The Dexes / Winter Storm, Blizzard & Heavy Snow / 5540635
Eventdex · Winter Storm, Blizzard & Heavy Snow
VILAS
5540635
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| Event typeevent_type | Winter Storm |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 5,540,635 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 2,029,471 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 1996-03-24T05:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 1996-03-25T19:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | WISCONSIN |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | VILAS |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | A powerful storm brought two waves of winter weather to North Central and Northeast Wisconsin over a 38 hour period. Warm air advection associated with this system brought between 3 and 9 inches of snow to the area between 1100 pm on the 23rd and 900 am on the 24th. The heaviest snow occurred in Vilas, Oneida, Forest and Langlade counties, where 6 to 9 inches were measured. After approximately an eight hour break, a mixture of freezing rain, sleet and snow redeveloped. During the evening hours on the 24th a powerful cold front strengthened and began to move towards North Central Wisconsin. As the colder air moved into the region, the mixed precipitation changed over to heavy snow northwest of a line from Merrill to Crandon to Iron Mountain, Michigan. An additional 6 to 12 inches of snow fell in this area between 900 pm on the 24th and 100 pm on the 25th. Strong north winds gusting as high as 40 mph produced blizzard conditions at times, with visibilities as low as 100 feet. Snow drifts reached heights of 6 to 8 feet on some of the rural county roads in Oneida and Vilas counties. Areas farther to the south and east reported significant freezing rain and sleet, followed by a change-over to snow during the morning hours on the 25th. Ice accumulations of one-quarter to one-half inch resulted in numerous power outages in parts of Marathon, southeast Lincoln, Langlade, southern Forest, northern Oconto and northern Marinette counties. An additional 2 to 6 inches of snow accumulated on top of the ice in those locations.Total snow accumulations from the two day event included: 20 inches in northwest Vilas county, 19 inches at Arbor Vitae (Vilas county), 17 inches at Lake Tomahawk and Rhinelander (Oneida county), 16 inches at Nelma (northern Forest county), 12 inches at Argonne (Forest county), Florence (Florence county) and Tomahawk (Lincoln county), 11 inches in Merrill (Lincoln county), 9 inches at Goodman (Marinette county), Antigo (Langlade county) and Wabeno (Forest county), 8 inches at Athens and Edgar (Marathon county), 7 inches in Wausau (Marathon county), and 6 inches at Wausaukee (Marinette county) and Mountain (northern Oconto county). |
| Yearyear | 1,996 |
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