Winter Storm — St. Croix, Wisconsin

2010-12-10 to 2010-12-11 · St. Croix, Wisconsin

Event narrative

Heavy snowfall across the county caused a roof to collapse and kill an individual as he was working inside. In addition, a man was struck by a snow plow as the snow plow was backing up into the individuals driveway and ran over him. A local animal shelter roof collapsed south of New Richmond due to the heavy wet snow. Snowfall averaged around 18 inches across the county.

Wider weather episode

A storm system began to organize across the Upper Midwest Friday afternoon, and intensified late Friday night and into Saturday as it moved across northern Iowa.

This storm system produced snowfall amounts in excess of one foot in many locations across east central Minnesota into west central Wisconsin.

This storm produced a record 22 inches in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and several areas had their highest snowfall totals since the Halloween Blizzard of 1991.

Structural damage also occurred with the heavy wet snow with several roofs collapsing as the storm produced between 8 to 22 inches of snowfall in a 24 hour period. One man died when the heavy snow caused a barn roof to collapse as he was working inside.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 264444. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.