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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter storm warning at Feb 16, 2008, 2:09 PM CST for 19 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 17, 2008, 4:13 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr. 60 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
- Feb 16, 2008, 2:09 PM CST (20:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2008, 4:13 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 8:42 PM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
Counties Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 8:25 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Waupaca, WI | MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO ALL SNOW. SNOW TOTAL SINCE 745 AM THIS MORNING. |
| Feb 17, 8:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Green Bay, WI | 0.25 INCHES OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEASURED IN DOWNTOWN GREEN BAY. REPORTED BY WBAY TV. |
| Feb 17, 8:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Abrams, WI | 0.3 INCHES OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGED TO ALL SNOW AROUND 820 AM. HEAVY GLAZE ON POWERLINES NOTED. |
| Feb 17, 8:40 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Hortonville, WI | 0.8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW DURING PAST HOUR. |
| Feb 17, 8:50 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Coloma, WI | 1.0 INCH OF NEW SNOW DURING THE PAST HOUR. |
| Feb 17, 9:44 AM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Hortonville, WI | SNOWFALL RATE OF 0.8 INCH PER HOUR. |
| Feb 17, 9:50 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 E Wild Rose, WI | ALSO MEASURED ABOUT 0.2 INCH OF ICE WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EARLY THIS MORNING. |
| Feb 17, 10:40 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Coloma, WI | THROUGH 1040 AM. STILL SNOWING AT THE TIME OF THE OBSERVATION. |
| Feb 17, 10:42 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Hortonville, WI | TOTAL OF 2.8 INCHES. 1.2 INCHES MEASURED IN THE LAST HOUR. |
| Feb 17, 10:45 AM CST | SNOW 2.4 | 3 E Wild Rose, WI | |
| Feb 17, 10:53 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Clintonville, WI | THE 2.8 INCHES OF SNOW WAS IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. |
| Feb 17, 11:15 AM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Wausau, WI | MEASURED 1.6 INCHES AT WAOW. |
| Feb 17, 11:50 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Green Bay, WI | |
| Feb 17, 11:50 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Abrams, WI | THE 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST THREE AND A HALF HOURS. |
| Feb 17, 11:50 AM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Clintonville, WI | |
| Feb 17, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Sobieski, WI | REPORT FROM WLUK TV GREEN BAY. |
| Feb 17, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 5 N Wautoma, WI | VISIBILITY 1/8 MILE AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. |
| Feb 17, 12:08 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Green Bay, WI | EAST SIDE OF GREEN BAY NEAR CHRISTA MCAULIFFE PARK |
| Feb 17, 12:15 PM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Waupaca, WI | HEAVY SNOW ONGOING WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE. |
| Feb 17, 12:16 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Marinette, WI | |
| Feb 17, 12:16 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Porterfield, WI | |
| Feb 17, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 1 E Green Bay, WI | |
| Feb 17, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Wausau, WI | WSAW-TV |
| Feb 17, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | 3 E Wild Rose, WI | |
| Feb 17, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 W Mountain, WI | |
| Feb 17, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Stevens Point, WI | |
| Feb 17, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 6.2 | Plover, WI | |
| Feb 17, 12:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Darboy, WI | |
| Feb 17, 12:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Weston, WI | HEAVY WET SNOW. |
| Feb 17, 12:30 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Waupaca, WI | |
| Feb 17, 12:30 PM CST | SNOW 6.3 | 3 E Wild Rose, WI | |
| Feb 17, 12:40 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Appleton, WI | |
| Feb 17, 12:40 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Scandinavia, WI | |
| Feb 17, 12:55 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Scandinavia, WI | |
| Feb 17, 12:55 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 3 E Coloma, WI | |
| Feb 17, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Suring, WI | REPORT FROM WFRV TV GREEN BAY. |
| Feb 17, 1:33 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Clintonville, WI | |
| Feb 17, 1:50 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Abrams, WI | SNOWFALL OVER THE LAST FIVE AND A HALF HOURS. SNOW DEPTH NOW 18 INCHES. |
| Feb 17, 1:57 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Green Bay, WI | EAST SIDE OF GREEN BAY NEAR CHRISTA MCAULIFFE PARK. |
| Feb 17, 2:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.6 | Wausau, WI | |
| Feb 17, 2:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | Porterfield, WI | |
| Feb 17, 2:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Marinette, WI | |
| Feb 17, 2:15 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.9 | Wisconsin Rapids, WI | |
| Feb 17, 2:15 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 S Waupaca, WI | |
| Feb 17, 2:41 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Oshkosh, WI | TOTAL 3.5 INCHES WITH 3 INCHES COMING IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. |
| Feb 17, 3:10 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 E Wild Rose, WI | |
| Feb 17, 3:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | Darboy, WI | |
| Feb 17, 3:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Green Bay, WI | 5.5 INCHES AT THE FOX STUDIOS ON LOMBARDI AVENUE IN GREEN BAY. |
| Feb 17, 3:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Sobieski, WI | PROVIDED BY WLUK TV GREEN BAY. |
| Feb 17, 3:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Pittsville, WI | |
| Feb 17, 3:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Weyauwega, WI | |
| Feb 17, 4:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 4 N Wautoma, WI | |
| Feb 17, 4:21 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 4 Se Crandon, WI | |
| Feb 17, 4:28 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.1 | De Pere, WI | |
| Feb 17, 4:31 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | Clintonville, WI | |
| Feb 17, 4:32 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Abrams, WI | |
| Feb 17, 4:34 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | Pulcifer, WI | |
| Feb 17, 4:37 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Beaver, WI | |
| Feb 17, 4:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | Appleton, WI | |
| Feb 17, 4:55 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Green Bay, 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 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 162009 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 209 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK TO AFFECT THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON WILL TURN NORTHEAST TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN SUNDAY EVENING. THIS TRACK IS IDEAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS A LARGE SWATH FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES ABOVE THE GROUND OVER EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE WARM ENOUGH EARLY SUNDAY TO ALLOW THE PRECIPITATION TO START AS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. BUT THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY AS COLDER AIR IS DRAWN SOUTHWARD INTO THE STORM. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THE LAKESHORE WILL BE DETERMINED BY HOW QUICK THE MIX OF PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. AS WINDS INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THIS COULD LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIZ030-031-035>040-045-048>050-170430- /O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0003.080217T1200Z-080218T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0004.080217T1200Z-080218T0600Z/ MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE- WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS... STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...WAUTOMA... OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 209 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING... THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOME WARMER AIR ALOFT COULD RESULT IN THE SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEING MIXED WITH THE SNOW THROUGH MIDDAY ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS ALONG THE LAKESHORE MAY VARY ON HOW QUICKLY THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO INCREASE...WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW MAY CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ011>013-019>022-073-074-170430- /O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0003.080217T1200Z-080218T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0004.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE- NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...KESHENA... STURGEON BAY...CRIVITZ 209 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ005-010-018-170430- /O.NEW.KGRB.SB.Y.0002.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK 209 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. ONCE THE MAIN STORM EXITS THE REGION...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION INTO MONDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ ECKBERG/AK
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGRB 170355 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 955 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM STILL APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK TO AFFECT THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .AN INTENSIFYING WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES REGION OVERNIGHT. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN SUNDAY EVENING. THIS TRACK IS QUITE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS A LARGE SWATH FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES ABOVE THE GROUND OVER EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN MAY BE WARM ENOUGH SUNDAY MORNING TO ALLOW THE PRECIPITATION TO START AS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...OR POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN. HOWEVER...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR IS DRAWN SOUTHWARD INTO THE STORM. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THE LAKESHORE WILL BE DETERMINED BY HOW QUICK ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. AS WINDS INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON ON SUNDAY...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE SUNDAY EVENING. WIZ030-031-035>040-045-048>050-171200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0004.080217T1200Z-080218T0600Z/ MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE- WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS... STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...WAUTOMA... OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 955 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING... THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WARMER AIR ALOFT COULD RESULT IN SLEET OR POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN BEING MIXED WITH THE SNOW THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS ALONG THE LAKESHORE MAY VARY DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW MAY CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ011>013-019>022-073-074-171200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0004.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE- NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...KESHENA... STURGEON BAY...CRIVITZ 955 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ005-010-018-171200- /O.CON.KGRB.SB.Y.0002.080217T1500Z-080218T0600Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK 955 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. ONCE THE MAIN STORM EXITS THE REGION...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION INTO MONDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ EB
000 WWUS43 KGRB 171032 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 432 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...INTENSE WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO PUMMEL THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK AND ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. THIS TRACK IS NEARLY IDEAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS A LARGE SWATH FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. PRECIPITATION WILL SURGE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN OVER EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MID-MORNING IN MOST AREAS. BUT IT WILL TAKE INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR THE CHANGEOVER TO OCCUR IN AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CITY OF GREEN BAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE OVER FAR NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHICH WILL BE ON THE NORTHWEST FRINGE OF THE STORM...AND IN THE AREA OF LINGERING MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WIZ030-031-035>037-045-171845- /O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0004.080217T1032Z-080218T0600Z/ MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS... STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA 432 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES TONIGHT. AREAS TO THE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MARSHFIELD TO WAUSAU CAN EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ038>040-048>050-171845- /O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0004.080217T1013Z-080218T0600Z/ OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA... OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 432 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW...WITH A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES TONIGHT. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE LIGHTER FROM GREEN BAY SOUTH AND EAST TO THE LAKESHORE. KEWAUNEE AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES CAN EXPECT 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ011>013-019>022-073-074-171845- /O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0004.080217T1300Z-080218T0600Z/ FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE- NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...KESHENA... STURGEON BAY...CRIVITZ 432 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN FOREST... FLORENCE...AND LANGLADE COUNTIES...TO 6 TO 12 INCHES ELSEWHERE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ005-010-018-171845- /O.EXT.KGRB.SB.Y.0002.080217T1300Z-080218T0600Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK 432 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING. ONCE THE MAIN STORM EXITS THE REGION...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION INTO MONDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ JS
000 WWUS43 KGRB 171328 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 728 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...INTENSE WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO PUMMEL THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. THIS TRACK IS NEARLY IDEAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS A LARGE SWATH FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. MIXED FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE MORNING. THE MIX MAY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER OCCURS IN THE MANITOWOC AREA. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE OVER FAR NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHICH WILL BE ON THE NORTHWEST FRINGE OF THE STORM. INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WIZ011-012-019-030-172130- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ FOREST-FLORENCE-LANGLADE-MARATHON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...WAUSAU 728 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY. THE SNOW MAY START AS FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IN THE WAUSAU AREA...BUT THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FAIRLY QUICKLY. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ013-020>022-031-035>038-045-048-073-074-172130- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-SHAWANO-WOOD- PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH... CRIVITZ 728 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL CHANGE AND SNOW THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START AS SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ039-049-172130- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ BROWN-CALUMET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREEN BAY...CHILTON 728 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS MORNING. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ040-050-172130- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS 728 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TODAY. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ005-010-018-172130- /O.CON.KGRB.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK 728 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...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. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING. BUT LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SNOWBELT THROUGH MONDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ JS
000 WWUS43 KGRB 171955 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 155 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...INTENSE WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO PUMMEL THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. THIS TRACK IS NEARLY IDEAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS A LARGE SWATH FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE OVER FAR NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHICH WILL BE ON THE NORTHWEST FRINGE OF THE STORM. INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AS VISIBILITIES DROP TO ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. WIZ011-012-019-030-180400- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ FOREST-FLORENCE-LANGLADE-MARATHON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...WAUSAU 155 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ013-020>022-031-035>038-045-048-073-074-180400- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-SHAWANO-WOOD- PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH... CRIVITZ 155 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ039-049-180400- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ BROWN-CALUMET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREEN BAY...CHILTON 155 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ040-050-180400- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS 155 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. ANY LINGERING FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ005-010-018-180400- /O.CON.KGRB.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK 155 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING. BUT LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SNOWBELT THROUGH MONDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ AK
000 WWUS43 KGRB 172306 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 506 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...INTENSE WINTER STORM TO STILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS EVENING... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING...BUT CONTINUE TO BRING ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS EASTERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. FARTHER TO THE WEST OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE-HALF MILE OF LESS...AND COMBINED WITH SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS...TRAVEL ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL BE TREACHEROUS THIS EVENING. WIZ011-012-019-030-180430- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ FOREST-FLORENCE-LANGLADE-MARATHON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...WAUSAU 506 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ013-020>022-031-035>038-045-048-073-074-180430- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-SHAWANO-WOOD- PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH... CRIVITZ 506 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL EARLY THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ039-049-180430- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ BROWN-CALUMET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREEN BAY...CHILTON 506 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL EARLY THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ040-050-180430- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS 506 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL EARLY THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...AND THAT WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. $$ WIZ005-010-018-180430- /O.CON.KGRB.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK 506 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...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. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL EARLY THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING. HOWEVER...LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SNOWBELT THROUGH MONDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ AK
000 WWUS43 KGRB 180242 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 842 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW TAPERING TO FLURRIES AS WINTER STORM EXITS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... .LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES WITH ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN MORE RURAL AREAS. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS NO LONGER WARRANT CONTINUATION OF ANY WINTER STORM WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES...THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY ARE CANCELED. WIZ011>013-019>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-180345- /O.CAN.KGRB.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE- NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA- OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...KESHENA... STURGEON BAY...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT... APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON... TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ 842 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS EAST- CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND EXIT THE REGION BY AROUND 10 PM WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. $$ WIZ005-010-018-180345- /O.CAN.KGRB.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0600Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK 842 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. OCCASIONAL FLURRIES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. $$ EB
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 Feb 16, 3:59 AM CST, 10 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 3:59 AM CST, 10 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 359 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 .SYNOPSIS...SPLIT FLOW ACRS THE CONUS WL CONSOLIDATE AND AMPLIFY EARLY IN THE FCST PERIOD. THE RESULTING PATTERN WL HAVE RIDGES NEAR BOTH COASTS...AND A DEEP TROF FM HUDSON BAY SWD INTO THE ERN STATES. THE TREND AFTER EARLY NEXT WK WL BE FOR A MORE SUSTAINED AND SUBSTANTIAL SPLIT FLOW TO DEVELOP EWD ACRS NOAM. THE FCST AREA WL MOST LIKLEY BE SITUATION BETWEEN STREAMS...OR ON THE NRN EDGE OF THE SRN STREAM. HVY PCPN EXPECTED EARLY AS SRN STREAM SHRTWV EJECTS AND CONSOLIDATES INTO DEEP ERN TROF. THEN GENERALLY LGT AMNTS AFTER THAT. TEMPS WL AVERAGE BLO NORMAL FOR MUCH OF THE FCST PERIOD...THEN REBOUND LATE AS THE SPLIT DEVELOPS. && .SHORT TERM...TDA/TNGT/SUN/SUN NGT. FOCUS IS ON MAJOR WINTER STORM. SYSTEM LOOKED TYPICAL FOR A PHASING FLOW SYSTEM A FEW DAYS AGO. NOW IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE PHASING WL DO IS EJECT THE SRN STREAM SHRTWV RIGHT AT US...WITH THE CYCLONE BASICALLY BEING A MORE CLASSIC STORM. NEW GUID HAS EDGED WWD. SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES FOR FAR E-C WI ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE WL BE A WARM LAYER EARLY TOMORROW...AND THAT WL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON SNOWFALL. NAM WARMER AND GFS COLDER. ECMWF BETWEEN. STUCK CLOSE TO ECMWF WHICH SUGGESTED SOME SLEET/FZRA OVER E-C EARLY TOMORROW. ALSO...ALTHOUGH MODELS DON/T SHOW IT...THINK E-C MAY GET CLIPPED WITH DRY SLOT LATER TOMORROW AFTN. KNOCKED TOTALS BACK A BIT ALONG THE LAKESHORE. BUT WITH HEAVIEST SNOW TYPICALLY RIGHT ON THE WRN EDGE OF THE DRY SLOT...DIDN/T WANT TO BACK DOWN TOO FAR AS LCN OF DRY SLOT WL BE CRITICAL AND VERY HIGH TOTALS COULD OCCUR JUST TO THE WEST. ALSO THINK IT/S LIKLELY THERE WL BE SOME THUNDERSNOW...BUT WL HOLD OFF ADDING THAT TO THE MIX FOR NOW. WITH SYSTEM NOW DIRECTED RIGHT UP AT THE AREA... ISALLOBARIC ACCELERATION COULD GET THE WIND REALLY CRANKED UP TOMORROW AFTN. IT/S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT THE PARTS OF E-C WI THAT AVOID THE DRY SLOT COULD NEED A BLIZZARD WARNING. HIGH CONFIDENCE IN WARNING FM SW-NE ACRS THE FCST AREA. BUT CONFIDENCE ON WRN AND ERN EDGES MUCH LOWER. STILL PLENTY OF TIME... SO WL EXPAND WATCH ANOTHER SET OF COUNTIES TO THE NW AND KEEP WATCH FOR NOW. WITH THIS NOW BEING A MORE CLASSIC STORM SYSTEM...WINDS WL BECOME A FACTOR EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED. HIT WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW EARLIER AND HARDER. .LONG TERM...CYCLONIC UPPER FLOW CONTINUES MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS UPPER LOW LIFTS OUT FROM LOWER MICHIGAN AND POLAR VORTEX DROPS SOUTH TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES FROM HUDSONS BAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW LIKELY OVER NORTHCENTRAL WISCONSIN MONDAY. WINDS AND TEMPERATURES ARE FAVORABLE AND THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME RESIDUAL SYNOPTIC SCALE MOISTURE AS WELL. THE THING THAT MIGHT KEEP THIS FROM BEING A SIGNIFICANT EVENT IS THE ICE COVER ON WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. MODIS VISIBLE SATELLITE PICTURES FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON SHOW A DECENT AMOUNT OF ICE OVER THE WESTERN FOURTH OR SO. EVEN SO...THINK SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHCENTRAL WISCONSIN. MAYBE SOME SNOW SHOWERS FROM A WEAK CLIPPER SYSTEM TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING...THEN A MORE SIGNIFICANT SYNOPTIC SCALE SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...THOUGH THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS AS TO THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM. && .AVIATION...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE TAF PERIOD... WITH THINGS GOING DOWNHILL FAST AFTER THAT. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WIZ011>013-019>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074- && SKOWRONSKI/RDM
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 5:01 AM CST, 9 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 501 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-171200- 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- 501 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT...AND GENERATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. LAND AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE GREATLY AFFECTED. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SNOWBELT OF NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS FROM SUNDAY/S STORM TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY. LMZ521-522-541>543-171200- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 501 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY GALE FORCE NORTH WINDS ARE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. JS/RDM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2:09 PM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | GRB | Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas | 31 hr |
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