Four years ago an April blizzard sets snow records across Wisconsin, shut down roads, power
An unprecedented spring blizzard hammered northeastern and central Wisconsin four years ago, wreaking havoc on roads, causing roofs to collapse and shutting down citiies across the state.
The storm dropped up to 30 inches of snow between April 13-15, 2018, setting records across the region. Green Bay received nearly 2 feet of snow.
The heavy weight of the snow caused several barn roofs to collapse in Brown, Oconto and Outagamie counties and brought down part of the roof at the Econo Lodge hotel in Ashwaubenon.
Accompanied by winds of up to 50 mph, the blizzard made many roads impassable and created waves of 10 to 16 feet on Lake Michigan, causing local flooding and shoreline damage.
As residents began to dig out, Roy Eckberg, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Green Bay, described the blizzard as a "once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm" for a huge area of central and northeast Wisconsin.
"It was one for the record books," he said.
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The previous record snowfall in Green Bay for any single April storm, set in 1977, was 11 inches. Smaller, but still record-setting snow amounts also fell in Appleton and Wausau.
In Fond du Lac and southern Winnebago counties, the storm covered the landscape in ice.
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This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Wisconsin weather: 2018 April blizzard with record snow, upends travel
