Heavy snow fell on parts of western Wisconsin on March 12 and 13th as a storm system moved out of the Dakotas and tracked across western and central Iowa. The snow moved into the area during the afternoon of March 12th and continued into the morning of the 13th.
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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 ARX wrote it up.
Heavy snow fell on parts of western Wisconsin on March 12 and 13th as a storm system moved out of the Dakotas and tracked across western and central Iowa. The snow moved into the area during the afternoon of March 12th and continued into the morning of the 13th. Accumulations were generally in the 3 to 7 inch range and the highest reported total was 7 inches near Stoddard (Vernon County).
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 Mar 12, 4:00 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service La Crosse WI 208 PM CDT Sun Mar 12 2017 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ053>055-061- 131200- Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Allamakee-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette- Clayton-Dodge-Olmsted-Winona-Mower-Fillmore-Houston-Vernon- Crawford-Richland-Grant- 208 PM CDT Sun Mar 12 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast Iowa...southeast Minnesota and southwest Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Through Tonight A Winter Storm Warning is in effect. Snow accumulations of 5 to 7 inches are expected, with the highest amounts west of the Mississippi River. Travel will be impacted with snow covered, slippery roads. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday The Winter Storm Warning will continue Monday with an additional 1 to 2 inches of snow, resulting in storm total snow amounts of 6 to 9 inches. Travel will be impacted, including during the Monday morning commute. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Snowfall reports are appreciated through Monday. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... No webinar is scheduled. MNZ079-WIZ032>034-041>044-131200- Wabasha-Buffalo-Trempealeau-Jackson-La Crosse-Monroe-Juneau-Adams- 208 PM CDT Sun Mar 12 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Minnesota...and west central into central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Through Tonight A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect. Snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches are expected, with the highest amounts for areas near the Mississippi River. Travel will be impacted with snow covered, slippery roads. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday The Winter Weather Advisory will continue Monday with up to an additional inch of snow, resulting in storm total snow amounts of 4 to 6 inches. Travel will be impacted, including during the Monday morning commute. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Snowfall reports are appreciated through Monday. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... No webinar is scheduled. WIZ017-029-131200- Taylor-Clark- 208 PM CDT Sun Mar 12 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Through Tonight Light snow will develop across the area. Snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches are expected. Travel will be impacted with snow covered, slippery roads. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Periods of light snow will continue Monday with up to an additional inch of snow expected, resulting in storm total snow amounts of 2 to 4 inches. Travel will be impacted, including during the Monday morning commute. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Snowfall reports are appreciated through Monday. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... No webinar is scheduled. Wetenkamp
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
COOP and volunteer snow observers reported 3 to 7 inches of snow across Vernon County. The highest reported total was 7 inches near Stoddard.
COOP and volunteer snow observers reported 3 to 6 inches of snow across Crawford County. The highest reported total was 6 inches in and near De Soto.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, March 2017
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: 686377, 686376.