A strong system was well south in the southern Mississippi River region the morning of Thursday February 7th. Over the Upper Midwest, there was an elongated, inverted trough that focused the precipitation across the Upper Midwest during the morning, and afternoon of Thursday February 7th.
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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 MPX wrote it up.
A strong system was well south in the southern Mississippi River region the morning of Thursday February 7th. Over the Upper Midwest, there was an elongated, inverted trough that focused the precipitation across the Upper Midwest during the morning, and afternoon of Thursday February 7th. Once this system moved rapidly northeast over the Great Lakes region, and pressure rises occurred across the Upper Midwest, strong gusty winds developed and caused areas of blowing and drifting snow in west central Wisconsin.
The initial bands of precipitation developed over southern Minnesota during the predawn hours with a mixture of sleet, freezing rain and snow. There was already a coating of ice from a long duration of freezing drizzle the night before. The mixture of sleet, freezing rain, and snow quickly changed over to all snow after sunrise.
The snowfall continued through the afternoon, and tapered off in the evening in west central Wisconsin. The heaviest snowfall occurred between 10 AM CST, to 3 PM CST.
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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 7, 6:12 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 855 PM CST Wed Feb 6 2019 MNZ041>045-047>053-055>063-065>069-075>077-084-085-093-072100- Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker- Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-Renville-McLeod-Sibley- Carver-Scott-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Waseca-Steele-Freeborn- 855 PM CST Wed Feb 6 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Minnesota...east central Minnesota...south central Minnesota and west central Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Tonight A combination of light freezing drizzle and snow showers will continue through the rest of the night. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday A widespread 3 to 6 inches of snow are expected Thursday. The threat for another several inches of accumulating snow exists Monday and Tuesday. Very cold wind chills are expected Thursday night through Friday morning across western MN. Wind Chill values as low as 40 below zero are expected. Wind chills colder than 30 below zero will be possible again Saturday morning across western Minnesota. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters and snowfall observers are urged to report snowfall amounts to the National Weather Service. MNZ054-064-073-074-082-083-091-092-072100- Lac Qui Parle-Yellow Medicine-Redwood-Brown-Watonwan-Blue Earth- Martin-Faribault- 855 PM CST Wed Feb 6 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Minnesota...southwest Minnesota and west central Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Tonight A combination of light freezing drizzle and snow showers will continue through the rest of the night. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday A widespread 3 to 6 inches of snow are expected Thursday. Blowing snow leading to blizzard conditions are expected Thursday afternoon and Thursday night. The threat for another several inches of accumulating snow exists Monday and Tuesday. Very cold wind chills are expected Thursday night through Friday morning. Wind Chill values as low as 35 below zero are expected. Wind chills colder than 30 below zero will be possible again Saturday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters and snowfall observers are urged to report snowfall amounts to the National Weather Service. MNZ070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-072100- Dakota-Goodhue-Polk-Barron-Rusk-St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin- Chippewa-Eau Claire- 855 PM CST Wed Feb 6 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Minnesota...southeast Minnesota...northwest Wisconsin and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight A combination of light freezing drizzle and snow showers will continue through the rest of the night. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Winter Storm conditions with widespread 4 to 7 inches of snow is expected Thursday with the potential for locally higher amounts. Wind chills near 25 below zero will be possible Friday morning The threat for another several inches of accumulating snow exists Monday and Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters and snowfall observers are urged to report snowfall amounts to the National Weather Service.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Several reports from social media and the general public reported up to 8 inches of snow, that fell during the mid morning, through the afternoon.
Several reports from social media and the general public reported up to 8 inches of snow, that fell during the mid morning, through the afternoon.
Several reports from social media and the general public reported up to 9 inches of snow, that fell during the mid morning, through the afternoon.
A few reports of snowfall amounts up to 8 inches fell across St. Croix County during the late morning, through the afternoon.
Several reports from social media and the general public reported up to 9 inches of snow, that fell during the mid morning, through the afternoon.
Several reports from social media, a trained spotter, and the general public reported up to 9 inches of snow, that fell during the mid morning, through the afternoon.
Several reports from social media, an official NWS observation at Eau Claire, and the general public reported up to 7 inches of snow, that fell during the mid morning, through the afternoon.
Several weather sources indicated that Rusk County had up to 9 inches of snow during the late morning, through the afternoon.
Several weather sources indicated that Chippewa County had up to 9 inches of snow during the late morning, through the afternoon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, February 2019
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: 797712, 797713, 797714, 797717, 797708, 797709, 797711, 797715, 797716.