Published: April 5, 2018
April showers in Wisconsin
Surprise snowstorm hits Washington County
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Simply put, this is Wisconsin.
That’s what West Bend’s Carol Mog said
Wednesday while clearing her driveway from a snowstorm that dropped a few
inches on Washington County.
While the calendar may say April, clearing
snow at this time of the year is not out of the ordinary.
“I’ve plowed in May,” Jeff Watzlawick said
during a quick break of plowing snow in downtown West Bend on Wednesday.
Watzlawick worked for 36 years with the city,
clearing snow. He retired five years ago, but still helps the city clear snow,
part time.
“I like it,” he said.
Watzlawick recalled a time in the 1990s where
he had to plow about 10-11 inches of snow in the middle of May.
This is Wisconsin and never mind that the
Milwaukee Brewers’ home opener was Monday.
Mog said she didn’t put away her snow removal
gear yet and was glad she did.
“You never know,” Mog said, who, along with
her husband Gus shoveled their sidewalk and driveway and their neighbor’s.
According to the National Weather Service’s
Milwaukee/Sullivan office, Jackson and Newburg were reported as receiving the
most snow at 5.4 inches. West Bend got 4 inches, Kewaskum got 3.8, Germantown
got 3.6, Hartford 3 and Richfield and Slinger got 2.5.
On its website, the National Weather Service
said, “Although March is finishing up with near seasonal temperatures for the
month, the first half of April is looking cold with below-normal temperatures.
A persistent area of cold air will remain over central and southern Canada the
next several weeks. The steering level winds will occasionally turn to the
north across the Great Lakes and upper Midwest, which will usher the cold air
farther south in our region.
“Despite the calendar page turning to April, it
will be a good idea to hold off on purchasing any spring plantings,” the
website said.
Crash data released by the Washington County
Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday showed there were nine property damage- only
accidents, one hit and run, 10 vehicles in the ditch and one minor injury
crash. The data was from 3 p.m. Tuesday until about noon Wednesday.
A 26-year-old Milwaukee man died in a
single-vehicle crash shortly after noon Tuesday on Highway 33 near Aerial Drive
in the town of Trenton. Capt. Martin Schulteis from the Sheriff’s Office said
Wednesday the crash, the second traffic fatality in Washington County in 2018,
is still under investigation.
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