A southwest to northeast oriented band of snow developed Tuesday afternoon (March 10th) and pivoted east through the morning of the 11th. Northwest Wisconsin was situated near the pivot point, producing the highest amounts across the region.
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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.
A southwest to northeast oriented band of snow developed Tuesday afternoon (March 10th) and pivoted east through the morning of the 11th. Northwest Wisconsin was situated near the pivot point, producing the highest amounts across the region. Polk, Barron, and Rusk counties were on the southern edge of the greatest snowfall totals, receiving up to 4 inches in the northern portions of the counties. Snowfall impacted travel from the afternoon of the 10th through the early morning of the 11th.
The highest snowfall reports were:|3.9 inches 7 miles NW of Rice Lake, WI (Barron).|3.6 inches in Rice Lake, WI (Barron).|2.8 inches 3 miles NW of Turtle Lake, WI (Polk).|2.0 inches 6 miles NW of Amery, WI (Polk).|1.4 inches in Ladysmith, WI (Rusk).
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 Mar 10, 12:04 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
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3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The heaviest snow fell during the evening of the 10th and early morning of the 11th. Interpolated snow amounts ranged from 4 inches in the northern part of the county to 2 inches in the southern part of the county. The highest report was 2.8 inches 3 miles NW of Turtle Lake.
The heaviest snow fell during the evening of the 10th and early morning of the 11th. Interpolated snow amounts ranged from 4 inches in the northern part of the county to 2 inches in the southern part of the county. The highest report was 3.9 inches 6 miles NW of Rice Lake.
The heaviest snow fell during the evening of the 10th and early morning of the 11th. Interpolated snow amounts ranged from 4 inches in the northern part of the county to 1 inch in the southern part of the county. The highest report was 1.4 inches in Ladysmith.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2026Every state in 2026This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, March 2026
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: 1316452, 1316453, 1316454.