An approaching disturbance brought very light wintry precipitation to southern Wisconsin, the majority of which fell as freezing drizzle. The freezing drizzle resulted in a light glaze of ice on untreated area roads, resulting in slippery conditions.
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The episode as NWS MKX wrote it up.
An approaching disturbance brought very light wintry precipitation to southern Wisconsin, the majority of which fell as freezing drizzle. The freezing drizzle resulted in a light glaze of ice on untreated area roads, resulting in slippery conditions.
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 Feb 5, 3:15 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
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20 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice accumulations from freezing drizzle ranging between 0.02 inches and 0.10 inches, resulting in slippery spots on untreated surfaces.
Ice accumulations from freezing drizzle ranging between 0.02 inches and 0.10 inches, resulting in slippery spots on untreated surfaces.
MSN ASOS measures 0.07 of ice accumulation from freezing drizzle.
Lone Rock Airport measures 0.03 inches of ice accumulation from freezing drizzle.
Kenosha Airport ASOS measures 0.10 inches of ice accumulation from freezing drizzle.
Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport measures 0.06 inches of ice accumulation from freezing drizzle.
Racine Airport measures 0.11 inches of ice accumulation from freezing drizzle.
Ice accumulations from freezing drizzle ranging between 0.02 inches and 0.10 inches, resulting in slippery spots on untreated surfaces.
Ice accumulations from freezing drizzle ranging between 0.02 inches and 0.10 inches, resulting in slippery spots on untreated surfaces.
Ice accumulations from freezing drizzle ranging between 0.02 inches and 0.10 inches, resulting in slippery spots on untreated surfaces.
Ice accumulations from freezing drizzle ranging between 0.02 inches and 0.10 inches, resulting in slippery spots on untreated surfaces.
Ice accumulations from freezing drizzle ranging between 0.02 inches and 0.10 inches, resulting in slippery spots on untreated surfaces.
Fond du Lac Airport ASOS measures 0.02 inches of ice accumulation from freezing drizzle.
Ice accumulations from freezing drizzle ranging between 0.02 inches and 0.10 inches, resulting in slippery spots on untreated surfaces.
Ice accumulations from freezing drizzle ranging between 0.02 inches and 0.10 inches, resulting in slippery spots on untreated surfaces.
Ice accumulations from freezing drizzle ranging between 0.02 inches and 0.10 inches, resulting in slippery spots on untreated surfaces.
Ice accumulations from freezing drizzle ranging between 0.02 inches and 0.10 inches, resulting in slippery spots on untreated surfaces.
Ice accumulations from freezing drizzle ranging between 0.02 inches and 0.10 inches, resulting in slippery spots on untreated surfaces.
Ice accumulations from freezing drizzle ranging between 0.02 inches and 0.10 inches, resulting in slippery spots on untreated surfaces.
Sheboygan Airport measures 0.03 inches of ice accumulation from freezing drizzle.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, February 2025
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: 1234452, 1234455, 1234443, 1234445, 1234446, 1234447, 1234448, 1234454, 1234458, 1234459, 1234460, 1234462, 1234444, 1234450, 1234451, 1234453, 1234456, 1234457, 1234461, 1234449.