Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this winter storm warning at Nov 30, 2007, 2:53 PM CST for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 1, 2007, 10:13 AM CST. It was in force for 17 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2007, 2:53 PM CST (20:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2007, 10:13 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2007, 3:07 AM CST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 11:45 AM CST | SNOW 0.7 | Nws Sullivan/Milwaukee, WI | |
| Dec 1, 12:22 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 W Lake Mills, WI | |
| Dec 1, 1:14 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 W Lake Mills, WI | |
| Dec 1, 1:15 PM CST | SNOW 2.6 | Black Earth, WI | SNOW CHANGED TO SLEET AROUND 1245 PM. 2.6 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF 115 PM. |
| Dec 1, 1:25 PM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Oconomowoc, WI | |
| Dec 1, 1:25 PM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Madison, WI | SNOW MEASURED AT UW-MADISON. SNOW CHANGED TO SLEET AROUND 125 PM. ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED. |
| Dec 1, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | 3.6 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF 130 PM. |
| Dec 1, 2:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Greendale, WI | |
| Dec 1, 2:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Merton, WI | |
| Dec 1, 2:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Milton, WI | PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 1, 2:11 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 3 S Waukesha, WI | TEMPERATURE 28 DEGREES. |
| Dec 1, 2:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 3 S Waukesha, WI | |
| Dec 1, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Milwaukee, WI | NORTH 43RD ST PUBLIC WORKS YARD. TEMPERATURE 28 DEGREES. WINDS EAST SOUTHEAST 10 GUST TO 16 MPH. |
| Dec 1, 2:16 PM CST | SNOW 1.9 | Greendale, WI | TEMPERATURE 29 DEGREES. |
| Dec 1, 2:20 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Franklin, WI | SOUTH WHITNALL EDGE RD. VISIBILITY 1/2 TO 3/4 MILE. |
| Dec 1, 2:25 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Walworth, WI | 2.9 MILES SOUTH OF LAGRANGE. |
| Dec 1, 2:35 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Green Lake, WI | 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE COUNTY. HEAVY SNOW IS CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Dec 1, 2:40 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Montello, WI | |
| Dec 1, 2:40 PM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Brookfield, WI | NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 MPH. |
| Dec 1, 2:40 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Oxford, WI | |
| Dec 1, 2:52 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Pardeeville, WI | TEMPERATURE 26 DEGREES. |
| Dec 1, 2:52 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 W Lake Mills, WI | SNOW CHANGED TO SLEET. |
| Dec 1, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Mukwonago, WI | 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW OCCURRED BETWEEN 11 AM AND 3 PM. SLEET THEN OCCURRED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM WITH FREEZING RAIN AFTER 5 PM. 1/4 INCH OF ICE MEASURED. |
| Dec 1, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 Nnw Sun Prairie, WI | CHANGED TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 1, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Brookfield, WI | MODERATE SNOW. WIND NORTH TO NORTHEAST TO 10 MPH. |
| Dec 1, 3:10 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Jackson, WI | BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS. |
| Dec 1, 3:20 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Merton, WI | |
| Dec 1, 3:23 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Oconomowoc, WI | SNOW CHANGED TO SLEET. |
| Dec 1, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Pewaukee, WI | SNOW CHANGED TO SLEET. |
| Dec 1, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Lake Mills, WI | HEAVY SLEET FALLING. |
| Dec 1, 3:50 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 9 Wnw Beloit, WI | SLEET FALLING. |
| Dec 1, 3:58 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Sse Germantown, WI | SLEET FALLING AND ACCUMULATING. |
| Dec 1, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Greendale, WI | SLEET FALLING. TEMPERATURE 29 DEGREES. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS. WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH. |
| Dec 1, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 W Brookfield, WI | SLEET FALLING. |
| Dec 1, 4:05 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | West Allis, WI | |
| Dec 1, 4:15 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Brookfield, WI | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FALLING. |
| Dec 1, 4:20 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Franksville, WI | BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS. TEMPERATURE 29 DEGREES. |
| Dec 1, 4:20 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Stoughton, WI | FREEZING RAIN...ICY ROADS. |
| Dec 1, 4:25 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Madison, WI | 4.3 INCHES OF TOTAL STORM SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. 1.0 INCH OF SLEET REPORTED SINCE 130 PM. SLEET NOW TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 1, 4:25 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 3 Wsw Richfield, WI | 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET TOTAL. |
| Dec 1, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Oconomowoc, WI | |
| Dec 1, 4:35 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Merton, WI | SNOW CHANGED OVER TO SLEET. |
| Dec 1, 4:40 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 2 E Evansville, WI | 0.25 INCHES OF ICE AS OF 440 PM. FREEZING RAIN FALLING. |
| Dec 1, 4:40 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 E Evansville, WI | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FALLING. 0.25 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 1, 4:40 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Milwaukee, WI | SLEET FALLING.TEMPERATURE 30 DEGREES.WINDS EASTSOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH. |
| Dec 1, 4:55 PM CST | SNOW 5.7 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | COMBINED SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 1, 4:56 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | West Bend, WI | HEAVY SLEET FALLING. TEMPERATURE 29 DEGREES. EAST SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. ICY ROADS. |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 Wnw Lake Mills, WI | 0.1 INCH ICE ACRETION. ICE ACRETION ON TREES. |
| Dec 1, 5:15 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Elkhart Lake, WI | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS AROUND 4.0 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IN NORTHWEST FOND DU LAC COUNTY WITH 2 TO 2.5 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY. SNOW SWITCHED TO SLEET AROUND 445 PM. |
| Dec 1, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Ne Middleton, WI | 1.5 INCHES SLEET ACCUMULATION. 0.1 INCH OF ICE ACRETION. |
| Dec 1, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | North Prairie, WI | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FALLING. |
| Dec 1, 5:47 PM CST | HEAVY SLEET 0 | 3 S Waukesha, WI | HEAVY SLEET REPORTED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW. ROADS ARE SNOW AND ICE COVERED. |
| Dec 1, 5:50 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Jackson, WI | HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND HEAVY SLEET REPORTED AT 550 PM. ICE ACCUMULATION OF 0.5 INCHES WITH A STORM SNOW TOTAL OF 4.5 INCHES. ROADS ICE COVERED. |
| Dec 1, 5:50 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | 9 Nnw Beloit, WI | 1/8TH INCH OF ICE. WINDY WITH SOME ICE LADEN TREE BRANCHES FALLING. |
| Dec 1, 6:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Greendale, WI | FREEZING RAIN REPORTED WITH 0.1 INCH OF ICE BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 0.7 INCH OVER THE PAST HOUR. STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 4.2 INCHES. |
| Dec 1, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Pardeeville, WI | THUNDERSTORM WITH LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW REPORTED IN PARDEEVILLE AT 600 PM. TOTAL OF 5.0 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET REPORTED. |
| Dec 1, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.8 | 3 Wsw Madison, WI | ICE ACRETION 0.20 INCH. |
| Dec 1, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Greendale, WI | ICE ACRETION 0.20 INCH. CARS...TREES AND BUSHES ICE COVERED. SOUTHEAST WIND GUSTING TO 25 MPH. TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES. |
| Dec 1, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Palmyra, WI | |
| Dec 1, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.6 | Pardeeville, WI | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FALLING. ROADS SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KMKX 302053 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 253 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...MAJOR SNOW AND ICE STORM EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .POLAR HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE MIDWEST...IS BRINGING A FRESH SURGE OF COLDER AIR ON NORTHWEST WINDS INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. MEANWHILE...A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS ON SATURDAY WILL SPREAD RELATIVELY WARM AND MOIST AIR OVER THIS COLD DOME SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN WINTRY PRECIPITATION. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH...THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT GLAZING IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW...PERHAPS EXCEEDING ONE HALF INCH OF ICE. TEMPERATURES WILL FINALLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY AS THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TO LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-010500- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.071201T1800Z-071202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0006.071201T1800Z-071202T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 253 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY AFTERNOON. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 WITH NEARLY 7 INCHES AROUND THE WISCONSIN DELLS...FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN AREAS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED TO MIX WITH...THEN CHANGE TO SLEET BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN TO FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY EVENING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF THE SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. CURRENT INDICATIONS SHOW WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE TOTALING ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH WILL FALL ON TOP OF THE SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY WITH THE ONSET OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW...AND MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL END AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT RESIDUAL ICE ON ROADWAYS AND STRUCTURES WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SUCH AS THESE MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL FURTHER STRESS ICE-LADEN STRUCTURES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD LIKELY BE HIGHEST AWAY FROM THE WARMER SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION TO THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION...ELEVATED INSTABILITY MAY PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR WOULD BRING VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY EVENING. $$ REM
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMKX 010319 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 919 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...MAJOR SNOW AND ICE STORM EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .POLAR HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE MIDWEST...IS BRINGING A FRESH SURGE OF COLDER AIR INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. MEANWHILE...A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS ON SATURDAY WILL SPREAD RELATIVELY WARM AND MOIST AIR OVER THIS COLD DOME SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN WINTRY PRECIPITATION. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH...THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT GLAZING IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW...PERHAPS EXCEEDING ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE. TEMPERATURES WILL FINALLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY...AS THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TO LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-011130- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.071201T1800Z-071202T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 919 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY AFTERNOON. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94...WITH NEARLY 7 INCHES AROUND THE WISCONSIN DELLS...FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN AREAS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED TO MIX WITH...THEN CHANGE TO SLEET BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND THEN TO FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY EVENING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF THE SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. CURRENT INDICATIONS SHOW WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE TOTALING ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH WILL FALL ON TOP OF THE SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY WITH THE ONSET OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW...AND MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL END AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT RESIDUAL ICE ON ROADWAYS AND STRUCTURES WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SUCH AS THESE MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL FURTHER STRESS ICE LADEN STRUCTURES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD LIKELY BE HIGHEST AWAY FROM THE WARMER SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION TO THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION...ELEVATED INSTABILITY MAY PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR WOULD BRING VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY EVENING. $$ WOOD/TZ
000 WWUS43 KMKX 010920 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 320 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO STRIKE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BREAK OUT ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...AND THEN TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER TO BETWEEN FOUR AND SIX INCHES FROM THE WISCONSIN DELLS TO FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN. OF MORE CONCERN...IS THE PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN THAT WILL OCCUR. THE FREEZING RAIN COULD RESULT IN ONE TENTH TO FOUR TENTHS INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON UNTREATED SURFACES. THE ICE ON TOP OF THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL RESULT IN A TREACHEROUS AND DANGEROUS COMBINATION FOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL LATER TONIGHT...AS THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TO LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS TODAY WILL TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST INTO WISCONSIN TONIGHT. A STRONG SURGE OF RELATIVELY WARM AND MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTHWARD OVER A COLD DOME OF AIR CURRENTLY OVER WISCONSIN...RESULTING IN THE WINTRY WEATHER ONSLAUGHT. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-011730- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.071201T1800Z-071202T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 320 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BREAK OUT ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER TO BETWEEN THREE AND SIX INCHES FROM THE WISCONSIN DELLS TO FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN. OF MORE CONCERN...IS THE PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN THAT WILL OCCUR. THE FREEZING RAIN COULD RESULT IN ONE TENTH TO FOUR TENTHS INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON UNTREATED SURFACES. THE ICE ON TOP OF THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL RESULT IN A TREACHEROUS AND DANGEROUS COMBINATION FOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY WITH THE ONSET OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW...AND MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL END LATER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT RESIDUAL ICE ON ROADWAYS AND STRUCTURES WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SUCH AS THESE MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION... SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL FURTHER STRESS ICE LADEN TREES AND STRUCTURES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD LIKELY BE HIGHEST AWAY FROM THE WARMER SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. AVOID OVER EXERTION WHEN SHOVELING THE HEAVY...WET SNOW. ALSO...BE CAREFUL WHEN USING SPACE HEATERS. PROPER VENTILATION IS ESSENTIAL TO AVOID A DEADLY BUILD-UP OF CARBON MONOXIDE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES. $$ MBK/MGG
000 WWUS43 KMKX 011613 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1013 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO STRIKE TODAY AND TONIGHT... .SNOW HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO BREAK OUT OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. REPORTS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE ALREADY BRING REPORTED WITHIN SOME BANDS ACROSS THIS AREA. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS INITIAL BAND AS IT PUSHES NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BEGIN NOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INSTEAD OF NOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SLEET WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH THE SNOW SOUTH OF I-94 DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...AND IN THE MID AFTERNOON NORTH OF I-94. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD RESULT IN ONE TENTH TO FOUR TENTHS INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON UNTREATED SURFACES. THE ICE ON TOP OF THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL RESULT IN A TREACHEROUS AND DANGEROUS COMBINATION FOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL LATER TONIGHT...AS THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TO LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS TODAY WILL TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST INTO WISCONSIN TONIGHT. A STRONG SURGE OF RELATIVELY WARM AND MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTHWARD OVER A COLD DOME OF AIR CURRENTLY OVER WISCONSIN...RESULTING IN THE WINTRY WEATHER ONSLAUGHT. WIZ056-057-062>064-067>070-020015- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0006.071201T1613Z-071202T1200Z/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 1013 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SLEET WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH THE SNOW SOUTH OF I-94 DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...AND IN THE MID AFTERNOON NORTH OF I-94. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF I-94 WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES NORTH OF I-94. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THE FREEZING RAIN COULD RESULT IN ONE TENTH TO FOUR TENTHS INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON UNTREATED SURFACES. THE ICE ON TOP OF THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL RESULT IN A TREACHEROUS AND DANGEROUS COMBINATION FOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY THIS MORNING WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW...AND MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL END LATER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT RESIDUAL ICE ON ROADWAYS AND STRUCTURES WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SUCH AS THESE MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION... SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL FURTHER STRESS ICE LADEN TREES AND STRUCTURES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD LIKELY BE HIGHEST AWAY FROM THE WARMER SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. AVOID OVER EXERTION WHEN SHOVELING THE HEAVY...WET SNOW. ALSO... BE CAREFUL WHEN USING SPACE HEATERS. PROPER VENTILATION IS ESSENTIAL TO AVOID A DEADLY BUILD-UP OF CARBON MONOXIDE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES. $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-058>060-065-066-071-072-020015- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.071201T1800Z-071202T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON- OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 1013 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SLEET WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH THE SNOW SOUTH OF I-94 DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...AND IN THE MID AFTERNOON NORTH OF I-94. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF I-94 WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES NORTH OF I-94. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THE FREEZING RAIN COULD RESULT IN ONE TENTH TO FOUR TENTHS INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON UNTREATED SURFACES. THE ICE ON TOP OF THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL RESULT IN A TREACHEROUS AND DANGEROUS COMBINATION FOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY THIS MORNING WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW...AND MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL END LATER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT RESIDUAL ICE ON ROADWAYS AND STRUCTURES WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SUCH AS THESE MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION... SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL FURTHER STRESS ICE LADEN TREES AND STRUCTURES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD LIKELY BE HIGHEST AWAY FROM THE WARMER SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. AVOID OVER EXERTION WHEN SHOVELING THE HEAVY...WET SNOW. ALSO... BE CAREFUL WHEN USING SPACE HEATERS. PROPER VENTILATION IS ESSENTIAL TO AVOID A DEADLY BUILD-UP OF CARBON MONOXIDE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES. $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS43 KMKX 011904 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 104 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM NOW IMPACTING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS NOW OVERSPREAD ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO SWITCH TO SLEET SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LA CROSSE...TO PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...TO ROCKFORD. THE SNOW/SLEET TRANSITION LINE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW TO GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN MODERATE OR HEAVY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL LATER TONIGHT...AS THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TO LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS TODAY WILL TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST INTO WISCONSIN TONIGHT. A STRONG SURGE OF RELATIVELY WARM AND MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTHWARD OVER A COLD DOME OF AIR CURRENTLY OVER WISCONSIN...RESULTING IN THE WINTRY WEATHER ONSLAUGHT. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-020315- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 104 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS NOW OVERSPREAD ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO SWITCH TO SLEET SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LA CROSSE...TO PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...TO ROCKFORD. THE SNOW/SLEET TRANSITION LINE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW TO TURN TO SLEET AROUND MINERAL POINT AND MONROE BETWEEN 130 PM AND 230 PM...LONE ROCK...MADISON...JANESVILLE AND LAKE GENEVA BETWEEN 2 PM AND 3 PM...AND JEFFERSON...WATERTOWN...WAUKESHA...AND MILWAUKEE BETWEEN 3 PM AND 4 PM. AREAS SUCH AS FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN WILL STAY ALL SNOW UNTIL 5 PM OR 6 PM. PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN MODERATE TO HEAVY THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING HOURS. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF I-94 WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF A LINE FROM BEAVER DAM TO PORT WASHINGTON. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THE FREEZING RAIN COULD RESULT IN ONE TENTH TO FOUR TENTHS INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON UNTREATED SURFACES. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER AND AWAY FROM THE WARMER SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SUCH AS THESE MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION... SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL FURTHER STRESS ICE LADEN TREES AND STRUCTURES. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW...AND MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL END LATER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT RESIDUAL ICE ON ROADWAYS AND STRUCTURES WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AVOID OVER EXERTION WHEN SHOVELING THE HEAVY...WET SNOW. ALSO... BE CAREFUL WHEN USING SPACE HEATERS. PROPER VENTILATION IS ESSENTIAL TO AVOID A DEADLY BUILD-UP OF CARBON MONOXIDE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES. $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS43 KMKX 012139 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 339 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW NOW TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND EVENTUALLY FREEZING RAIN... .SLEET HAS BEGUN TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE FROM MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BARABOO TO BURLINGTON...WITH ALL SNOW NORTHEAST. THE SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN TRANSITION ZONES WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO ALL FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS EVENING...SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY AS MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY FREEZING RAIN PUSHES NORTHEAST FROM IOWA AND ILLINOIS. WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL LATER TONIGHT...WHEN THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TO LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS THIS EVENING WILL TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST INTO WISCONSIN TONIGHT. A STRONG SURGE OF RELATIVELY WARM AND MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS SPREADING RAPIDLY NORTHWARD OVER A COLD DOME OF AIR OVER WISCONSIN...RESULTING IN THIS WINTRY WEATHER ONSLAUGHT. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-020545- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 339 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SLEET HAS BEGUN TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE FROM MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE SNOW/SLEET/FREEZING RAIN TRANSITION ZONES WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT SLEET TO MIX WITH SNOW AROUND RACINE...KENOSHA...MILWAUKEE... WEST BEND...AND FOND DU LAC BY 415 PM...AND SHEBOYGAN AROUND 5 PM. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO ALL FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED AROUND MINERAL POINT BY 430 PM...NORTHEAST TO SHEBOYGAN AROUND 8 PM. FREEZING RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 INCH TO 1/2 INCH ARE LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 3/4 INCH NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER AND INLAND FROM THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SUCH AS THESE MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL FURTHER STRESS ICE LADEN TREES AND STRUCTURES. PREPARATIONS FOR POWER OUTAGES SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AFTER THE FREEZING RAIN BEGINS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL END LATER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE...BUT RESIDUAL ICE ON ROADWAYS AND STRUCTURES WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AVOID OVER EXERTION WHEN SHOVELING THE HEAVY...WET SNOW. ALSO BE CAREFUL WHEN USING SPACE HEATERS. PROPER VENTILATION IS ESSENTIAL TO AVOID A DEADLY BUILD-UP OF CARBON MONOXIDE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR IMMINENT. $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS43 KMKX 020305 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 905 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WARMER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM ILLINOIS WILL ALLOW THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO LIGHT RAIN...DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE IS STILL THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT. TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-021115- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 905 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WARMER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM ILLINOIS WILL ALLOW THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO LIGHT RAIN...DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL END LATER TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING...BUT RESIDUAL ICE ON ROADWAYS AND STRUCTURES WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR IMMINENT. $$ TZ
000 WWUS43 KMKX 020907 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 307 AM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .THE WINTER STORM WHICH BROUGHT BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET TO MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ALONG WITH FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED. ONLY SOME PATCHY LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING AND TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO ABOVE FREEZING SO NO ADDITIONAL GLAZING IS ANTICIPATED. HENCE THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HAS BEEN CANCELED. MANY ROADWAYS REMAIN SNOW AND ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY SO DRIVE CAREFULLY EARLY THIS MORNING. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-021015- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071202T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 307 AM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM. THE WINTER STORM WHICH BROUGHT BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET TO MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ALONG WITH FREEZING RAIN ON SATURDAY HAS ENDED. ONLY SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO ABOVE FREEZING SO NO ADDITIONAL GLAZING IS ANTICIPATED. MANY ROADWAYS REMAIN SNOW AND ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY SO DRIVE CAREFULLY EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ MBK/WOOD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Nov 30, 4:31 AM CST, 10 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 4:31 AM CST, 10 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
431 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007
.SHORT TERM...COLD FRONT AND LGT SNOW WILL EXIT SE WI EARLY THIS
AM FOLLOWED BY COLD AND DRY AIR ADVECTION. TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN IN
THE 20S TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN SETTLE OVER SRN WI TNT BUT
CLOUDS WILL INCREASE LATE AHEAD OF WINTER STORM.
MODELS STILL IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH DEVELOPING LEE SIDE LOW
OVER THE HIGH PLAINS ON SAT WITH THE LOW TO MOVE NEWD THROUGH SRN
WI EARLY SUN AM. A 60-70 KT LLJ WILL RESULT IN RAPID WARM AND
THETAE ADVECTION SAT/SAT NT WITH PWS RISING TO NEAR AN INCH. SFC
WINDS GUSTS COULD REACH 40 MPH. A STRONG MID LEVEL WARM LAYER
WILL ARRIVE WHILE COLD AIR REMAINS ENTRENCHED IN THE LOW LEVELS.
MODELS AGREE WITH A FEW HOURS OF SNOW ON AVERAGE OVER THE CWA WITH
MORE DURATION SNOW IN THE NRN CWA AND LESS IN THE FAR SRN CWA. A
FAIRLY DEEP COLD LAYER BELOW THE WARM LAYER WILL SUPPORT A PERIOD
OF SLEET AND EVENTUALLY FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE. WARMER AIR FLOWING
OFF OF LAKE MI WILL TURN MIXED PCPN OVER TO ALL RAIN BY EARLY SAT
EVENING BUT ONLY SEVERAL MILES INLAND WHILE THE REMAINDER OF SRN
WI MAY NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL 06-09Z. EVENTUALLY TEMPS WILL
WARM SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING SUN AM AS THE LOW MOVES ACROSS
THE AREA.
MODEL QPF AROUND ONE INCH SAT/SAT NT WITH POSSIBLY HALF OF IT
FALLING AS SNOW IN THE NRN CWA WHILE THE MAJORITY OF IT FALLING AS
MIXED PCPN IN THE SRN CWA. SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1-2 INCHES
NEAR THE IL BORDER TO 5-6 INCHES IN THE NRN CWA. THERE MAY BE AS
MUCH AS 0.40-0.60 INCHES OF LIQUID THAT WILL FALL AS MOSTLY SLEET
OR FREEZING RAIN SO ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO 0NE HALF INCH COULD
OCCUR. WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AND MOST LIKELY WILL
BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING LATER TODAY.
THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS TO LIFT NEWD THROUGH THE WRN GREAT LAKES ON
SUN BUT MODELS DIFFER ON MOISTURE AVAILABILITY SO POPS WILL RANGE
FROM 20-40 PERCENT FOR SUN/SUN NT. STRONG COLD ADVECTION AND WINDY
CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN WAKE OF LOW SUN AFT/NIGHT
&&
.AVIATION...MVFR CIGS/VSBYS...ASSOCIATED WITH MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE
AND SFC CDFNT...TO EXIT SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BY ABOUT 14Z. HIGH PRES
BUILDS IN BRINGING VFR CONDITIONS FOR REMAINDER OF PD.
&&
.MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ISSUED UNTIL 21Z FRIDAY DUE TO
INCREASING NW WINDS IN WAKE OF PASSING CDFNT. WINDS TO RELAX LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE OVR THE CNTRL PLAINS PUSHES EAST
INTO THE REGION. APPROACHING WINTER STORM ON SATURDAY WILL PRODUCE
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS BY AFTERNOON AS SOUTHEAST WINDS
INCREASE TO 30 KNOTS.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
LMZ643>646.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...20
AVIATION/MARINE...05Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 4:24 AM CST, 10 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 424 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-011030- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 424 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT DUE TO THE INCREASING LIKELIHOOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. CHECK THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR THE DETAILS ON THIS APPROACHING WEEKEND WINTER STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT SNOW AND ICE REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED THIS WEEKEND. LMZ643>646-011030- SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 424 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FOR BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS PRODUCING HAZARDOUS WAVE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINDS WILL LIKELY REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...AND MAY CLIMB TO GALE WARNING CRITERIA FOR A TIME SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN SOME GLAZING OF A BOATS SUPERSTRUCTURE. THE WARMER WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN SHOULD HELP LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATION. DAVIS WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
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Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2007Every winter storm warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.