An area of low pressure intensified as it moved toward the upper Great Lakes, producing strong winds across northeast Wisconsin and locally heavy snow in Vilas county and northern Oneida county as it moved into southern Canada.The strong winds began in northeast Wisconsin on the morning of the 25th and continued throughout most of the morning of the 26th.  Winds in Door county did not diminish significantly until the afternoon of the 26th.  Several tractor trailers were overturned in the Fox River Valley as the strong winds blew.  One man suffered minor injuries after a gust of wind blew his semitrailer into a ditch on a busy highway.  Two teenagers had to be rescued from Lake Winnebago when they used a kite to help propel their canoe across the lake.  The strongest gusts recorded were 52 mph at Sturgeon Bay (Door co.), 47 mph at Manitowoc (Manitowoc co.), 46 mph at Wausau (Marathon co.), 45 mph at Green Bay (Brown co.) and 44 mph at Appleton (Outagamie co.) and Clintonville (Waupaca co.).Heavy, wet snow caused tree branches to break across north-central Wisconsin.  The heaviest snow was in Vilas county where 19 inches fell 4 miles southeast of Presque Isle and 12 inches fell at Presque Isle and Boulder Junction.  Six inches of snow fell in at Minocqua and Lake Tomahawk in northern Oneida county.

Winter Storm in VILAS, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 17:00:00 to 26-OCT-01 15:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Strong Wind in BROWN, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 06:00:00 to 26-OCT-01 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Strong Wind in WAUSHARA, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 02:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 18:45:00 (CST)
Reported by: UNKNOWN

Strong Wind in FOREST, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 04:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 18:45:00 (CST)
Reported by: UNKNOWN

Strong Wind in LINCOLN, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 02:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 18:45:00 (CST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in KEWAUNEE, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 06:00:00 to 26-OCT-01 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: UNKNOWN

Winter Storm in ONEIDA, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 17:00:00 to 26-OCT-01 15:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Strong Wind in LANGLADE, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 04:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 18:45:00 (CST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in MENOMINEE, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 04:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 18:45:00 (CST)
Reported by: UNKNOWN

Strong Wind in MARATHON, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 02:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 18:45:00 (CST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in PORTAGE, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 02:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 18:45:00 (CST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in OUTAGAMIE, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 04:00:00 to 26-OCT-01 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in WINNEBAGO, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 04:00:00 to 26-OCT-01 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in FLORENCE, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 04:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 18:45:00 (CST)
Reported by: UNKNOWN

Strong Wind in WAUPACA, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 04:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 18:45:00 (CST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in OCONTO, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 04:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 18:45:00 (CST)
Reported by: UNKNOWN

Strong Wind in CALUMET, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 06:00:00 to 26-OCT-01 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: UNKNOWN

Strong Wind in MARINETTE, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 04:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 18:45:00 (CST)
Reported by: UNKNOWN

Strong Wind in WOOD, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 02:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 18:45:00 (CST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in DOOR, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 06:00:00 to 26-OCT-01 15:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Strong Wind in MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 06:00:00 to 26-OCT-01 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in SHAWANO, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 04:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 18:45:00 (CST)
Reported by: UNKNOWN

Strong Wind in VILAS, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 02:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 17:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in ONEIDA, WISCONSIN
From 25-OCT-01 02:00:00 to 25-OCT-01 17:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC