A low pressure system that passed southeast of Wisconsin and an upper level disturbance that moved across the state produced heavy snow and gusty winds across much of the area. The winds were strong enough to cause blowing and drifting of the newly fallen snow.
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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 GRB wrote it up.
A low pressure system that passed southeast of Wisconsin and an upper level disturbance that moved across the state produced heavy snow and gusty winds across much of the area. The winds were strong enough to cause blowing and drifting of the newly fallen snow. Snowfall totals from the storm were in excess of a foot at several locations in eastern Wisconsin including 14.5 inches in Valders (Manitowoc Co.), 14.0 inches in Forestville (Door Co.), and 12.0 inches in Luxemburg (Kewaunee Co.). Some of the higher totals across the rest of the area included 12.6 inches in Denmark (Brown Co.), 10.5 inches in Shiocton (Outagamie Co.), 10.2 inches in Oshkosh (Winnebago Co.), and 10.0 inches in Brillion (Calumet Co.).
Snowfall records for January 28th were tied or broken in Marshfield (Wood Co.), Wisconsin Rapids (Wood Co.), Appleton (Outagamie Co.), Green Bay (Brown Co.), Oshkosh (Winnebago Co.), Manitowoc (Manitowoc Co.), and Sturgeon Bay (Door Co.).
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 Jan 27, 11:04 PM CST, 56 minutes earlier.
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The highest snowfall totals in Brown County included 12.6 inches in Denmark, 11.5 inches near De Pere, 11.0 inches on the east side of Green Bay, 10.2 inches in Ledgeview, and 9.7 inches at the National Weather Service in Green Bay.
Snow totals in Marathon County were not as high as many other locations, but gusty northeast winds caused blowing and drifting snow. The highest measured snow total was 6.0 inches at Dancy.
The highest snowfall total in Shawano County was 8.4 inches in Angelica.
The highest snowfall totals in Wood County included 8.0 inches in Wisconsin Rapids and Saratoga, and 6.0 inches near Marshfield.
Some of the highest snowfall totals in Portage County included 7.6 inches near Amherst, 6.9 inches in Rosholt, and 6.5 inches in Plover.
The highest snowfall totals in Waupaca County were 8.0 inches in Waupaca and 6.0 inches in New London.
The highest snowfall totals in Outagamie County were 10.5 inches in Shiocton and 9.2 inches in Appleton.
The highest snowfall totals in Kewaunee County included 12.0 inches in Luxemburg and 10.0 inches in Kewaunee.
The highest snowfall totals in Waushara County were 7.7 inches near Poy Sippi and 6.0 inches in Berlin.
The highest snowfall totals in Winnebago County included 10.2 inches in Oshkosh, 7.5 inches near Omro, and 6.6 inches in Neenah.
Some of the highest snowfall totals in Manitowoc County included 14.5 inches in Valders, 14.0 inches northwest of Two Rivers, 13.0 inches in Two Rivers, 12.4 inches near Millhome, and 10.5 inches in Manitowoc.
The highest snowfall totals in Door County included 14 inches in Forestville, 12.8 inches near Sturgeon Bay, 12.0 inches in Baileys Harbor, 9.5 inches in Egg Harbor, and 8.4 inches on Washington Island.
A total of 8 inches of snow fell in Stiles.
Snow totals in southern Marinette County were not as high as many other locations, but gusty east to northeast winds caused blowing and drifting snow. The highest measured snow total was 5.0 inches in Marinette.
The highest snowfall totals in Calumet County included 10.0 inches in Brillion and near Combined Locks, and 8.0 inches in Chilton.
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, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 797324, 797325, 797326, 797327, 797328, 797329, 797330, 797331, 797332, 797333, 797334, 797335, 797336, 797337, 797338, 797339, 797340.