONG LOW PRESSURE BEGINS TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS STILL POSSIBLE. TDH/AK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 641 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-021600- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO- WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO- CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY- SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- 641 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...BE ALERT FOR ICY SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS ALONG WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING... CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND INCREASING MOISTURE FROM AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM SYSTEM HAVE PRODUCED AREAS OF FOG EARLY THIS MORNING. SINCE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...ANY MOISTURE WHICH COLLECTS ON AREA ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL FREEZE. AS A RESULT...PATCHES OF ICE AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE DENSE FOG WILL ALSO PRODUCE VISIBILITIES ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. SNOW WITH AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL LATE MORNING AND DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN. BE ALERT FOR THE PATCHES OF ICE AND DENSE FOG AND USE EXTRA CAUTION DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. TDH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 958 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-021900- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO- WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO- CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY- SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- 958 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...HEAVY SNOW TRACKING INTO NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON... LIGHT SNOW WILL TRACK NORTH THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. HOWEVER AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW BEHIND THIS INITIAL BAND WILL TRACK THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THUNDER IS ALSO POSSIBLE AT TIMES WITH THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW. EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PICK UP TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ACROSS EAST- CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE NEAR... APPLETON...OSHKOSH AND STEVENS POINT AROUND NOON. GREEN BAY...MANITOWOC AND WAUSAU AROUND 100 PM. MERRILL AND OCONTO AROUND 200 PM. STURGEON BAY AND RHINELANDER AROUND 300 PM. EAGLE RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN AND WASHINGTON ISLAND AROUND 400 PM. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP QUICKLY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN THIS AREA OF HEAVY SNOW. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE TREACHEROUS ACROSS THE REGION. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO PLAN AHEAD FOR THIS HEAVY SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. KURIMSKI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1153 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-022100- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO- WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO- CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY- SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- 1153 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TRACKING THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1152 AM...AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER OSHKOSH...APPLETON AND STEVENS POINT...WILL CONTINUE TRACKING THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THUNDER IS ALSO POSSIBLE AT TIMES WITH THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW. EAST WINDS WILL ALSO PICK UP TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE NEAR... GREEN BAY...SHAWANO AND WAUSAU AROUND 100 PM. MERRILL AND OCONTO AROUND 200 PM. STURGEON BAY AND RHINELANDER AROUND 300 PM. EAGLE RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN AND WASHINGTON ISLAND AROUND 400 PM. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP QUICKLY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN THIS AREA OF HEAVY SNOW. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE TREACHEROUS ACROSS THE REGION. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO PLAN AHEAD FOR THIS HEAVY SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. KURIMSKI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
19 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
About 6 inches of snow fell in the Antigo and White Lake areas as the storm passed.
About 6 inches of snow fell near Mountain as the storm passed.
About 6 inches of snow fell across southern Marinette County as the storm passed.
The highest storm total snowfall in Marathon County was 6.5 inches in Spencer.
The highest storm total snowfall in Shawano County was 7.2 inches near Pulcifer.
The highest storm total snowfall in southern Oconto County was 7.5 inches at Suring.
The highest storm total snowfall in Door County was 6.0 inches at Sturgeon Bay. The 6.0 inches of snow that fell at Sturgeon Bay broke the previous record of 4.5 inches that was set in 1953.
The highest storm total snowfall in Outagamie County was 6.0 inches in New London. The 5.8 inches of snow that fell in Appleton broke the previous record of 4.8 inches that was set in 1986.
The highest storm total snowfall in Brown County was 6.0 inches in the Suamico area.
The highest storm total snowfall in Kewaunee County was 6.0 inches in Kewaunee.
The highest storm total snowfall in Winnebago County was 6.2 inches in the Neenah area.
The highest storm total snowfall in Wood County was 7.2 inches near Wisconsin Rapids.
The highest snowfall totals from the storm in Portage County included 7.0 inches near Plover and 6.9 inches southeast of Amherst. The 5.5 inches of snow that fell in Stevens Point broke the previous record of 4.0 inches that was set in 1934 and equaled in 2004.
The highest storm total snowfall in Waupaca County was 7.6 inches southwest of Big Falls.
The highest storm total snowfall in Waushara County was 7.5 inches in the Wautoma area.
The highest snowfall totals included 7.8 inches at Lac du Flambeau, and 7.0 inches at Rest Lake and near Manitowish Waters.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, February 2016
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: 614368, 614369, 614370, 614371, 614372, 614373, 614374, 614375, 614376, 614377, 614378, 614379, 614381, 614382, 614383, 614384, 614385, 614386, 614366.