A strong system was well south in the southern Mississippi River region the morning of Thursday February 7th. Over the Upper Midwest, there was an elongated, inverted trough that focused the precipitation across the Upper Midwest during the morning, and afternoon of Thursday February 7th. Once this system moved rapidly northeast over the Great Lakes region, and pressure rises occurred across the Upper Midwest, strong gusty winds developed and caused areas of blowing and drifting snow in west central Wisconsin.
The initial bands of precipitation developed over southern Minnesota during the predawn hours with a mixture of sleet, freezing rain and snow. There was already a coating of ice from a long duration of freezing drizzle the night before. The mixture of sleet, freezing rain, and snow quickly changed over to all snow after sunrise.
The snowfall continued through the afternoon, and tapered off in the evening in west central Wisconsin. The heaviest snowfall occurred between 10 AM CST, to 3 PM CST.

Heavy Snow in BARRON, WISCONSIN
From 07-FEB-19 09:00:00 to 07-FEB-19 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Several reports from social media and the general public reported up to 9 inches of snow, that fell during the mid morning, through the afternoon.

Heavy Snow in DUNN, WISCONSIN
From 07-FEB-19 09:00:00 to 07-FEB-19 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several reports from social media, a trained spotter, and the general public reported up to 9 inches of snow, that fell during the mid morning, through the afternoon.

Heavy Snow in EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
From 07-FEB-19 09:00:00 to 07-FEB-19 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Several reports from social media, an official NWS observation at Eau Claire, and the general public reported up to 7 inches of snow, that fell during the mid morning, through the afternoon.

Heavy Snow in PEPIN, WISCONSIN
From 07-FEB-19 08:00:00 to 07-FEB-19 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Several reports from social media and the general public reported up to 8 inches of snow, that fell during the mid morning, through the afternoon.

Heavy Snow in PIERCE, WISCONSIN
From 07-FEB-19 08:00:00 to 07-FEB-19 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Several reports from social media and the general public reported up to 8 inches of snow, that fell during the mid morning, through the afternoon.

Heavy Snow in POLK, WISCONSIN
From 07-FEB-19 08:00:00 to 07-FEB-19 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Several reports from social media and the general public reported up to 9 inches of snow, that fell during the mid morning, through the afternoon.

Heavy Snow in RUSK, WISCONSIN
From 07-FEB-19 09:00:00 to 07-FEB-19 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Several weather sources indicated that Rusk County had up to 9 inches of snow during the late morning, through the afternoon.

Heavy Snow in CHIPPEWA, WISCONSIN
From 07-FEB-19 09:00:00 to 07-FEB-19 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Several weather sources indicated that Chippewa County had up to 9 inches of snow during the late morning, through the afternoon.

Heavy Snow in ST. CROIX, WISCONSIN
From 07-FEB-19 08:00:00 to 07-FEB-19 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

A few reports of snowfall amounts up to 8 inches fell across St. Croix County during the late morning, through the afternoon.