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Wind Chill Advisory 7, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 21, 2008, 3:48 PM CST for 21 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2008, 3:48 PM CST (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
All 21 counties
Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 KGRB 212148 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 348 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PULL OUT OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION... LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL IMPACT PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MOST OTHER LOCATIONS WILL SEE WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW RANGE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WIZ011>013-018>021-030-031-035>039-045-048-049-073-074-220600- /O.CAN.KGRB.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WC.Y.0007.081221T2148Z-081222T1500Z/ FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE- NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE- BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA... WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON... GREEN BAY...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...CRIVITZ 348 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. THE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL LINGER UNTIL MID-MORNING ON MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ WIZ010-220600- /O.CAN.KGRB.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-081222T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WC.Y.0007.081221T2148Z-081222T1500Z/ ONEIDA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RHINELANDER 348 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. THE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL LINGER UNTIL MID-MORNING ON MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ WIZ005-220600- /O.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ VILAS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EAGLE RIVER 348 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN WESTERN VILAS COUNTY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TONIGHT...WITH THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT TRANSITIONING TO BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIES IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...AND BITTER COLD WILL ENDANGER THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. $$ WIZ022-040-050-220600- /O.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS 348 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST NEAR THE LAKESHORE... WHERE GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON INTERSTATE 43...HIGHWAY 42 AND HIGHWAY 57. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BE DRIFTED SHUT IN SOME AREAS. WIND WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN LESS BLOWING SNOW. THEREFORE...THE MAIN THREAT IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO COLD WIND CHILL READINGS BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF STURGEON BAY. WIND CHILLS THIS LOW CAN CAUSE FROST BITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL POSE A THREAT TO THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. SNOW MAY DRIFT OVER ROADS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. $$ KIECKBUSCH
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGRB 212324 CCA WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 514 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PULL OUT OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION... LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL IMPACT PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MOST OTHER LOCATIONS WILL SEE WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW RANGE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WIZ011>013-018>021-030-031-035>039-045-048-049-073-074-220730- /O.CAN.KGRB.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WC.Y.0007.081221T2314Z-081222T1500Z/ FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE- NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE- BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA... WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON... GREEN BAY...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...CRIVITZ 514 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. THE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL LINGER UNTIL MID-MORNING ON MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ WIZ010-220730- /O.CAN.KGRB.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-081222T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WC.Y.0007.081221T2314Z-081222T1500Z/ ONEIDA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RHINELANDER 514 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. THE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL LINGER UNTIL MID-MORNING ON MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ WIZ005-220730- /O.COR.KGRB.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ VILAS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EAGLE RIVER 514 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN WESTERN VILAS COUNTY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TONIGHT...WITH THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT TRANSITIONING TO BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...AND BITTER COLD WILL ENDANGER THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. $$ WIZ022-040-050-220730- /O.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS 514 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST NEAR THE LAKESHORE... WHERE GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON INTERSTATE 43...HIGHWAY 42 AND HIGHWAY 57. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BE DRIFTED SHUT IN SOME AREAS. WIND WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN LESS BLOWING SNOW. THEREFORE...THE MAIN THREAT IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO COLD WIND CHILL READINGS BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF STURGEON BAY. WIND CHILLS THIS LOW CAN CAUSE FROST BITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL POSE A THREAT TO THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. SNOW MAY DRIFT OVER ROADS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. $$ KIECKBUSCH
000 WWUS43 KGRB 220600 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1200 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PULL OUT OF THE REGION. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION... LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL IMPACT PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MOST OTHER LOCATIONS WILL SEE WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW RANGE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WIZ005-221400- /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ VILAS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EAGLE RIVER 1200 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN WESTERN VILAS COUNTY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TOWARD MORNING...WITH THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT TRANSITIONING TO BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...AND BITTER COLD WILL ENDANGER THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. $$ WIZ022-040-050-221400- /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS 1200 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST NEAR THE LAKESHORE... WHERE GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON INTERSTATE 43...HIGHWAY 42 AND HIGHWAY 57. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BE DRIFTED SHUT IN SOME AREAS. WIND WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN LESS BLOWING SNOW. THEREFORE...THE MAIN THREAT IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO COLD WIND CHILL READINGS BY MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF STURGEON BAY. WIND CHILLS THIS LOW CAN CAUSE FROST BITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILLS MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL POSE A THREAT TO THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. SNOW MAY DRIFT OVER ROADS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. $$ WIZ010>013-018>021-030-031-035>039-045-048-049-073-074-221400- /O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA- OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...TOMAHAWK... ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT... APPLETON...GREEN BAY...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...CRIVITZ 1200 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. THE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL LINGER UNTIL MID-MORNING ON MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MG
000 WWUS43 KGRB 220941 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 341 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING... NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES TO CREATE WIND CHILLS IN THE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW RANGE EARLY THIS MORNING. WIZ005-040-050-221500- /O.CAN.KGRB.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ /O.EXA.KGRB.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ VILAS-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS 341 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH AND TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW ZERO WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 20 BELOW AND 30 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS THIS LOW CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ WIZ022-221045- /O.CAN.KGRB.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY 341 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. OVERALL...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 10 TO 15 MPH. $$ WIZ010>013-018>021-030-031-035>039-045-048-049-073-074-221500- /O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081222T1500Z/ ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA- OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...TOMAHAWK... ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT... APPLETON...GREEN BAY...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...CRIVITZ 341 AM CST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH AND TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW ZERO WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 20 BELOW AND 30 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS THIS LOW CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF GOING OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill advisory went out at Dec 21, 3:24 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 3:24 PM CST, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 324 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND MONDAY...WINTER WX HEADLINES ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS FOR TONIGHT. HAVE ATTEMPTED TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE WITH HEADLINES FOR TONIGHT... ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL A FEW DIFFICULTIES TO WORK THROUGH. ASIDE FROM ONGOING LES SNOW IN NC WI AND STG GUSTY WINDS/BLOWING SNOW IN THE FOX VALLEY/LKSHR AREAS...THE MOST WIDESPREAD THREAT FOR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL BE WIND CHILLS. WILL KEEP A WINTER WX ADVSY GOING FOR VILAS (LINGERING LES FOLLOWED BY BITTER WIND CHILLS) AND ALONG THE LKSHR (BLOWING SNOW AND MARGINAL WIND CHILLS LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING). FOR THE REST OF THE FA...WILL CONVERT THE WINTER WX ADVSY INTO A WIND CHILL ADVSY THROUGH 15Z/MON. THE WIND CHILL ADVSY WILL BE A BIT COMPLICATED INITIALLY BY WARMER AIR WRAPPING SOUTH INTO THE RGN...BUT THE COLD AIR WILL EVENTUALLY WORK ITS WAY BACK INTO THE FA TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...THERE ARE STILL SOME PLACES IN C/EC WI WHERE WCS ARE AROUND -25...SO RATHER THAN GETTING CUTE WITH VARYING START TIMES...WILL JUST START THE WC ADVSY NOW. THE MOST HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE ALONG THE LKSHR THIS EVG...AS WINDS GUST TO 35 TO 40 MPH...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW ALONG I-43 AND HIGHWAYS 57 AND 42. RECEIVED A REPORT ABOUT AN HOUR AGO OF SOME COUNTY ROADS BEING DRIFTED SHUT IN MANITOWOC COUNTY. HAVENT SEEN VSBYS LOW ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A BLIZZARD WARNING...BUT LOCAL WHITEOUTS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. EXPECT CLOUDS AND WINDS TO DECREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE RGN. A QUIET AND SUNNY DAY ON MONDAY WILL BE APPRECIATED BY ALL. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY. STRONG WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER 2 TO 4INCHES OF SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. MOISTURE IS NOT THAT GREAT BUT DYNAMICS APPEAR SUFFICIENT FOR A MODERATE SNOWFALL. CYCLOGENESIS EXPECTED OVER THE TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AREA TUESDAY EVENING. THIS LOW RACES TO THE NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY AND IS NEAR OR EAST OF LAKE HURON BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM BRINGS GULF MOISTURE WITH IT AND HAS VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION WITH 80 KNOT 850 MB WINDS FORECAST BY GFS AT 18Z WED. THE BIG QUESTION IS THE TRACK. THE 12Z MODELS SUGGEST THAT IT IS A LITTLE TOO FAR TO THE EAST FOR A BIG SNOWSTORM IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BUT THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF OUR FORECAST AREA COULD SEE ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WEDNESDAY. THE JET ENERGY THAT WILL PRODUCE THIS STORM IS OUT OVER THE DATA SPARSE PACIFIC OCEAN NOW...SO DON/T BE SURPRISED TO SEE LARGE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD BE RELATIVELY NICE WITH NEAR SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES. THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHIGN FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD BRING US A FEW INCHES OF SNOW IN WARM ADVECTION FRIDAY AND THEN WISCONSIN IS LARGELY IN THE WARM SECTOR WITH THE STORM PASSING OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN FRIDAY NIGHT. SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY. THE GFS SUGGEST THAT A SURFACE LOW WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONT SATURDAY AND MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST SUNDAY AND BRING A BIG SNOW/SLEET STORM TO OUR AREA. ECMWF HAS A MUCH WEAKER SURFACE SYSTEM WAY TO OUR EAST. SO DID NOT MENTION ANY SNOW FOR SUNDAY UNTIL WE GET SOME AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MODELS. && .AVIATION...VSBYS WILL BE LOCALLY REDUCED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW THIS EVG...AND DUE TO LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS IN NC WI. OTHERWISE... EXPECT PATCHY MVFR CIGS TO GRADUALLY BREAK UP OVERNIGHT AS DRIER AIR AND SUBSIDENCE MOVE INTO THE RGN. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE RGN ON MONDAY. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY FOR WIZ010>013-018>021- 030-031-035>039-045-048-049-073-074. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY FOR WIZ005-022-040- 050. && KIECKBUSCH/RDM
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 11:16 AM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1116 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-221730- 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- 1116 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN...EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...EXCEPT IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR SNOW BELT...WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES MAY FALL IN PARTS OF VILAS AND NORTHWEST ONEIDA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES... LEADING TO BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 BELOW TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS... WHERE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WIND CHILLS READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED INTO MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO IMPACT THE REGION ON TUESDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO MOST LOCATIONS. A SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT AND COULD BRING MORE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ON WEDNESDAY... ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT AN ADDITIONAL STORM SYSTEM COULD BRING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE SPECIFIC IMPACTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY. LMZ521-522-541>543-221730- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 1116 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE GALE CONDITIONS OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. FREEZING SPRAY IS LIKELY TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. KIECKBUSCH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 21, 10:00 AM CST, 5 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1000 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0959 AM SNOW ALGOMA 44.61N 87.43W
12/21/2008 M3.0 INCH KEWAUNEE WI PUBLIC
ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND ICY.
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SACLocal storm report, Dec 21, 10:22 AM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1022 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0959 AM SNOW SHIOCTON 44.43N 88.58W
12/21/2008 M7.0 INCH OUTAGAMIE WI CO-OP OBSERVER
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SACLocal storm report, Dec 21, 11:41 AM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1141 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1131 AM SNOW 3 NE DARBOY 44.26N 88.34W
12/21/2008 M6.0 INCH OUTAGAMIE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL.
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SACLocal storm report, Dec 21, 12:02 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1202 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1159 AM SNOW GREEN BAY 44.51N 88.00W
12/21/2008 M5.0 INCH BROWN WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
SNOW DEPTH 14 INCHES. 0.4 OF A INCH LAST 6 HRS.
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SACSpecial weather statement, Dec 21, 12:15 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1215 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 WIZ022-040-050-220000- DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS 1215 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ALTHOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS IN THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. ACCORDING TO THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION...INTERSTATE 43 IS ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POOR ROAD CONDITIONS... THE INFLUX OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD AIR HAS CAUSED WIND CHILLS TO PLUMMET TO 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD WILL POSE A SERIOUS THREAT TO STRANDED MOTORISTS OR OTHERS VENTURING OUTDOORS FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ROAD REPORTS BEFORE PROCEEDING. WIZ035>039-045-048-049-220000- WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT... APPLETON...GREEN BAY...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON 1215 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ALTHOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. ACCORDING TO THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION...HIGHWAY 41...HIGHWAY 10 AND HIGHWAY 21 ARE ALL ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POOR ROAD CONDITIONS... THE INFLUX OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD AIR HAS CAUSED WIND CHILLS TO PLUMMET TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD WILL POSE A SERIOUS THREAT TO STRANDED MOTORISTS OR OTHERS VENTURING OUTDOORS FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ROAD REPORTS BEFORE PROCEEDING. WIZ011>013-018>021-030-031-073-074-220000- FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE- NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA... WAUSAU...CRIVITZ 1215 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ALTHOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY LIGHT THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS IN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. ACCORDING TO THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION...MOST HIGHWAYS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. IN ADDITION TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POOR ROAD CONDITIONS... THE INFLUX OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD AIR HAS CAUSED WIND CHILLS TO PLUMMET TO 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD WILL POSE A THREAT TO STRANDED MOTORISTS OR OTHERS VENTURING OUTDOORS FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ROAD REPORTS BEFORE PROCEEDING. WIZ005-010-220000- VILAS-ONEIDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER 1215 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW INCREASING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... SATELLITE AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE INCREASING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. PERSONS TRAVELING THROUGH VILAS AND NORTHWEST ONEIDA COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND INTENSE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS SNOW COVERED ROADS. KIECKBUSCH
Local storm report, Dec 21, 12:17 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1217 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1212 PM SNOW 3 NE DARBOY 44.26N 88.34W
12/21/2008 M5.3 INCH OUTAGAMIE WI PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL. 29.8 INCHES FOR THE MONTH.
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SACThe office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 4:40 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.