Winter Weather — Iron, Wisconsin

2023-12-17 · Iron, Wisconsin

Event narrative

Snow Squall. A CoCoRaHS observer near Van Buskirk reported a glaze of ice on wooden surfaces in addition to snow accumulation in their morning observation, but without any freezing rain. This suggests a flash freeze may have occurred as a snow squall passed through.

Wider weather episode

Snow squalls impacted portions of northwestern Wisconsin on December 17, 2022, as a quick moving cold front moved across the Northland during the evening hours. A few squalls brought heavy snow and very low visibilities that were very brief but impactful to areas along the US2 and US53 corridors.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1151097. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.