Wisconsin, 2026Winter Storm in Wisconsin, March 10 to 11, 2026
March 10 to 11, 2026 · NWS GRB · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A surface low tracking through the southwestern Great Lakes brought a swath of heavy snow to portions of Vilas County from Tuesday evening (3/10) through Wednesday morning (3/11). North winds picked up later Wednesday morning (3/11) to 10 to 20 mph.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
A surface low tracking through the southwestern Great Lakes brought a swath of heavy snow to portions of Vilas County from Tuesday evening (3/10) through Wednesday morning (3/11). North winds picked up later Wednesday morning (3/11) to 10 to 20 mph. The highest snowfall amount was 6 inches in Rest Lake (Vilas Co.).
What forecasters said that day
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 Mar 10, 1:40 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 1:40 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>Winter Storm, Vilas
- When
- March 10, 5:00 PM CST to March 11, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Vilas forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 46.053, -89.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The highest snowfall total in Vilas County was 6 inches in Rest Lake.
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 10, 20262 deaths · 13 injured · EF3 · 8 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 10, 20261 death · 9 injured · EF3 · 51 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 10, 20261 injured · $500,000 · EF2 · 3 events
- Tornadoes and Flood in Indiana, March 10 to 11, 2026$76,000 · EF2 · 7 events
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 10, 2026$375,000 · EF0 · 50 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 10, 2026EF1 · 50 events
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 10 to 11, 2026$125,000 · 61 kt wind · 8 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, March 10, 2026$69,000 · 2.75 in hail · 20 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Illinois, March 10 to 11, 2026EF1 · 34 events
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 10 to 11, 2026$47,000 · 70 kt wind · 10 events
- Flash Flood and Flood in Wisconsin, March 10, 2026$53,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, March 10, 20263 in hail · 35 events
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: 1310156.