Heavy Snow in Northern Oconto, Wisconsin

Heavy Snow February 5, 2019 – February 6, 2019 · Northern Oconto, Wisconsin

What the National Weather Service wrote

The highest snowfall total in northern Oconto County was 8.0 inches in Townsend.

The wider storm

A fast-moving upper level disturbance moved across Wisconsin, dropping 6 to 9 inches of snow in a 12 to 18 hour period in parts of central, north-central, and northeast Wisconsin. The highest snow totals included 9.0 inches in Merrill (Lincoln Co.), 8.4 inches in Aurora (Florence Co.), 8.0 inches in Townsend (Oconto Co.), 7.8 inches at Rice Reservoir Number 2 (Lincoln Co.), 7.7 inches in Crandon (Forest Co.), and 7.5 inches in Rhinelander (Oneida Co.).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 803909. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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