Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >
February 18, 2022: Strong Winds, Accumulating Snow, and Snow Squalls
A fast-moving clipper system moved across the Upper Mississippi Valley on Friday, February 18, 2022, that brought strong winds, accumulating snow, snow squalls, and very cold wind chills. Most locations across central and northeast Wisconsin received about 1 to 3 inches of snow. Strong south to southwest winds ahead of the clipper system, and strong west to northwest winds behind the system, created blowing and drifting snow across the region.
In addition, a snow squall developed along the clipper system's Arctic cold front, which caused occasional whiteout conditions and gusts as high as 62 mph. This prompted the issuance of multiple Snow Squall Warnings across central and east-central Wisconsin. In fact, these were officially the first Snow Squall Warnings issued by the NWS Green Bay office.
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Radar Imagery from February 18, 2022 Between 2:20 PM to 8:30 PM CST
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Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
313 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0404 PM HEAVY SNOW WAUKAU 44.00N 88.76W
02/18/2022 U0.0 INCH WINNEBAGO WI ASOS
SNOW SQUALL. VISIBILITY DROPPED TO A QUARTER OF A MILE.
TIME ESTIMATED.
0515 PM NON-TSTM WND GST WAUSAU 44.96N 89.63W
02/18/2022 M54.00 MPH MARATHON WI ASOS
0520 PM NON-TSTM WND GST RHINELANDER 45.63N 89.41W
02/18/2022 M53.00 MPH ONEIDA WI ASOS
0527 PM NON-TSTM WND GST WISCONSIN RAPIDS 44.40N 89.84W
02/18/2022 M62.00 MPH WOOD WI ASOS
0530 PM HEAVY SNOW WEYAUWEGA 44.31N 88.93W
02/18/2022 U0.0 INCH WAUPACA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW SQUALL. VISIBILITIES WERE A QUARTER OF A MILE OR
LESS. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 40 TO 50 MPH.TIME ESTIMATED.
0602 PM SNOW ASHWAUBENON 44.46N 88.08W
02/18/2022 M0.2 INCH BROWN WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
NWS GREEN BAY.
0602 PM SNOW PLOVER 44.45N 89.53W
02/18/2022 M2.2 INCH PORTAGE WI CO-OP OBSERVER
STILL SNOWING AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. WIND GUST TO 40
MPH ALSO REPORTED.
0615 PM NON-TSTM WND GST ANTIGO 45.15N 89.15W
02/18/2022 M46.00 MPH LANGLADE WI AWOS
0618 PM NON-TSTM WND GST WAUSAU 44.96N 89.63W
02/18/2022 M58.00 MPH MARATHON WI ASOS
0630 PM HEAVY SNOW OSHKOSH 44.01N 88.55W
02/18/2022 U0.0 INCH WINNEBAGO WI ASOS
SNOW SQUALL. VISIBILITY DROPPED TO A QUARTER OF A MILE
WITH A GUST OF 35 MPH.
0631 PM NON-TSTM WND GST GREEN BAY 44.51N 88.00W
02/18/2022 M54.00 MPH BROWN WI ASOS
0645 PM NON-TSTM WND GST SHERWOOD 44.17N 88.27W
02/18/2022 M56.00 MPH CALUMET WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0647 PM NON-TSTM WND GST WAUTOMA 44.06N 89.28W
02/18/2022 M45.00 MPH WAUSHARA WI AWOS
0656 PM NON-TSTM WND GST MARSHFIELD 44.66N 90.16W
02/18/2022 M53.00 MPH WOOD WI ASOS
0758 PM SNOW WRIGHTSTOWN 44.33N 88.16W
02/18/2022 M1.4 INCH BROWN WI COCORAHS
0830 PM SNOW 4 N IOLA 44.56N 89.11W
02/18/2022 E1.5 INCH WAUPACA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON HIGHWAY 10 AND
HIGHWAY 49.
0925 PM SNOW ASHWAUBENON 44.46N 88.08W
02/18/2022 M0.9 INCH BROWN WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL.
Maximum Wind Gusts
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1052 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2022 ...HIGHEST WIND GUST REPORTS OVER PAST 24 HOURS... LOCATION SPEED TIME/DATE LAT/LON WISCONSIN RAPIDS AIRPORT 62 MPH 0527 PM 02/18 44.37N/89.83W WAUSAU AIRPORT 58 MPH 0618 PM 02/18 44.93N/89.62W GREEN BAY AIRPORT 54 MPH 0926 PM 02/18 44.48N/88.13W MARSHFIELD AIRPORT 53 MPH 0634 PM 02/18 44.63N/90.18W RHINELANDER AIRPORT 53 MPH 0520 PM 02/18 45.63N/89.48W FOREST JUNCTION 52 MPH 0837 PM 02/18 44.21N/88.21W MANITOWOC 50 MPH 0910 PM 02/18 44.09N/87.66W WAUTOMA AIRPORT 49 MPH 0809 PM 02/18 44.03N/89.30W OSHKOSH AIRPORT 48 MPH 1013 PM 02/18 43.97N/88.55W ANTIGO AIRPORT 47 MPH 0735 PM 02/18 45.15N/89.12W WAUPACA 47 MPH 0715 PM 02/18 44.33N/89.02W REEDSVILLE 46 MPH 0701 PM 02/18 44.23N/87.96W WHITELAW 46 MPH 0910 PM 02/18 44.18N/87.84W APPLETON AIRPORT 46 MPH 0715 PM 02/18 44.27N/88.52W CLINTONVILLE AIRPORT 46 MPH 0815 PM 02/18 44.62N/88.73W MANITOWOC AIRPORT 46 MPH 0832 PM 02/18 44.12N/87.67W DE PERE 45 MPH 0130 PM 02/18 44.44N/88.05W KEWAUNEE MET, WI 45 MPH 1006 PM 02/18 44.47N/87.50W MARSHFIELD 45 MPH 0700 PM 02/18 44.76N/90.10W EGG HARBOR 3.1 SE (MAWN) 45 MPH 1000 PM 02/18 45.01N/87.23W WRIGHTSTOWN 44 MPH 1009 PM 02/18 44.33N/88.17W GREEN BAY 44 MPH 0901 PM 02/18 44.49N/88.09W GREEN BAY 1 N 44 MPH 0800 PM 02/18 44.54N/88.00W MOSINEE AIRPORT 44 MPH 0647 PM 02/18 44.78N/89.67W EAGLE RIVER AIRPORT 44 MPH 0555 PM 02/18 45.93N/89.27W KESHENA 2 WNW 44 MPH 0905 PM 02/18 44.89N/88.66W OCONTO AIRPORT 44 MPH 0715 PM 02/18 44.87N/87.92W MENOMINEE 44 MPH 0900 PM 02/18 45.10N/87.59W PLOVER 43 MPH 0916 PM 02/18 44.44N/89.55W EPHRAIM 43 MPH 0855 PM 02/18 45.13N/87.18W STEVENS POINT AIRPORT 43 MPH 0615 PM 02/18 44.55N/89.53W MOON 6 SW 42 MPH 0905 PM 02/18 44.70N/89.87W WAUSAU 41 MPH 0611 PM 02/18 44.95N/89.61W SEYMOUR 41 MPH 0915 PM 02/18 44.54N/88.25W BREED 5 NE 41 MPH 0703 PM 02/18 45.12N/88.37W ELLISON BAY 2.2 S (MAWN) 41 MPH 1000 PM 02/18 45.22N/87.07W ANTIGO 2 ENE 40 MPH 0705 PM 02/18 45.16N/89.11W GREEN BAY 40 MPH 0745 PM 02/18 44.58N/88.09W TWO CREEKS 40 MPH 1010 PM 02/18 44.27N/87.55W 1 ENE GILLS ROCK 40 MPH 0940 PM 02/18 45.29N/86.98W MANITOWISH WATERS AIRPORT 39 MPH 0515 PM 02/18 46.12N/89.88W SHAWANO AIRPORT 39 MPH 0955 PM 02/18 44.78N/88.57W STURGEON BAY AIRPORT 39 MPH 1019 PM 02/18 44.85N/87.42W TOMAHAWK AIRPORT 39 MPH 0655 PM 02/18 45.47N/89.82W OMRO 38 MPH 0340 AM 02/19 44.03N/88.75W APPLETON 38 MPH 0707 PM 02/18 44.29N/88.46W MAPLEWOOD 1.4 W (MAWN) 38 MPH 0900 PM 02/18 44.76N/87.51W RHINELANDER 38 MPH 0800 PM 02/18 45.65N/89.27W WAUTOMA 1 WSW 38 MPH 0812 PM 02/18 44.06N/89.29W WAUSAU 37 MPH 0655 PM 02/18 44.95N/89.64W WASHINGTON ISLAND 37 MPH 0155 PM 02/18 45.38N/86.92W LAND O LAKES 37 MPH 0555 PM 02/18 46.15N/89.22W WABENO 2 NNW 37 MPH 0701 PM 02/18 45.46N/88.68W LUXEMBURG 2.0 NE (MAWN) 37 MPH 0900 PM 02/18 44.56N/87.65W ARBOR VITAE AIRPORT 36 MPH 0555 PM 02/18 45.92N/89.72W TOMAHAWK 3 W 36 MPH 0810 PM 02/18 45.59N/89.72W WINCHESTER 35 MPH 0505 PM 02/18 46.23N/89.83W WAUSAUKEE 2 NW 35 MPH 0905 PM 02/18 45.39N/87.97W OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. WE THANK ALL VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION. NOT ALL DATA LISTED ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL.
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