Winter Storm — Green Lake, Wisconsin

2023-03-09 to 2023-03-10 · Green Lake, Wisconsin

Event narrative

Snow accumulation of 7-9 inches.

Wider weather episode

Developing low pressure tracking across the Ohio River Valley, spread a swath of moderate to heavy wet snow across southern WI. Lake enhancement brought the highest snow totals to the counties adjacent to Lake MI. The wet and heavy snow caused tree branches to fall onto power lines with power outages affecting 100,000 customers, mainly in the lake counties. Numerous schools chose to do a 2 hour delay or close. Some vehicle slide-offs and accidents occurred on slick roads across southern WI, which included one fatality in Fond du Lac County when a vehicle slammed into a jackknifed semi-truck on I-41 at highway N shortly after 4 AM CST on March 10th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1082639. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.