Several inches of snow followed by rapid intensification of a low-pressure system over the Great Lakes led to a multi-day winter storm for Western Wisconsin. Part 1 of this system was widespread fluffy snow with high snow-to-liquid ratios across west central Wisconsin.
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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 MPX wrote it up.
Several inches of snow followed by rapid intensification of a low-pressure system over the Great Lakes led to a multi-day winter storm for Western Wisconsin. Part 1 of this system was widespread fluffy snow with high snow-to-liquid ratios across west central Wisconsin. There was a break, and then part 2 of this system with strong arctic winds developed in wrap-around circulation of the low-pressure system. Wind gusts of 30-40 mph ended up being about ten miles per hour less than forecast, but these winds together with the arctic air led to dangerous wind-chills near -25 to -35 F. Roads became ice-covered, but overall the poor conditions did not verify the second half of the winter weather headlines across west central Wisconsin.
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 Dec 23, 11:21 AM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
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9 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Whiteout conditions were expected from a deep fresh snow pack and forecast winds of 40 to 50 mph. However, wind gusts ended up being less than forecast, so this event did not verify the Blizzard Warning. Roads were ice-covered, and very cold wind chills of -25 to -35 were observed.
Whiteout conditions were expected from a deep fresh snow pack and forecast winds of 40 to 50 mph. However, wind gusts ended up being less than forecast, so this event did not verify the Blizzard Warning. Roads were ice-covered, and very cold wind chills of -25 to -35 were observed.
Whiteout conditions were expected from a deep fresh snow pack and forecast winds of 40 to 50 mph. However, wind gusts ended up being less than forecast, so this event did not verify the Blizzard Warning. Roads were ice-covered, and very cold wind chills of -25 to -35 were observed.
Whiteout conditions were expected from a deep fresh snow pack and forecast winds of 40 to 50 mph. However, wind gusts ended up being less than forecast, so this event did not verify the Blizzard Warning. Roads were ice-covered, and very cold wind chills of -25 to -35 were observed.
Whiteout conditions were expected from a deep fresh snow pack and forecast winds of 40 to 50 mph. However, wind gusts ended up being less than forecast, so this event did not verify the Blizzard Warning. Roads were ice-covered, and very cold wind chills of -25 to -35 were observed.
Whiteout conditions were expected from a deep fresh snow pack and forecast winds of 40 to 50 mph. However, wind gusts ended up being less than forecast, so this event did not verify the Blizzard Warning. Roads were ice-covered, and very cold wind chills of -25 to -35 were observed.
Areas of blowing snow and hazardous travel was expected from a deep fresh snow pack and forecast winds of 30 to 40 mph. However, wind gusts ended up being less than forecast, so this event did not verify the Winter Storm Warning. Roads were ice-covered, and very cold wind chills of -25 to -35 were observed.
Areas of blowing snow and hazardous travel was expected from a deep fresh snow pack and forecast winds of 30 to 40 mph. However, wind gusts ended up being less than forecast, so this event did not verify the Winter Storm Warning. Roads were ice-covered, and very cold wind chills of -25 to -35 were observed.
Areas of blowing snow and hazardous travel was expected from a deep fresh snow pack and forecast winds of 30 to 40 mph. However, wind gusts ended up being less than forecast, so this event did not verify the Winter Storm Warning. Roads were ice-covered, and very cold wind chills of -25 to -35 were observed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, December 2022
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: 1064152, 1064189, 1064190, 1064191, 1064192, 1064193, 1064194, 1064195, 1064196.