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Flood — La Crosse, WI

Jan 25, 2018

A winter storm passed through western Wisconsin on January 22nd and dropped upto a foot of snow at some locations. The heaviest snow fell from Fountain City (Buffalo County) to Granton (Clark County) and to the north. The highest reported snow totals were 12 inches in Medford (Taylor County), 10 inches near Westboro (Taylor County) and 8.8 inches in Gilmanton (Buffalo County). During the period of heaviest snow, the visibility was often reduced to a half mile or less and northeast winds gusting

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 731071). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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