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Small Craft Advisory 81, NWS Green Bay, WI

December 18, 2008

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this small craft advisory at Dec 18, 2008, 4:15 PM CST. It took effect at Dec 19, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 18, 2008, 4:15 PM CST (22:15 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 19, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 19, 2008, 9:13 PM CST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Dec 18, 2:37 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 2:37 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 3:02 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
302 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-191200-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
302 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT CAUSING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY THE
MORNING COMMUTE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN WISCONSIN
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE AFTERNOON.
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.

ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS
WEEKEND. SNOW SHOULD START AROUND MIDDAY SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE MORE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS THIS WEEKEND
SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS.

EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM COULD LEAD TO
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

LMZ521-522-541>543-191200-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE
STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI-
LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI-
302 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.

MPC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 4:39 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningGRBBrown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Waupaca and 2 more32 hr
Dec 18, 4:39 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRBBrown, Door, Marathon, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto and 5 more32 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.