A swath of light to moderate snowfall occurred across southern WI due to the passage of an upper level disturbance and low pressure moving across the Ohio River Valley. Some schools were cancelled over south central WI.
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.
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 MKX wrote it up.
A swath of light to moderate snowfall occurred across southern WI due to the passage of an upper level disturbance and low pressure moving across the Ohio River Valley. Some schools were cancelled over south central WI. Some vehicle slide-offs and accidents occurred, including one indirect death from a head-on collision in Green 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 Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 6, 3:30 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
20 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Two to five inches of snow accumulation.
Around two inches of wet snow accumulation.
One to three inches of wet snow accumulation.
One to three inches of wet snow accumulation.
Three to five inches of snow accumulation.
One to three inches of wet snow accumulation.
Three to six inches of snow accumulation.
Four to six inches of snow accumulation.
Two to four inches of snow accumulation.
One to three inches of wet snow accumulation.
Two to three inches of wet snow accumulation.
Three to five inches of snow accumulation.
Four to six inches of snow accumulation.
Four to six inches of snow accumulation.
Two to three inches of wet snow accumulation.
Two to four inches of snow accumulation.
Four to six inches of snow accumulation.
Three to six inches of snow accumulation.
Two to four inches of snow accumulation.
One to four inches of snow accumulation.
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, Green | 2022-03-07 | 57 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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, March 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1004478, 1004487, 1004500, 1004501, 1004508, 1004509, 1004473, 1004481, 1004483, 1004490, 1004497, 1004507, 1004471, 1004475, 1004493, 1004504, 1004477, 1004480, 1004505, 1004506.