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Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI

December 22, 2007Iowa County, Lafayette County, Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 22, 2007, 4:45 AM CST for Iowa County, Lafayette County, Sauk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 22, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 2 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 22, 2007, 4:45 AM CST (10:45 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 22, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 23, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Sauk County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:51 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 23, 7:45 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 84 N La Valle, WI8.0 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED WITH 2-3 FOOT SNOW DRIFTS.
Dec 23, 2:40 PM CSTSNOW 04 N La Valle, WISNOW DRIFTS OF 3 FEET OBSERVED WITH SOME DRIFTS APPROACHING 6 FEET

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2007-12-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2007-12-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KMKX 221045
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
445 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER STORM APPROACHING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...

.A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY AND SUNDAY.
INITIALLY THIS STORM WILL BRING RAIN...BUT THE PRECIPITATION WILL
TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT.

SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW
OVERNIGHT. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN
ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION.

WIZ056-062-067-221845-
/O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0007.071223T0000Z-071223T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0009.071223T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
SAUK-IOWA-LAFAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON
445 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THIS PORTION
OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20
TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW
TONIGHT. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND OR SLEET...
AND OR FREEZING RAIN MAY COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR
MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. 

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WIZ046-047-057-063-068-221845-
/O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0007.071223T0000Z-071223T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.SB.Y.0003.071223T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DANE-GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...MADISON...MONROE
445 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THIS PORTION
OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20
TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW
TONIGHT. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN VISIBILITIES WILL
BE LIMITED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 34 MPH...FOR 3
HOURS OR MORE. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

$$
TZ/WOOD
7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KMKX 221901
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
101 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER STORM APPROACHING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...

.A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY MORNING.
INITIALLY THIS STORM WILL BRING RAIN...BUT THE PRECIPITATION WILL
TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW VERY EARLY THIS EVENING OVER
SAUK...IOWA...AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...AND A SLEET AND SNOW MIX
THIS EVENING OVER THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BEFORE
TURNING TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES TONIGHT.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
WEST OF A LINE FROM DODGEVILLE TO THE WISCONSIN DELLS. 

IN ADDITION...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW LATE
TONIGHT...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS QUITE POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES
WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT.

WIZ046-047-057-063-068-230400-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SB.Y.0003.071223T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.071223T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DANE-GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...MADISON...MONROE
101 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST SUNDAY...
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A SNOW AND SLEET MIX THIS EVENING. THE
WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THIS
PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

AS THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO BETWEEN
20 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL
PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH...CAUSING
CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO
LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...
AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ056-062-067-230400-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.071223T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
SAUK-IOWA-LAFAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON
101 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THIS PORTION OF
SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH
WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY DROP
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. TRAVEL IS
STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND OR SLEET...
AND OR FREEZING RAIN MAY COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR
MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WIZ051-230400-
/O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.071223T0600Z-071224T0000Z/
FOND DU LAC-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FOND DU LAC
101 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY.

RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A SNOW AND SLEET MIX AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE
WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER 3 AM. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THIS
PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

AS THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO BETWEEN
20 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY DAWN ON SUNDAY.
THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON SUNDAY. BY
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH...CAUSING
CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO
LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...
AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ058-064-069-230400-
/O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.071223T0600Z-071223T1200Z/
DODGE-JEFFERSON-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...
JANESVILLE...BELOIT
101 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY.

RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A SNOW AND SLEET MIX AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE
WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER 3 AM. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THIS
PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...
AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
BORGHOFF/DAVIS
000 
WWUS43 KMKX 222334
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
534 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER STORM APPROACHING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...

.A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM EASTERN 
MISSOURI TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY MORNING. INITIALLY
THIS STORM WILL BRING RAIN...BUT THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION
FROM A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO ALL SNOW VERY EARLY
THIS EVENING OVER SAUK...IOWA... AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...AND A
FREEZING RAIN SLEET AND SNOW MIX THIS EVENING OVER THE REST OF
SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BEFORE TURNING TO ALL SNOW AROUND
MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
WEST OF A LINE FROM DODGEVILLE TO THE WISCONSIN DELLS.

IN ADDITION...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW LATE
TONIGHT...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS QUITE POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES
WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT.

WIZ056-062-067-230745-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.071223T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
SAUK-IOWA-LAFAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON
534 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

AFTER AN INITIAL PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SNOW WILL
DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8
INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THIS PORTION OF SOUTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH
WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY DROP
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. TRAVEL IS
STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND OR SLEET...
 AND OR FREEZING RAIN MAY COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR
MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WIZ046-047-057-063-068-230745-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.071223T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DANE-GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...MADISON...MONROE
534 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SUNDAY. 

RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW MIX THIS
EVENING. THE WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND
MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT ACROSS THIS PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

AS THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO BETWEEN
20 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THIS
WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY. BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
DIMINISH...CAUSING CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL
DROP VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...
AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ051-230745-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.071223T0600Z-071224T0000Z/
FOND DU LAC-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FOND DU LAC
534 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A SNOW AND SLEET MIX AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE
WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER 3 AM. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THIS
PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

AS THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO BETWEEN
20 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY DAWN ON SUNDAY.
THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON SUNDAY. BY
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH...CAUSING
CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO
LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...
AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ058-064-069-230745-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.071223T0600Z-071223T1200Z/
DODGE-JEFFERSON-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...
JANESVILLE...BELOIT
534 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. 

RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A SNOW AND SLEET MIX AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE
WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER 3 AM. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THIS
PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...
AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

HENTZ
000 
WWUS43 KMKX 230348
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
948 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER STORM APPROACHING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...

.A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM CENTRAL
ILLINOIS TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION
WAS TRANSITIONING FROM RAIN TO A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
TO ALL SNOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISOCNSIN. PRECIPITATION MAY BE
HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
WEST OF A LINE FROM DODGEVILLE TO THE WISCONSIN DELLS.

IN ADDITION...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW LATE
TONIGHT...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS QUITE POSSIBLE.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT
TIMES.

VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT.

WIZ056-062-067-231200-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
SAUK-IOWA-LAFAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON
948 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

AFTER AN INITIAL PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SNOW WILL
FALL AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY
MORNING ACROSS THIS PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH
WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY DROP
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. TRAVEL IS
STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND OR SLEET...
  AND OR FREEZING RAIN MAY COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR
MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WIZ046-047-057-063-068-231200-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DANE-GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...MADISON...MONROE
948 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SUNDAY. 

RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW MIX LATE THIS
EVENING. THE WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT
ACROSS THIS PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH THE HIGHER
MAOUNTS WEST AND NORTH OF MADSION.

AS THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO BETWEEN
20 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THIS
WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY. BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
DIMINISH...CAUSING CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL
DROP VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...
AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ051-231200-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.071223T0600Z-071224T0000Z/
FOND DU LAC-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FOND DU LAC
948 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SUNDAY. 

RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A SNOW AND SLEET MIX AFTER 2 AM. THE
WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER 3 AM. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THIS
PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WEST AND
NORTHWEST OF FOND DU LAC.

AS THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO BETWEEN
20 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY DAWN ON SUNDAY.
THIS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON SUNDAY. BY
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH...CAUSING
CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP VISIBILITIES TO
LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...
AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ058-064-069-231200-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.071223T0600Z-071223T1200Z/
DODGE-JEFFERSON-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...
JANESVILLE...BELOIT
948 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A SNOW AND SLEET MIX AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE
WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER 3 AM. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THIS
PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.  ANOTHER INCH IS EXPECTED SUNDAY
MONRING.

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...
AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

HENTZ
000 
WWUS43 KMKX 231103
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
503 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WINTER STORM AFFECTING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...

.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN TO LAKE SUPERIOR BY THIS AFTERNOON. EARLY THIS
MORNING...SNOW WAS OCCURRING OVER ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WEST OF
A LINE FROM DODGEVILLE TO THE WISCONSIN DELLS.

IN ADDITION...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.

WIZ056-062-067-231915-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
SAUK-IOWA-LAFAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON
503 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL BE INTERMITTENT TODAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8
INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THIS PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 45
MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND OR SLEET...
AND OR FREEZING RAIN MAY COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR
MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WIZ046-047-057-063-068-231915-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DANE-GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...MADISON...MONROE
503 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

INTERMITTENT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THIS PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

WEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 45
MPH WILL PERSIST TODAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. 

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...
AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ051-231915-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
FOND DU LAC-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FOND DU LAC
503 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A SNOW AND SLEET MIX EARLY THIS MORNING. 
THE WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THIS PORTION
OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WEST AND
NORTHWEST OF FOND DU LAC.

AS THE SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH...WEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH
WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. BY LATE AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
DIMINISH...CAUSING CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...
AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ058-064-069-231215-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T1200Z/
DODGE-JEFFERSON-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...
JANESVILLE...BELOIT
503 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING. 

SNOW...WITH SOME SLEET...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THIS PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A MIXTURE OF SNOW...
AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
TZ/WOOD
000 
WWUS43 KMKX 231656
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1056 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WILL PERSIST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO
THIS EVENING...

.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY OVER THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN INTO THE EVENING
BEFORE IT WEAKENS AND MOVES EAST INTO ONTARIO LATE TONIGHT. LIGHT
SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.  

IN ADDITION...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW
DRIFTS AS HIGH AS 2 TO 3 FEET HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SAUK COUNTY. LOCAL
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN RURAL AREAS WITH
VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS.

WITH POLAR AIR STREAMING IN ON WEST WINDS...TEMPERATURES HAVE
FALLEN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS SO WIND CHILL READINGS OF
ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED.

TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR HAS BEEN 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE WISCONSIN
DELLS...DODGEVILLE...AND DARLINGTON AREAS. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW
FELL FROM MONROE...MADISON...PORTAGE...TO THE MONTELLO AND
PRINCETON AREAS. THERE WAS ALSO CONSIDERABLE FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET IN THAT AREA. AGAIN...ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD
FALL BY THIS EVENING.   

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

WIZ046-047-051-057-063-068-232300-
/O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.SB.Y.0004.071223T1656Z-071224T0600Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-COLUMBIA-DANE-GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...MADISON...MONROE
1056 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THERE WILL BE LESS SNOW NEAR THE ILLINOIS
BORDER AND MORE SNOW HAS YOU HEAD NORTH TOWARD FOND DU LAC.

THAT SHOULD BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO 2 TO 5
INCHES.  

WEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL
PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.  WITH POLAR AIR STREAMING IN ON WEST WINDS...TEMPERATURES HAVE
FALLEN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS SO WIND CHILL READINGS OF
ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THE WORST SITUATIONS WILL
BE ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROUTES IN OPEN RURAL AREAS

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN VISIBILITIES WILL
BE LIMITED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS...FOR 3 HOURS
OR MORE. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

WIZ056-062-067-232300-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SB.Y.0004.071224T0000Z-071224T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
SAUK-IOWA-LAFAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON
1056 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO
2 INCHES IS ANTICIPATED. THAT SHOULD BRING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 5 TO 10 INCHES.

STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
MPH AND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LOCAL
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN RURAL AREAS. SNOW DRIFTS OF 2
TO 3 FEET HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN SAUK COUNTY.  

WITH POLAR AIR STREAMING IN ON WEST WINDS...TEMPERATURES HAVE
FALLEN INTO THE TEENS SO WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW
ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. NORTH TO SOUTH
ROUTES IN OPEN AREAS WILL HAVE THE WORST CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS
DISCOURAGED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND OR SLEET...
AND OR FREEZING RAIN MAY COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR
MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN VISIBILITIES WILL
BE LIMITED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS...FOR 3 HOURS
OR MORE. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

CRAVEN
000 
WWUS43 KMKX 232127
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
327 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WILL PERSIST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
EVENING...

.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER PENINSULA OF
MICHIGAN WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST INTO ONTARIO LATE
TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW
SHOWERS OR FLURRIES ARE THEN EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND CHRISTMAS
EVE. 

IN ADDITION...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN
RURAL AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD HOLD IN THE TEENS TONIGHT SO WIND CHILL
READINGS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE.

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

WIZ056-062-067-240400-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMKX.SB.Y.0004.071224T0000Z-071224T0600Z/
SAUK-IOWA-LAFAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON
327 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO
2 INCHES IS ANTICIPATED. THAT SHOULD BRING TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. THERE WILL BE LESS SNOW NEAR THE ILLINOIS
BORDER AND MORE SNOW HAS YOU HEAD NORTH TOWARD WISCONSIN DELLS.

STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
MPH AND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LOCAL
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN RURAL AREAS.

TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE TEENS SO WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO TO
10 BELOW ZERO SHOULD ALSO CONTINUE.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. NORTH
TO SOUTH ROUTES IN OPEN AREAS WILL HAVE THE WORST CONDITIONS.
TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND OR SLEET...
AND OR FREEZING RAIN MAY COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR
MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN VISIBILITIES WILL
BE LIMITED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS...FOR 3 HOURS
OR MORE. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

WIZ046-047-051-057-063-068-240400-
/O.CON.KMKX.SB.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071224T0600Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-COLUMBIA-DANE-GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...MADISON...MONROE
327 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THERE WILL BE LESS SNOW NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER
AND MORE SNOW HAS YOU HEAD NORTH TOWARD FOND DU LAC.

THAT SHOULD BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO 2 TO
5 INCHES.

WEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
MPH WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE TEENS SO
WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THE WORST SITUATIONS
WILL BE ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROUTES IN OPEN RURAL AREAS

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN VISIBILITIES WILL
BE LIMITED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS...FOR 3 HOURS
OR MORE. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

CRAVEN
000 
WWUS43 KMKX 240012
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
612 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WILL PERSIST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
EVENING...

.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER PENINSULA OF
MICHIGAN WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST INTO ONTARIO LATE
TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW
SHOWERS OR FLURRIES ARE THEN EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND CHRISTMAS
EVE.

IN ADDITION...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN
RURAL AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD HOLD IN THE TEENS TONIGHT SO WIND CHILL
READINGS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE.

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

WIZ056-062-067-240600-
/O.EXP.KMKX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMKX.SB.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071224T0600Z/
SAUK-IOWA-LAFAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON
612 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF
AROUND AN INCH OR SO IS ANTICIPATED. THERE WILL BE LESS SNOW NEAR
THE ILLINOIS BORDER AND MORE SNOW HAS YOU HEAD NORTH TOWARD
WISCONSIN DELLS.

STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH AND WILL
PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LOCAL BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN RURAL AREAS.

TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE TEENS SO WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO
TO 10 BELOW ZERO SHOULD ALSO CONTINUE.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. NORTH TO
SOUTH ROUTES IN OPEN AREAS WILL HAVE THE WORST CONDITIONS. 

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN VISIBILITIES WILL
BE LIMITED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 34 MPH...FOR 3
HOURS OR MORE. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

$$

WIZ046-047-051-057-063-068-240600-
/O.CON.KMKX.SB.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071224T0600Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-COLUMBIA-DANE-GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...MADISON...MONROE
612 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THERE WILL BE LESS SNOW NEAR THE
ILLINOIS BORDER AND MORE SNOW HAS YOU HEAD NORTH TOWARD FOND DU
LAC.

WEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 45 MPH
WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE TEENS SO
WIND CHILL READINGS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THE WORST SITUATIONS
WILL BE ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROUTES IN OPEN RURAL AREAS

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN VISIBILITIES WILL
BE LIMITED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS...FOR 3 HOURS
OR MORE. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

HENTZ

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 22, 4:38 AM CST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 4:38 AM CST, 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
438 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

FORECAST FOCUS ON FOG THIS MORNING...WINTER STORM TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY.

LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED WELL DEFINED SHORTWAVE TROUGH
OVER TEXAS...WITH ANOTHER TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS. AHEAD
OF THESE FEATURES...WEAK WARM AIR ADVECTION WITHIN SOUTHWEST UPPER
LEVEL FLOW HELPING TO MAINTAIN THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER ACROSS THE
REGION. LIGHT WINDS IN BOUNDARY LAYER COMBINED WITH SNOW COVER
HELPING MAINTAIN DENSE FOG ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

FIRST ISSUE IS DENSE FOG DURATION. WILL EXTEND DENSE FOG ADVISORY
THROUGH NOON TODAY...AS WINDS NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE MUCH UNTIL
THEN. EVEN THIS AFTERNOON...THE TEMPERATURE INVERSION DOES NOT
BUDGE...AND MIXING POTENTIAL IS SMALL. DAY SHIFT MAY HAVE TO
EXTEND DENSE FOG ADVISORY THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY IF THIS
SCENARIO HOLDS.

NEXT ISSUE IS WINTER STORM FOR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE
WILL MOVE FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS TO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
TODAY...TO CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT...AND TO THE UPPER
PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN ON SUNDAY. THE LOW WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY
SUNDAY...IN RESPONSE TO PHASING OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STREAM
SHORTWAVE TROUGHS/VORTICITY MAXIMA.

STRONG UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION EXPECTED FROM THIS FEATURE...AND
POTENT LOW AND MID LEVEL LAYER FRONTOGENESIS...ESPECIALLY FROM 06Z
TO 12Z SUNDAY. AS SURFACE LOW UNDERGOES OCCLUSION SATURDAY
NIGHT...TROWAL FEATURE DEVELOPS AND ARCHES INTO SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN FROM THE NORTHEAST BY 12Z SUNDAY...AS SEEN ON 300K
PRESSURE SURFACE. LEFT FRONT QUADRANT OF JET STREAK ALSO OVER THE
AREA AROUND 06Z SUNDAY.

KEY FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS TIME OF CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW.
FEEL THAT THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS...AS STRONG LIFT COINCIDES WITH
DENDRITIC SNOW GROWTH REGION FOR A TIME TONIGHT. THE NAM WAS THE
QUICKEST WITH THE CHANGE...BY 02Z...WITH THE GFS HOLDING OFF UNTIL
AFTER 06Z. WILL LEAN MORE TOWARDS THE PROGRESSIVE NAM...GIVEN THE
STRONG DYNAMICS WITH THIS SYSTEM.

GIVEN THE HIGH QPF AMOUNTS SHOWN BY THE MODELS THE LAST FEW
DAYS...FEEL WARNING CRITERIA WILL BE MET IN THE FAR WESTERN
COUNTIES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE NEXT TIER OF COUNTIES TO THE
EAST WILL BE PLACED IN A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE
SAME PERIOD. LOCATIONS EAST OF THIS AREA WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME
SEEING ACCUMULATIONS REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA...GIVEN SHORT TIME
DURATION IN BEST UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION AND LATER CHANGEOVER TO
SNOW...PERHAPS NOT UNTIL AROUND 12Z SUNDAY.

OTHER CONCERN IS WINDY CONDITIONS FOR SUNDAY. SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT TIGHTENS CONSIDERABLY AS OCCLUSION OCCURS. SUSTAINED
WINDS NEAR 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY TO
OCCUR...WITH GOOD MIXING OF WINDS WITHIN BOUNDARY LAYER. WILL
MENTION WINDY CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING SNOW IN FORECAST FOR
SUNDAY.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...

SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES OUT OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY...WITH QUIET AND COOL CONDITIONS TAKING HOLD FOR CHRISTMAS
DAY. NEXT SYSTEM TO AFFECT FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...WIDESPREAD LIFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL PERSIST
TODAY. A LGT SLY SFC WIND PROVIDING RELATIVELY MILD AND MOIST AIR
WILL TO FLOW OVER A MELTING SNOW PACK AND WILL ALLOW THE
CONTINUATION OF FOG AND LOW CIGS. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS
WILL APPROACH SOUTHERN WI THIS EVENING AND INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES
TO LAKE SUPERIOR. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL TURN TO SNOW MIXED WITH
SLEET FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE NIGHT.
WIDESPREAD LIFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED. SURFACE
WINDS WILL TURN FROM SOUTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30
KNOTS.

&&

.MARINE...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR
VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY FOR HIGH WAVES WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. A GALE WATCH IS THEN IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL
MONDAY EVENING. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL
CONTINUE EWD...REACHING WI THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG LOW PRESSURE
WILL THEN DEVELOP WITHIN THE TROUGH AND TRACK NWD THROUGH FAR ERN
WI SAT NT AND MOVE TO LAKE SUPERIOR ON SUN. WINDS AHEAD OF THE
TROUGH WILL GENERATE HIGH WAVES THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. AS
THE LOW PASSES TO THE NORTH OF SOUTHEAST WI...STRONG WEST WINDS
WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT. COLD AIR MOVING ACROSS THE
RELATIVELY MILD WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN WILL CREATE UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS SUPPORTIVE OF WIND GUSTS OF 34-39 KTS FROM 09Z SUN
UNTIL 12Z MON.

&&

.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
     CST SUNDAY FOR WIZ046-047-057-063-068.

     DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR WIZ046-047-051-052-
     056>060-062>072.

     WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY
     FOR WIZ056-062-067.

LM...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR LMZ643>646.

     GALE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR
     LMZ643>646.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM
     CST SUNDAY FOR LMZ643>646.

&&

SHORT/LONG TERM...WOOD
AVIATION/MARINE...ZAJDEL
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 6:00 PM CST, 10 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
600 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-221015-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
600 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR PARTICLE POLLUTION IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
NOON ON SATURDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXPECTED TO FORM IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY REGION WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. COLDER AIR WILL SURGE ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW INTENSIFIES...CHANGING RAIN
OVER TO SNOW.

AT THIS TIME...SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
INTO EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

IN ADDITION...STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH
SUNDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL
RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOWFALL WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY NIGHT. SINCE
QUITE A BIT OF TRAVEL IS PLANNED THIS PRE-HOLIDAY WEEKEND...ALL
INTERESTS ARE URGED TO STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ643>646-221015-
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-
600 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT. WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUSTS TO 34 TO 39 KNOTS DURING
THIS PERIOD.

HENTZ
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MADISON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 22, 4:45 AM CSTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Dane, Green, Green Lake, Marquette8 hr
Dec 22, 1:01 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 3 more22 hr
Dec 22, 1:20 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMKXDodge, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine and 5 more35 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.