Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 26 to 27, 2019

Name: Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 26 to 27, 2019
Start: 2019-02-26T17:00
End: 2019-02-27T12:00
Location: Wisconsin

February 26 to 27, 2019 · NWS MKX · 20 events in 20 counties and zones

A surge of relatively mild and moist air aloft led to snow and freezing drizzle across southern WI. Some vehicle slide-offs and accidents occurred.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 20 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 2
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 20

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 MKX wrote it up.

A surge of relatively mild and moist air aloft led to snow and freezing drizzle across southern WI. Some vehicle slide-offs and accidents occurred. One death and two injuries resulted from a 3 vehicle accident on an icy road in the Town of Westport in Dane County.

What forecasters said that day

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 Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 25, 5:14 PM CST, 23 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 5:14 PM CST, 23 hours 46 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

20 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Columbia

When: February 26, 5:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Columbia forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.467, -89.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and light snow with snow accumulation under an inch.

Winter Weather, Dodge

When: February 26, 5:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Dodge forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.416, -88.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and light snow with snow accumulation under an inch.

Winter Weather, Jefferson

When: February 26, 5:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.021, -88.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and light snow with snow accumulation under an inch.

Winter Weather, Waukesha

When: February 26, 5:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Waukesha forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.018, -88.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and light snow with snow accumulation under an inch.

Winter Weather, Milwaukee

When: February 26, 5:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Milwaukee forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.022, -87.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and light snow with snow accumulation around an inch.

Winter Weather, Racine

When: February 26, 5:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Racine forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.730, -87.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and light snow with snow accumulation under an inch.

Winter Weather, Kenosha

When: February 26, 5:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Kenosha forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.573, -87.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and light snow with snow accumulation under an inch.

Winter Weather, Ozaukee

When: February 26, 5:00 PM CST to February 27, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Ozaukee forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.403, -87.891 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and light snow with snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches.

Winter Weather, Washington

When: February 26, 5:00 PM CST to February 27, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.369, -88.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and light snow with snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches.

Winter Weather, Sheboygan

When: February 26, 5:00 PM CST to February 27, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Sheboygan forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.756, -87.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and snow with snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches.

Winter Weather, Fond du Lac

When: February 26, 5:00 PM CST to February 27, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Fond du Lac forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.754, -88.488 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and snow with snow accumulations of 1 to 4 inches.

Winter Weather, Green Lake

When: February 26, 5:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Green Lake forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.800, -89.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and snow with snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches.

Winter Weather, Marquette

When: February 26, 5:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Marquette forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.820, -89.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and snow with snow accumulations of 1 to 2 inches.

Winter Weather, Sauk

When: February 26, 9:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Sauk forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.427, -89.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and light snow with snow accumulation under an inch.

Winter Weather, Dane

When: February 26, 9:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:30 AM CST
Where: Dane forecast zone
Deaths: 0 direct, 1 indirect
Injuries: 0 direct, 2 indirect
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.067, -89.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and light snow with snow accumulation under an inch.|One death and two injuries resulted from a 3 vehicle accident on an icy road in the Town of Westport the morning of February 27th.

Winter Weather, Green

When: February 26, 9:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Green forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.680, -89.602 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and light snow with snow accumulation under an inch.

Winter Weather, Rock

When: February 26, 9:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Rock forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.671, -89.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and light snow with snow accumulation under an inch.

Winter Weather, Lafayette

When: February 26, 9:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Lafayette forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.661, -90.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle.

Winter Weather, Iowa

When: February 26, 9:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Iowa forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.001, -90.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle.

Winter Weather, Walworth

When: February 26, 10:00 PM CST to February 27, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Walworth forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.669, -88.542 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Periods of very light freezing drizzle and light snow with snow accumulation under an inch.

The people who died

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, Dane	2019-02-27	54	Male	Vehicle/Towed Trailer	Indirect

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Wisconsin in 2019 Every state in 2019 This day in weather history Warnings in Wisconsin, February 2019

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 813100, 813102, 813104, 813105, 813106, 813107, 813108, 813117, 813118, 813119, 813120, 813122, 813124, 813101, 813103, 813112, 813113, 813114, 813115, 813109.