Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter storm warning at Jan 28, 2008, 4:04 PM CST for 22 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 29, 2008, 10:31 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr. 23 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
- Jan 28, 2008, 4:04 PM CST (22:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2008, 10:31 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2008, 2:34 AM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
All 22 counties
Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door 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), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 1:46 PM CST | SNOW 0.3 | Lake Tomahawk, WI | |
| Jan 29, 2:45 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Wausau, WI | |
| Jan 29, 2:56 PM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Elcho, WI | MODERATE SNOW |
| Jan 29, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Pickerel, WI | |
| Jan 29, 3:33 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Rhinelander, WI | |
| Jan 29, 3:47 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 Ne Rhinelander, WI | |
| Jan 29, 3:55 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Wausau, WI | |
| Jan 29, 4:45 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Antigo, WI | |
| Jan 29, 5:18 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Lake Tomahawk, WI | |
| Jan 29, 5:20 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Winchester, WI | CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW |
| Jan 29, 5:35 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Oshkosh, WI | |
| Jan 29, 5:41 PM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Green Bay, WI | EAST SIDE OF THE CITY |
| Jan 29, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Two Rivers, WI | |
| Jan 29, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Rhinelander, WI | CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING |
| Jan 29, 9:05 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Appleton, WI | |
| Jan 29, 9:05 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Sturgeon Bay, WI | |
| Jan 29, 9:05 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Mosinee, WI | |
| Jan 29, 9:20 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Wausau, WI | |
| Jan 29, 9:35 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Green Bay, WI | |
| Jan 29, 9:40 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Stevens Point, WI | CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING |
| Jan 29, 9:56 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Marinette, WI | |
| Jan 29, 9:56 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Suamico, WI | |
| Jan 29, 10:29 PM CST | SNOW 4.9 | Elcho, 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 1642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 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 282204 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 404 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ....STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM MISSOURI TUESDAY INTO LOWER MICHIGAN TUESDAY EVENING. THE LOW WILL ALSO DRAG AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT OVER THE STATE ON TUESDAY. AS THE COLDER AIR SPILLS OVER THE STATE...MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW. INCREASING WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. AT THE TIME THE HIGHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND SNOW MAY PRODUCT NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BY TUESDAY EVENING OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE FALLING RAPIDLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WET ROADS EARLY IN THE DAY WILL BEGIN TO FREEZE AS THE COLDER AIR POURS IN. IN ADDITION...AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND READINGS TO 40 BELOW ZERO. WIZ022-038>040-048>050-073-074-290600- /O.UPG.KGRB.WW.Y.0001.080129T1800Z-080130T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0002.080129T2000Z-080130T1400Z/ DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ 404 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. HOWEVER IF THE FRONT SLOWS DOWN A BIT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY INCREASE. STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS COLD AS 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-045-290600- /O.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0001.080129T1500Z-080130T1400Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA- WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS... STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA 404 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS OF A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER IF THE FRONT SLOWS DOWN A BIT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY INCREASE. STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AS COLD AS 35 TO 40 BELOW ZERO DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN... SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. PERSONS WHO MUST TRAVEL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD PACK A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT...SINCE BRUTAL COLD CONDITIONS WILL POSE A THREAT TO STRANDED MOTORISTS. LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS. $$ TH/MG
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGRB 290401 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1001 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ....SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND PLUNGING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL RACE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT THE SAME TIME THAT ARCTIC AIR IS SURGING INTO THE AREA. THAT WILL RESULT IN SNOW AND PLUNGING TEMPERATURES. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO GENERATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN WISCONSIN. AS ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO POUR INTO THE AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...WIND CHILLS COULD DROP TO DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVELS. WIZ022-038>040-048>050-073-074-291145- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.080129T2000Z-080130T1400Z/ DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ 1001 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY. RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...AND THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS FOLLOWING THE SNOW WILL ADD TO THE DANGER. PERSONS WHO MUST TRAVEL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD PACK A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT...SINCE BRUTAL COLD CONDITIONS WILL POSE A THREAT TO STRANDED MOTORISTS. $$ WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-045-291145- /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0001.080129T1500Z-080130T1400Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA- WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS... STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA 1001 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS OF A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW ARE ANTICIPATED. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION... TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35 TO 40 BELOW ZERO EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SINCE THIS STORM WILL BE COMPOSED OF A COMBINATION OF SNOW... WIND...AND COLD...IT WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE AREA. IF LATER DATA SUGGESTS SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE ANY HIGHER THAN NOW FORECAST...SOME OR ALL OF THE ADVISORY WILL PROBABLY BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...STRONG WINDS... BLOWING SNOW...AND VERY LOW WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. PERSONS WHO MUST TRAVEL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD PACK A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT...SINCE BRUTAL COLD CONDITIONS WILL POSE A THREAT TO STRANDED MOTORISTS. $$ JS
000 WWUS43 KGRB 291130 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 530 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES FROM KANSAS CITY EARLY THIS MORNING TO NEAR SAULT SAINTE MARIE BY LATE THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND A BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...BUT DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. WIZ022-038>040-048>050-073-074-291930- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.080129T2000Z-080130T1400Z/ DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ 530 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL ARRIVE BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES... INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME SLEET IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER DOOR COUNTY. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE DOOR PENINSULA. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 35 BELOW ZERO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS FOLLOWING THE SNOW WILL ADD TO THE DANGER. PERSONS WHO MUST TRAVEL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD PACK A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT...SINCE BRUTAL COLD CONDITIONS WILL POSE A THREAT TO STRANDED MOTORISTS. $$ WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-045-291930- /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0001.080129T1500Z-080130T1400Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA- WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS... STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA 530 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL ARRIVE BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WHITEOUTS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. IN ADDITION... TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY TODAY AND NIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW ZERO EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW...STRONG WINDS... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. PERSONS WHO MUST TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD PACK A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT... SINCE BRUTAL COLD CONDITIONS WILL POSE A THREAT TO STRANDED MOTORISTS. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRB 291631 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1031 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES FROM NORTHWEST ILLINOIS LATE THIS MORNING TO NEAR SAULT SAINTE MARIE BY LATE THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND A BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...BUT BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-045-300045- /O.UPG.KGRB.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T1400Z/ /O.EXB.KGRB.WS.W.0002.080129T1631Z-080130T1400Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA- WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS... STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA 1031 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AROUND 3 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW ZERO EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS FOLLOWING THE SNOW WILL ADD TO THE DANGER. PERSONS WHO MUST TRAVEL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD PACK A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT...SINCE BRUTAL COLD CONDITIONS WILL POSE A THREAT TO STRANDED MOTORISTS. $$ WIZ022-038>040-048>050-073-074-300045- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.080129T2000Z-080130T1400Z/ DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ 1031 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME SLEET IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER DOOR COUNTY. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE DOOR PENINSULA. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 35 BELOW ZERO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS FOLLOWING THE SNOW WILL ADD TO THE DANGER. PERSONS WHO MUST TRAVEL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD PACK A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT...SINCE BRUTAL COLD CONDITIONS WILL POSE A THREAT TO STRANDED MOTORISTS. $$ MG/TDH
000 WWUS43 KGRB 292148 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 348 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM AFFECTING NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM NORTHEAST ILLINOIS TO WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHILE A WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BY EARLY THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES LATER TONIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH THE WINDS TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-300530- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1400Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ 348 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE A WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATION THROUGH TONIGHT. EVEN A RUMBLE OF THUNDER CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING OVER FAR EASTERN WISCONSIN. LATER THIS EVENING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...AND PERHAPS TO 50 MPH OVER DOOR COUNTY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES LATER TONIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH THE WINDS TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW ZERO...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS FOLLOWING THE SNOW WILL ADD TO THE DANGER. PERSONS WHO MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT SHOULD PACK A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT...SINCE BRUTAL COLD CONDITIONS WILL POSE A THREAT TO STRANDED MOTORISTS. $$ TH/MG
000 WWUS43 KGRB 300142 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 742 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING FROM NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN INTO CANADA WILL BRING SNOW THE AREA EARLY TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH AND THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE NIGHT. BUT BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR SURGING INTO WISCONSIN BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EVEN WELL AFTER THE SNOW ENDS. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WEST WINDS AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WILL DRIVE WIND CHILLS TO DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVELS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIZ022-038>040-048>050-073-074-300530- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1400Z/ DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ 742 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES DURING THE LATE EVENING OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...EXCEPT ACROSS DOOR COUNTY. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LAST A COUPLE HOURS LONGER THERE. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...EVEN AFTER THE SNOW DIMINISHES TO FLURRIES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND TEMPERATURES PLUNGING WELL BELOW ZERO WILL DRIVE WIND CHILLS TO DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVELS...AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO...LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THE MAIN PROBLEM EARLY TONIGHT WILL BE THE SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY MORNING...THE MAIN DANGER WILL BE FROM THE VERY LOW WIND CHILLS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT...BE SURE TO PACK A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT. THE KIT SHOULD INCLUDE BLANKETS...FOOD AND WATER...AND A FLASHLIGHT. ANYONE VENTURING OUTDOORS WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 10 TO 15 MINUTES UNDER THE CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF YOU MUST GO OUTDOORS...REMEMBER THAT SEVERAL LAYERS OF LIGHT CLOTHING PROVIDE MUCH BETTER PROTECTION THAN A SINGLE HEAVY LAYER. BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES OR MITTENS. $$ WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-045-300530- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1400Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA- WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS... STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA 742 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THEN DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...EVEN AFTER THE SNOW DIMINISHES TO FLURRIES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND TEMPERATURES PLUNGING WELL BELOW ZERO WILL DRIVE WIND CHILLS TO DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVELS...AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ZERO...LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THE MAIN PROBLEM EARLY TONIGHT WILL BE THE SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY MORNING...THE MAIN DANGER WILL BE FROM THE VERY LOW WIND CHILLS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT...BE SURE TO PACK A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT. THE KIT SHOULD INCLUDE BLANKETS...FOOD AND WATER...AND A FLASHLIGHT. ANYONE VENTURING OUTDOORS WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES UNDER THE CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF YOU MUST GO OUTDOORS...REMEMBER THAT SEVERAL LAYERS OF LIGHT CLOTHING PROVIDE MUCH BETTER PROTECTION THAN A SINGLE HEAVY LAYER. BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES OR MITTENS. $$ JS
000 WWUS43 KGRB 300510 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1110 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .COLD AIR WILL POUR ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM TRACKING FROM NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN INTO CANADA. THE REMAINING SNOW WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA. BUT BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR SURGING INTO WISCONSIN BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WEST WINDS AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WILL DRIVE WIND CHILLS TO DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVELS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIZ022-038>040-048>050-073-074-301130- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1400Z/ DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ 1110 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT..EXCEPT ACROSS DOOR COUNTY. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LAST A COUPLE HOURS LONGER THERE. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...EVEN AFTER THE SNOW DIMINISHES TO FLURRIES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND TEMPERATURES PLUNGING WELL BELOW ZERO WILL DRIVE WIND CHILLS TO DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVELS...AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO...LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THE MAIN HAZARD FROM THE STORM WILL TRANSITION FROM SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS BY LATE TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT...BE SURE TO PACK A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT. THE KIT SHOULD INCLUDE BLANKETS...FOOD AND WATER... AND A FLASHLIGHT. ANYONE VENTURING OUTDOORS WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 10 TO 15 MINUTES UNDER THE CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF YOU MUST GO OUTDOORS...REMEMBER THAT SEVERAL LAYERS OF LIGHT CLOTHING PROVIDE MUCH BETTER PROTECTION THAN A SINGLE HEAVY LAYER. BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES OR MITTENS. $$ WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-045-301130- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1400Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA- WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS... STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA 1110 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. ...BUT STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND TEMPERATURES PLUNGING WELL BELOW ZERO WILL DRIVE WIND CHILLS TO DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVELS...AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ZERO...LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THE MAIN HAZARD FROM THE STORM WILL TRANSITION FROM SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS BY LATE TONIGHT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT...BE SURE TO PACK A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT. THE KIT SHOULD INCLUDE BLANKETS...FOOD AND WATER... AND A FLASHLIGHT. ANYONE VENTURING OUTDOORS WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES UNDER THE CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF YOU MUST GO OUTDOORS...REMEMBER THAT SEVERAL LAYERS OF LIGHT CLOTHING PROVIDE MUCH BETTER PROTECTION THAN A SINGLE HEAVY LAYER. BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES OR MITTENS. $$ JS
000 WWUS43 KGRB 300834 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 234 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY ... .SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES AND WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS. WINDS WILL GUST TO OVER 40 MPH NEAR THE LAKE AND BAY. WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-301645- /O.CAN.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WC.W.0001.080130T0834Z-080130T1800Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ 234 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES AND WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS. WIND CHILLS WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH 25 BELOW LATE IN THE DAY. ANYONE VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT FROSTBITE. FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS LITTLE AS 10 TO 15 MINUTES UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST GO OUTDOORS...REMEMBER THAT SEVERAL LAYERS OF LIGHT CLOTHING PROVIDE MUCH BETTER PROTECTION THAN A SINGLE HEAVY LAYER. BE SURE TO WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES OR MITTENS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$
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 Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 28, 3:51 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 3:51 PM CST, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 351 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008 .SHORT TERM....THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION CHANCES...LOCATION AND TYPE ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE FORECAST. QPF FORECASTS FROM 12Z NAM...NGM AND GFS VARIED CONSIDERABLY. THE NGM WAS DRIEST WITH NOTHING AT ALL FORECAST UNTIL AFTER 06Z AND THAT DID NOT EVEN COVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BEFORE 12Z. THE GFS WAS WETTEST WITH QPF THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...INCLUDING A LARGE AREA OF 0.25 INCH OR GREATER BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z. THE NAM HAD QPF IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CWA DURING THE DAY...AND BY 00Z HAD IT OUT OF ALL BUT EXTREME NORTHEAST WI BY 00Z. FROM 00Z TO 06Z IT HAD QPF ENTERING THE NORTHWEST BEFORE TAKING IT INTO ALL BUT THE EASTERN PART OF THE CWA BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z. RADAR ECHOES TO THE SOUTH THAT SHOWED UP DURING THE DAY DID CAUSE SOME CONCERN. BUT 12Z SOUNDINGS AT GRB AND TO THE SOUTH AND WEST HAD A DRY LAYER AT LEAST AS HIGH AS 700MB. PLENTY OF MIDDLE AND HIGH CLOUDS WERE SEEN ON SATELLITE LOOPS AND SOME SURFACE REPORTS OF LIGHT RAIN BEGAN SHOWING UP IN ILLINOIS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MOST LOCATIONS THAT HAD RAIN DID NOT START TO GET LOW CLOUDS OR EXPERIENCE REDUCED VISIBILITY UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. MODELS ALL HAD A SHORT WAVE PASSING SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY THAT THIS PRECIPITATION IS GOING TO REACH THE CWA. THE 12Z NAM AND GFS HAD ANOTHER WAVE THAT THEY BROUGHT INTO WISCONSIN DURING THE EVENING. AND THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS TO BRING DRIER AIR TO THE STATE LATER IN THE NIGHT. OVERALL...MOS GUIDANCE FROM THE 12Z NAM...NGM AND GFS HAD HIGHER POPS 00Z-06Z THAN 06Z-12Z. HAVE GONE WITH HIGHER POPS IN THE EVENING FOR THOSE REASONS AND ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY TO MESH WITH POPS FROM ADJACENT OFFICES. AM SOMEWHAT CONCERNED ABOUT PRECIPITATING TYPE IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTH WHERE TEMPERATURES REACHED THE UPPER 30S TO MIDDLE 40S...BUT DEW POINTS WERE IN THE 20S. LOWS THERE ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO AROUND FREEZING IN THOSE AREAS. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AS THE SURFACE GRADIENT BECOMES MORE BAGGY. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. VERY INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE GREAT LAKES REGION TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. AS FAR AS THE LASTEST MODEL RUNS...GFS AND NAM HAVE FLIPPED FLOPPED ON SOLUTIONS WITH THE NAM NOW PAINTING A SWATH OF 6 PLUS NOW OVER MUCH OF NE INCLUDING THE LASTEST 18Z RUN...WHEREAS THE GFS AND ECMWF STILL CONFINE THE 3-4 SNOW AMOUNTS OVER FAR EC WI. ALTHOUGH INTENSITY DIFFERS ALL MODELS DO INDICATE A SURFACE WAVE LIFTING ALONG THE ARCTIC BOUNDARY TO PERHAPS LOCALIZE THE SNOW BAND. BUT BESIDES THE SNOW...WILL UPGRADE TO WARNING OVER EC WI DUE TO THE WIND...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL FACTORS. CERTAINLY DOOR COUNTY WILL BE UNDER THE GUN WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEING CLOSER TO THE LOW AND WRAP AROUND PCPN AND HIGHER WINDS WORKING OVER THE FROZEN BAY...BUT WILL LET LATER SHIFTS UPGRADE TO THAT IF NEEDED. HAVE SOME CONCERN WITEH TRACKING OF THE THE SURFACE LOW AND EVENTUAL DEEPENING LOCATION OF THE LOW AT 06Z. DUE TO PROXIMITY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN...IT COULD TEND CONTINUE THE WESTERN TREND AND TRACK MORE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN DUE TO INTENSE BOUNDARY DEVELOPING AS THE ARCTIC AIR INVADES EC WI AND THE LAKE MICHIGAN WATERS. IF SO...SNOW ACCUMS COULD BE HIGHER OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL WI...NOT TO MENTION OVER ERN WI NEAR THE LOW. ALSO OF NOTE IS THE TREND OF UPPER TROF NEGATIVE TILTING OVER EC WI BY TUESDAY EVENING VS THE RUNS 24 HOURS AGO FOR LOCATIONS EAST. AS A RESULT THIS SYSTEM IS NOT WELL DEFINED YET BUT FEEL CONFIDENT FOR THIS PORTION OF THE WARNING AT THIS TIME. EXTENDED THE HEADLINES A BIT LONGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING DUE TO THE ONGOING CONDITIONS OF THE WIND CHILLS AND STRONG WINDS PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WANTED TO GET A MESSAGE TO AREA CUSTOMERS ON ONE PRODUCT OF THE ONGOING CONDITIONS LINGERING INTO WED MORNING. LATER SHIFT CAN DOWNGRADE OR END AS NEEDED. MODELS NOT QUITE IN UNISON FOR THE MODERATING TEMPERATURES LATER THIS WEEK DUE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING SOUTH OR JUST BRUSHING THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. FOR THE WEEKEND...MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT OF A WEAK WAVE WITH SURFACE LOW PASSING OVER AROUND SATURDAY. MOISTURE LOOKS LIMITED IN THE NEAR ZONAL FLOW. DID NOT PUT TOO MUCH DETAIL INTO NEXT WEEKS SYSTEMS. TIMING OF THIS NEXT SYSTEM MAY IMPACT MORE OF THE TUESEDAY PORTION. H8 TEMPS ABOVE ZERO INDICATE A MIX POTENTIAL. && .AVIATION...VSBYS AND CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY DURING THE EVENING WITH SOME IFR CONDITIONS BY MORNING AS THE SHORT WAVE PASSES THROUGH WISCONSIN AND A STRONG SURFACE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. 12Z GRB SOUNDING HAD SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 40 KNOTS AROUND 4000 OR 5000 FEET. 00Z SOUNDING WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR LLWS. && .MARINE...A GALE WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SOUTH GALES WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...THEN INCREASE TO GALE FORCE FROM THE WEST LATER TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF STORM FORCE GUSTS TUESDAY EVENING AS STRONG CAA AND THE CORE OF STRONGEST PRESSURE RISES MOVES THROUGH. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 2 PM TUESDAY TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR WIZ022-038>040-048>050-073-074. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-045. && MG/TDH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 6:21 AM CST, 9 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 621 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-291445- 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- 621 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WARMING TEMPERATURES SHOULD CAUSE THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS RAIN. BUT AFTER THE RECENT COLD SNAP...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE RAIN WILL FREEZE ON OUTDOOR SURFACES EVEN IF THE AIR TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE FREEZING. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED ICING OF ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. USE EXTRA CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ICY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS EVEN IF AIR TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING. LATER TONIGHT...SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF FOG WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...AND MAY BECOME LOCALLY DENSE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A COUPLE INCHES IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...TO 2 TO 4 INCHES IN NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION... STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH...SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE RAPID FALL IN TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO ICE OVER VERY QUICKLY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THE AREA. COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THE STATE LATER TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS LIKELY TO REACH 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT OCCURRENCES OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY. MEASURED WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH SHOULD ALSO BE REPORTED. LMZ521-522-541>543-291445- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 621 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT AS STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BUFFET THE COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THE GALE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DOWNGRADED TO A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ON WEDNESDAY. KIECKBUSCH/ECKBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 5:19 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 16 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
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.