Heavy Snow — Forest, Wisconsin

2023-01-19 · Forest, Wisconsin

Event narrative

The highest snowfall total across Forest County was 6 inches near Mole Lake.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure tracking from the central Plains through the central Great Lakes brought a swath of heavy snow to northeast Wisconsin overnight on Wednesday (1/18) into Thursday (1/19) morning. Lake effect snow continued across Vilas County through Thursday (1/19) afternoon. Snowfall amounts were generally 6 to 10 inches across central, north-central, and northeast Wisconsin.

Some of the highest snowfall totals included 10.5 inches in Lake Tomahawk (Oneida Co.), 10.3 inches near Hazelhurst (Oneida Co.), 9.4 inches in St. Germain (Vilas Co.), 8.5 inches in Rhinelander (Oneida Co.) and 7.1 inches in Irma (Lincoln Co.).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1073604. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.