A low pressure system slowly tracked from northeast Wisconsin on Sunday evening (4/16) towards the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan on Monday (4/17). A swath of 6 to 10 inches of heavy snow fell across western portions of north-central and central Wisconsin along with gusty north winds of 30 to 40 mph.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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 GRB wrote it up.
A low pressure system slowly tracked from northeast Wisconsin on Sunday evening (4/16) towards the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan on Monday (4/17). A swath of 6 to 10 inches of heavy snow fell across western portions of north-central and central Wisconsin along with gusty north winds of 30 to 40 mph.
Some of the highest snowfall amounts included 10.1 inches in Hazelhurst (Oneida Co.), 9.5 inches in Presque Isle (Vilas Co.), 9.2 inches near Boulder Junction (Vilas Co.), 9 inches near Tomahawk (Lincoln Co.), Manitowish Waters (Vilas Co.), Lake Tomahawk (Oneida Co.) as well as near Goodnow (Oneida Co.), 8 inches near Milan (Marathon Co.), and 6.8 inches in Marshfield (Wood 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 Apr 16, 5:36 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
The highest snowfall totals in Vilas County included 9.5 inches in Presque Isle, 9.2 inches near Boulder Junction, 9 inches in Manitowish Waters, and 8.9 inches in Saint Germain.
The highest snowfall totals in Lincoln County included 9 inches near Tomahawk, 8.9 inches near Merrill, and 8.8 inches in Bradley.
The highest snowfall totals in Marathon County included 8 inches near Milan and 7 inches in Spencer.
The highest snowfall totals in Wood County included 6.8 inches in Marshfield and 6.5 inches in Babcock.
The highest snowfall totals in Oneida County included 10.1 inches in Hazelhurst, 9 inches in Lake Tomahawk as well as near Goodnow, and 7 inches in Willow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, April 2023
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: 1081882, 1081884, 1081885, 1081886, 1081883.