Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 11, 2007, 2:09 AM CST for 7 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 11, 2007, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 24 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
- Dec 11, 2007, 2:09 AM CST (08:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 11, 2007, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2007, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Washington County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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 11, 5:52 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | South Wayne, WI | 0.37 INCHES OF LIQUID AND ONLY 0.3 INCHES OF SNOW. PRECIP TYPE IS MAINLY FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 11, 6:25 AM CST | SNOW 1.1 | 6 Nnw Verona, WI | |
| Dec 11, 7:45 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Palmyra, WI | 1.0 INCH OF SLEET AND SNOW. 0.20 INCH OF LIQUID. |
| Dec 11, 7:53 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Lowell, WI | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND AUTOMOBILES |
| Dec 11, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 0.6 | 3 S Sullivan, WI | SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE |
| Dec 11, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 0.7 | Watertown, WI | SNOW MIXING WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN |
| Dec 11, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Lake Mills, WI | SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN |
| Dec 11, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Palmyra, WI | SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN |
| Dec 11, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 0.9 | Fort Atkinson, WI | SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN |
| Dec 11, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 0.9 | Waterloo, WI | SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN |
| Dec 11, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Argyle, WI | SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET |
| Dec 11, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Sun Prairie, WI | |
| Dec 11, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Mount Horeb, WI | |
| Dec 11, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Middleton, WI | |
| Dec 11, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Madison Truax Arpt(Kmsn, WI | 1.4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION TODAY. |
| Dec 11, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.6 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | |
| Dec 11, 1:28 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Dane, WI | |
| Dec 11, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | 2 W Madison, WI | |
| Dec 11, 1:35 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 N Jefferson, WI | |
| Dec 11, 1:35 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Jefferson, WI | |
| Dec 11, 2:50 PM CST | SLEET 2 | 1 Sw Palmyra, WI | ONE INCH OF SNOWFALL. SNOW DEPTH 11 INCHES. |
| Dec 11, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI | NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. |
| Dec 11, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.1 | Madison, WI | DANE COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT. |
| Dec 11, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 1 N Jefferson, WI |
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 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 109 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 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 110809 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 209 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...AND WILL SPREAD QUICKLY NORTHEAST BETWEEN 3 AM AND 5 AM. A LITTLE SNOW SHOULD MIX IN AS WELL. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 OF AN INCH IN THE FAR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST... GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MILWAUKEE TO NORTH PRAIRIE TO MONROE LINE. LESSER AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE EXPECTED TO THE NORTH WHERE THERE SHOULD BE MORE OF A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE ALONG A DUBUQUE IOWA TO PORT WASHINGTON LINE...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF THE SNOW AND SLEET MIX FROM LONE ROCK...THE DELLS TO SHEBOYGAN. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS WISCONSIN TODAY DRAWING WARM AIR AND MOISTURE INTO THE STATE OVER COLDER AIR AT THE SURFACE. AT THE SAME TIME...A MID AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WIZ058>060-062>064-067-111615- /O.UPG.KMKX.WW.Y.0003.071211T0900Z-071211T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0007.071211T0900Z-071211T2100Z/ DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON 209 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND 3 AM OVER LAFAYETTE COUNTY...AND RAPIDLY PUSH TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH 5 AM. THE MIXTURE WILL TURN OVER TO MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW LATER THIS MORNING...AS THE PRECIPITATION CONTINUES INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ065-066-068>072-111615- /O.CON.KMKX.IS.W.0001.071211T0900Z-071211T2100Z/ WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 209 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER 3 AM...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON TUESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH...WITH UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION AS WELL. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-056-057-111615- /O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0004.071211T0900Z-071211T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS 209 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL PUSH ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BETWEEN 3 AM AND 5 AM. THE MIXTURE WILL QUICKLY TURN OVER TO MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW THIS MORNING...AS THE PRECIPITATION CONTINUES INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF THE SNOW AND SLEET MIX ARE EXPECTED FROM LONE ROCK...THE DELLS TO SHEBOYGAN...WITH THE FREEZING RAIN ADDING A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ REM
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMKX 111053 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 453 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET IS SPREADING QUICKLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 OF AN INCH IN THE FAR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST... GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MILWAUKEE TO NORTH PRAIRIE TO MONROE LINE. LESSER AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE EXPECTED TO THE NORTH WHERE THERE SHOULD BE MORE OF A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AT THE OUTSET. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE ALONG A DUBUQUE IOWA TO PORT WASHINGTON LINE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. LOOK FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF THE SNOW AND SLEET MIX FROM LONE ROCK...THROUGH THE DELLS TO SHEBOYGAN...WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN ADDING TO TRAVEL PROBLEMS EARLY. THE WINTRY MIX IS BEING CAUSED BY A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS WISCONSIN TODAY...DRAWING WARM AIR AND MOISTURE INTO THE STATE OVER COLDER AIR AT THE SURFACE. AT THE SAME TIME...A MID AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WIZ065-066-068>072-111800- /O.CON.KMKX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-071211T2100Z/ WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 453 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY....CHANGING OVER TO LIGHT SNOW WITH SOME SLEET AROUND OR AFTER 3 PM. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH...WITH UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION AS WELL. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ WIZ058>060-062>064-067-111800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-071211T2100Z/ DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON 453 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TURN OVER TO MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET BY MID MORNING. THE SNOW AND SLEET MIXTURE WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF BY MID-AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH... WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-056-057-111800- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071211T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS 453 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL PUSH ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. THE MIXTURE WILL QUICKLY TURN OVER TO MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW BY MID MORNING...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF THE SNOW AND SLEET MIX ARE EXPECTED FROM LONE ROCK...THE DELLS TO SHEBOYGAN...WITH THE FREEZING RAIN ADDING A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ REM
000 WWUS43 KMKX 111804 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1204 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. MAINLY SNOW WILL FALL NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MINERAL POINT...TO PORT WASHINGTON WITH A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LINE. THE PRECIPITATION IS BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. THE BACK EDGE OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL REACH SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AROUND 3 PM...AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AROUND 5 OR 6 PM. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING THREAT IS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...SO WHILE THE ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS EXPIRE AT 3 PM... SOME LINGERING LIGHT SLEET OR SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY EVENING. IF IT APPEARS HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING...THE ICE STORM WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED LATER. THE WINTRY MIX IS BEING CAUSED BY A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS WISCONSIN TODAY...DRAWING WARM AIR AND MOISTURE INTO THE STATE OVER COLDER AIR AT THE SURFACE. AT THE SAME TIME...A MID AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WIZ065-066-068>072-112100- /O.CON.KMKX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-071211T2100Z/ WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 1204 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TO CONTINUE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON. LINGERING LIGHT SLEET OR SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 6 PM...HOWEVER...ICY CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE AFTER 3 PM. TOTAL STORM ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION AS WELL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ WIZ058>060-062>064-067-112100- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-071211T2100Z/ DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON 1204 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF AROUND 3 PM. TOTAL STORM SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA SHOULD AVERAGE 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. LITTLE...IF ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-056-057-112100- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071211T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS 1204 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY 3 PM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS43 KMKX 111807 CCA WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1206 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTRY MESS CONTINUING UNTIL MID TO LATE AFTERNOON... .FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. MAINLY SNOW WILL FALL NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MINERAL POINT...TO PORT WASHINGTON WITH A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LINE. THE PRECIPITATION IS BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. THE BACK EDGE OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL REACH SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AROUND 3 PM...AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AROUND 5 OR 6 PM. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING THREAT IS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...SO WHILE THE ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS EXPIRE AT 3 PM... SOME LINGERING LIGHT SLEET OR SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY EVENING. IF IT APPEARS HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING...THE ICE STORM WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED LATER. THE WINTRY MIX IS BEING CAUSED BY A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS WISCONSIN TODAY...DRAWING WARM AIR AND MOISTURE INTO THE STATE OVER COLDER AIR AT THE SURFACE. AT THE SAME TIME...A MID AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WIZ065-066-068>072-112100- /O.CON.KMKX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-071211T2100Z/ WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 1206 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TO CONTINUE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON. LINGERING LIGHT SLEET OR SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 6 PM...HOWEVER...ICY CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE AFTER 3 PM. TOTAL STORM ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION AS WELL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ WIZ058>060-062>064-067-112100- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-071211T2100Z/ DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON 1206 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF AROUND 3 PM. TOTAL STORM SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA SHOULD AVERAGE 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. LITTLE...IF ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-056-057-112100- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071211T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS 1206 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY 3 PM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BORGHOFF CORRECTED TOP HEADLINE
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 Dec 10, 9:00 PM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 9:00 PM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
900 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007
IMPRESSIVE WALL OF WATER OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING. ALL
KINDS OF FREEZING RAIN. CAN/T SEE ANY GOOD ARGUMENT AS TO WHY THIS
WON/T REACH THE CWA. MODELS DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF DEPICTING IT.
PICKED APART THE 18Z RUNS OF THE NAM AND GFS AND FOUND ENOUGH REASON
TO UPGRADE TO AN ICE STORM WARNING FOR OUR PREVIOUS WINTER STORM
WATCH AREA. THE 00Z NAM JUST CONFIRMED THAT DECISION. SOUNDINGS SHOW
A DECENT WARM LAYER WITH A LARGE DWPNT SPREAD. EXPECT GOOD EVAPORATIVE
COOLING...BUT PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH TO COOL THE LAYER COMPLETELY BELOW
FREEZING. IT APPEARS THE SRN TIER INTO WAUKESHA AND MILWAUKEE
COUNTIES STAND THE BEST CHANCE FOR A SOLID PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN.
THE TEETH OF WHICH SHOULD BE BETWEEN 12Z-17Z. JUST TO THE
NORTH...MORE MIXED PCPN SHOULD OCCUR...KEEPING ICE ACCUMS BELOW
WARNING CRITERIA. OUR CURRENT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY LOOKS GOOD.
TOTAL QPF AMOUNTS ACROSS OUR SRN HALF ARE ON THE ORDER OF .5 TO .75
INCH.
THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT STORM TO PREDICT...WITH RESPECT TO
THE FINE DETAILS. UNFORTUNATELY...THESE FINE DETAILS ARE VERY
IMPORTANT. ONLY SUBTLE CHANGES IN THE TEMP PROFILE WILL MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE AS TO WHETHER AN AREA SEES FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW
OR A COMBINATION OF THESE. KEEP UP WITH THE FORECAST.
DAVIS
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.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...SHORT TERM FORECAST FOCUSES ON WINTER WEATHER
EVENT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY WITH
SMALLER THREAT RETURNING LATER WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS DEEP MOISTURE SURGING NORTHWARD AHEAD OF A
CUTOFF UPPER LOW OVER THE BAJA AREA INTO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
PLAINS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL IN THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. UPPER LOW EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND TRACK RAPIDLY
NORTHEAST INTO UPPER LEVEL CONFLUENT FLOW. INCREASING SOUTHERLY
WINDS WILL PULL DEEP MOISTURE QUICKLY NORTHWARD WITH RAPID INCREASE
OF PRECIP WATER VALUES OF ONE HALF INCH OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION
EFFICIENCY INCREASES TO NEAR 1.0 IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY LATE TNGT.
IMPRESSIVE AREA OF 2-D FULL WIND FRONTOGENESIS DEVELOPS OVER
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY 18Z/TUE TIED TO WEAK SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING
ASSOCIATED WITH RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF 300MB JET. STRONGEST LOW
LEVEL CONVERGENCE ACROSS TIGHT BAROCLINIC ZONE GRAZES SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN 09Z-15Z AND THEN QUICKLY SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST. 295
THETA SURFACE HAS PUSH OF 30 KNOTS OF UPGLIDE AFTER 09Z AS
CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS DECREASE TO LESS THAN 10MB. MIXING
RATIOS INCREASE TO AROUND 4-5 G/KG. PRECIPITATION TYPE IS THE MAIN
QUESTION. SHORT TERM GUIDANCE CRITICAL THICKNESSES CONTINUE TO
FAVOR MIX ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FOR THE DURATION OF THE
EVENT...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OR
ENDING. SURFACE COLD AIR EXTENDS WELL SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WHERE TEMPS BLO FREEZING IN OK WHICH IS WELL SOUTH OF 1300 THICKNESS
LINE FOR 1000-850 LAYER. 1300 THICKNESS REMAINS SOUTH OF WISCONSIN
THROUGH EVENT WITH WARMER MID LAYERS. BEST OMEGA REMAINS IN LOWER
LEVELS...BELOW SNOW GROWTH AREA SO ATMOSPHERE WILL NOT BE AS
CONDUCIVE TO GOOD CRYSTAL DEVELOPMENT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS HOWEVER
IN NORTHWEST PORTION OF CWA FAVOR SNOW AND SLEET WITH ABOUT A 70
PERCENT CHANCE OF ICE FALLING INTO THE CLOUD LAYER. FARTHER
SOUTHEAST...APPEARS BETTER CHANCE FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
CUTTING BACK ON SNOW AMOUNTS. WITH CRITICAL THICKNESSES AND 2-D
FWF...CAN NOT RULE OUT HEAVIER THAN EXPECTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WITH
POTENTIAL FOR GLAZING IN EXCESS OF ONE QUARTER INCH IN SOUTHEAST.
HENCE ALREADY ISSUED WINTER STORM WATCH FOR AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WHERE
SIGNIFICANT ICING COULD BE A PROBLEM...WITH BUFFER ZONE TO THE
NORTHWEST FOR MIX OF ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHTER GLAZE.
EVENING SHIFT MAY WANT TO JUMP ON UPGRADING TO WARNING OR ADVISORY
IN WATCH AREA AS NEW DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE.
SHORT RANGE ENSEMBLE POPS NOW SHOWING GREATER THAN 75 PERCENT CHANCE
FOR OVER ONE QUARTER INCH OF PRECIPITATION OCCURRING TUE MRNG IN SRN
PTN OF COUNTY WARNING AREA.
APPEARS SYSTEM WILL REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF AREA FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY THURSDAY...SO DROPPED POPS TO SCHC WORDING.
FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.
EXTENDED GUIDANCE INCLUDING CANADIAN...GFS AND ECMWF IN REASONABLE
AGREEMENT ON MID LEVEL TROUGH ROTATING THROUGH WESTERN GTLAKES EARLY
IN PERIOD...HOWEVER AMPLITUDE OF TROF IN QUESTION. GFS HAS BEEN
CONSISTENT IN SHARPENING TROF BLASTING THRU THU NGT/EARLY FRI WHILE
CANADIAN AND ECMWF NOT SHOWING AS MUCH AMPLITUDE. AMOUNT OF
MOISTURE APPEARS MEAGER AND ENSEMBLE PERCENT OF MEASUREABLE
PRECIPITATION REMAINS NEAR ZERO. HENCE WILL CONTINUE WITH DRY
FORECAST WORDING EARLY IN PERIOD FOR NOW BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED
AT A FEW FLURRIES OCCURRING.
GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS IN FAIR AGREEMENT THROUGH SATURDAY BUT THEN
RAPIDLY DIVERGE AND BECOME UNRELIABLE BY SUNDAY AS GFS AMPLIFIES
TROFFING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL CONUS WHILE ECMWF SHOWS MORE
BROADSCALE TROFFING. CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW FOR LATE WEEKEND
OUTLOOK INTO MONDAY BUT WITH WEAK TROFFING IN AREA AND INCREASING
SLY WINDS...WOULD EXPECT THREAT FOR AT LEAST LIGHT PRECIP TO
INCREASE. GFS 500MB 5 DAY MEANS SHOWING MORE ZONAL FLOW AND NEAR
NORMAL HEIGHTS SETTING UP OVER NORTH CENTRAL CONUS NEXT WEEK. THIS
SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CLOSE IN ON MORE NORMAL LEVELS.
&&
.AVIATION...WM AIR AND MSTR MOVG INTO SRN WI TNGT AND TUE WL RESULT
IN WDSPRD MVFR CONDS OVC010-020 WITH AREAS IFR CIGS/VSBYS BEFORE
00Z. CONDS BCMG WDSPRD IFR CIGS/VSBYS AFT 00Z AND CONTS THRU 21Z
TUE. XPCT WDSPRD FZRA AND SLEET TO BGN ARND 03Z AND CONT TIL 21Z
TUE.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER WX ADVY 09Z-21Z/TUE WIZ058>060-062>064-067.
ICE STORM WARNING 09Z-21Z/TUE WIZ065-066-068>072.
LM...NONE.
DAVIS/11/35Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 5:00 PM CST, 9 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 500 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-111045- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 500 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY SOUTH OF I-94 TONIGHT. VISIBILITY IN SOME AREAS WILL DROP TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS. THEN LATER TONIGHT...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TUESDAY. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...ESPECIALLY OVER THE FAR SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW WEDNESDAY...BUT THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL TO THE SOUTH ACROSS ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ643>646-111045- 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- 500 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A MIX OF FREEZING SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TUESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY..AND AGAIN SATURDAY. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 8:22 PM CST | Ice Storm Warning | MKX | Green, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:09 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk, Sheboygan | 13 hr |
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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.