Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter storm warning at Mar 30, 2008, 3:50 PM CDT for 7 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 31, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr. 18 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
- Mar 30, 2008, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2008, 7:02 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:48 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Rhinelander, WI | HEAVY SNOW BETWEEN 2PM-3PM. |
| Mar 31, 4:49 PM CDT | SNOW 3.3 | Crandon, WI | STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 31, 5:19 PM CDT | SNOW 2.7 | 7 W Minocqua, WI | |
| Mar 31, 5:19 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Antigo, WI | VIA TV-9 IN WAUSAU. |
| Mar 31, 5:30 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Merrill, WI | |
| Mar 31, 5:30 PM CDT | SNOW 1.8 | Lake Tomahawk, WI | |
| Mar 31, 5:30 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Eagle River, WI | |
| Mar 31, 6:49 PM CDT | SNOW 1.4 | 15 Nw Crivitz, WI | |
| Mar 31, 8:19 PM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Rhinelander, WI | MDT TO HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING. |
| Mar 31, 8:29 PM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Elcho, WI | MDT TO HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING. |
| Mar 31, 8:55 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | Crandon, WI | 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST 4 HOURS. |
| Mar 31, 9:16 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Phelps, WI | |
| Mar 31, 9:16 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Post Lake, WI | |
| Mar 31, 9:16 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 5.6 | Rhinelander, WI | |
| Mar 31, 9:41 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Rhinelander, WI | MDT SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Mar 31, 9:55 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Minocqua, WI | HIGHWAY 51 VERY BAD IN AROUND THE CITY. |
| Mar 31, 10:16 PM CDT | SNOW 6.2 | Three Lakes, WI | |
| Apr 1, 5:42 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | Lake Tomahawk, WI | LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES OCCURRING NOW |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 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 302050 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 350 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...A LATE WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT NORTHERN WISCONSIN MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN MONDAY EVENING. ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE PULLED NORTH INTO WISCONSIN AHEAD OF THE STORM...AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES OVER FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS MAINLY SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS MIXED SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IN A BAND FROM CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ005-010>012-310330- /O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0004.080331T1500Z-080401T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0005.080331T1500Z-080401T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 350 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW COULD ALSO BE MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AT TIMES. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTH WINDS COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ013-018-019-310330- /O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0004.080331T1500Z-080401T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0005.080331T1500Z-080401T1200Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO 350 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. MIXED SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY...AND COMBINED WITH THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...THAT COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ020-021-030-031-073-074-310330- /O.NEW.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.080331T1500Z-080401T1200Z/ MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU...CRIVITZ 350 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. MIXED SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY RAIN AND SLEET FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN BACK TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KURIMSKI/SKOWRONSKI
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGRB 310309 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1009 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...A LATE WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT NORTHERN WISCONSIN MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN MONDAY EVENING. ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE PULLED NORTH INTO WISCONSIN AHEAD OF THE STORM...AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES OVER FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS MAINLY SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS MIXED SNOW... SLEET...OR RAIN IN A BAND FROM CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ005-010>012-311115- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.080331T1500Z-080401T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 1009 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW COULD ALSO BE MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AT TIMES. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION... BRISK NORTH WINDS COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ013-018-019-311115- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.080331T1500Z-080401T1200Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO 1009 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. MIXED SNOW...AND SLEET WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY...AND COMBINED WITH THE SLEET...THAT COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ020-021-030-031-073-074-311115- /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.080331T1500Z-080401T1200Z/ MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU...CRIVITZ 1009 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY RAIN AND SLEET FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN BACK TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRB 310953 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 453 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...A LATE WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT NORTHERN WISCONSIN TODAY INTO TONIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE PULLED NORTH INTO WISCONSIN AHEAD OF THE STORM...AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES OVER FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS MAINLY SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS MIXED SNOW... SLEET...OR RAIN IN A BAND FROM CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ005-010>012-311800- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.080331T1500Z-080401T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 453 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW COULD ALSO BE MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW FURTHER REDUCING VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ013-018-019-311800- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.080331T1500Z-080401T1200Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO 453 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. MIXED SNOW...SLEET AND PERHAPS RAIN AT TIMES WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY...AND COMBINED WITH THE SLEET...THAT COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ020-021-030-031-073-074-311800- /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.080331T1500Z-080401T1200Z/ MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU...CRIVITZ 453 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY RAIN AND SLEET FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN BACK TO SNOW TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TH
000 WWUS43 KGRB 311734 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1234 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...A LATE WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT NORTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE PULLED NORTH INTO WISCONSIN AHEAD OF THE STORM...AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES OVER FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS MAINLY SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS MIXED SNOW... SLEET...OR RAIN IN A BAND FROM CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ005-010>012-010145- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 1234 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL FALL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW COULD ALSO BE MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW FURTHER REDUCING VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ013-018-019-010145- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO 1234 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND PERHAPS RAIN AT TIMES WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ020-021-030-031-073-074-010145- /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU...CRIVITZ 1234 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KURIMSKI
000 WWUS43 KGRB 312022 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 322 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...A LATE WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE PULLED NORTH INTO WISCONSIN AHEAD OF THE STORM...AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES OVER FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS MAINLY SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS MIXED SNOW... SLEET...OR RAIN IN A BAND FROM CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST LATER TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE REGION. WIZ005-010>012-010330- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 322 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW FURTHER REDUCING VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ013-018-019-010330- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO 322 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE SNOW COULD ALSO BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN AT TIMES. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ020-021-030-031-073-074-010330- /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU...CRIVITZ 322 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KURIMSKI
000 WWUS43 KGRB 010039 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 739 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...A LATE WINTER STORM BRINGING SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE PULLED NORTH INTO WISCONSIN AHEAD OF THE STORM...AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES OVER FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS MAINLY SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS MIXED SNOW... SLEET...OR RAIN IN A BAND FROM CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST LATER TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE REGION. WIZ005-010>012-010845- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 739 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW FURTHER REDUCING VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ013-018-019-010845- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO 739 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE SNOW COULD ALSO BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN AT TIMES. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ020-021-030-031-073-074-010845- /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU...CRIVITZ 739 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EAST WHERE THE CHANGE OVER WILL BE LATER. THE COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRB 010405 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1105 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...A LATE WINTER STORM BRINGING SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE PULLED NORTH INTO WISCONSIN AHEAD OF THE STORM...AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES OVER FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS MAINLY SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS MIXED SNOW... SLEET...OR RAIN IN A BAND FROM CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST LATER TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE REGION. WIZ073-074-010515- /O.CAN.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRIVITZ 1105 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WARM AIR MOVING IN AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM HAS ALLOWED FOR RAIN THROUGH THE EVENING. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT...THOUGH SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AROUND AN INCH. $$ WIZ005-010>012-011200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 1105 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO EXPECTED BEFORE ENDING IN THE MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW FURTHER REDUCING VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ013-018-019-011200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO 1105 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO EXPECTED BEFORE ENDING IN THE MORNING. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ020-021-030-031-011200- /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU 1105 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EAST WHERE THE CHANGE OVER WILL BE LATER. THE COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE TYPES OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRB 010923 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 423 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM GRADUALLY WINDING DOWN... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WAS LIFTING NORTHEAST EARLY THIS MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN AS THE LOW PULLS OUT OF THE REGION THIS MORNING. WIZ005-010>012-011200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 423 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ013-018-019-011200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO 423 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH MAY PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ020-021-030-031-011200- /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU 423 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO GUST TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TSK
000 WWUS43 KGRB 011202 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 702 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2008 ...SNOW TAPERING OFF ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN... .ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO...NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL EXPECT LOCALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK OR SCHOOL. WIZ005-010>013-018-019-011315- /O.CAN.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO 702 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN AN INCH EXPECTED. $$ WIZ020-021-030-031-011315- /O.CAN.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080401T1200Z/ MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WAUSAU 702 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING...WITH ONLY AN ADDITIONAL DUSTING EXPECTED. $$ TSK
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 Mar 30, 3:15 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 3:15 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 315 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 .SYNOPSIS...COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM TYPICAL OF LATE WINTER/EARLY SPRING WL AFFECT THE AREA MON. WL BE POSTING WINTER STORM WARNING FOR N-C WI...AND WINTER WX ADVISORY FOR A PORTION OF C-NE WI. STILL CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY GIVEN PCPN TYPE ISSUES. TWEAKING MAY BE NEEDED IN LATER FCSTS...BUT FEEL CURRENT HEADLINES ARE A GOOD START. MADE CORRECTION TO END TIME OF WW.Y FM PREV AFD. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND MONDAY. FORECAST FOCUS ON PRECIP TYPE AND TIMING MONDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. AN AREA OF PRECIP ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA/NORTHERN IOWA ASSOCIATED WITH A VORT MAX EXPECTED TO MOVE THRU THE AREA TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE MAIN SYSTEM. PRECIP TYPE AHEAD OF THIS INITIAL SURGE SHOULD BE MAINLY RAIN OR SNOW AS THE MID LEVEL WARM AIR WILL NOT MOVE INTO THE CWA UNTIL LATER. THE MAIN SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY AS MODEL DISAGREEMENT CONTINUES. THE WRF IS VERY LIGHT ON QPF MONDAY MORNING...WHILE THE GFS/CANADIAN MODELS BRING A GOOD SWATH THRU DURING THE MORNING HOURS. GIVEN THE MODEL DISAGREEMENT WILL KEEP SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WITH HIGH POPS MONDAY AFTERNOON GIVEN THE MODEL AGREEMENT. WITH THE SLOWER PROGRESSION OF THE SYSTEM THE WRF MODEL DOES NOT WRAP AS MUCH WARM AIR INTO THE SYSTEM...WITH COOLER AIR BETWEEN 700 AND 800 MB THAN THE GFS MODEL. THE AMOUNT OF WARM AIR THAT WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE CWA WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON PRECIP TYPE AND THE EXTENT OF MIXED PRECIPITATION. DESPITE THE MODEL DIFFERENCES BOTH MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT FAR NORTH CENTRAL WILL SEE MAINLY SNOW MONDAY NITE...THEREFORE WILL REMOVE MENTION OF MIXED PRECIP ACROSS THIS PORTION OF THE CWA. WITH THE AMOUNT OF QPF POSSIBLE PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ARE EXPECTED TO GET 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW...SO WILL ISSUE WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR NORTH CENTRAL GIVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF THE STORM MOVING FARTHER NORTH AND BRINGING MORE FROZEN PRECIP TO THE AREA. THE MODELS ARE ALSO IN GOOD AGREEMENT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE ENOUGH WARM AIR ADVECTS IN FOR ALL RAIN BY MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE POSSIBLITY FOR THUNDER. GIVEN MOST OF THE PRECIP WILL BE RAIN AND THE AMOUNT OF QPF EXPECTED WILL LEAVE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN IS MUCH MORE COMPLICATED AS THE WRF MODEL KEEP THE AREA COOLER WHICH WOULD MEAN MORE RAIN/SNOW WHILE THE WARMER GFS WARM LAYER SUGGESTS SLEET IS POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE DIFFERENT MODEL SOLUTIONS WILL INCORPORATE ALL OF THESE PRECIP TYPES INTO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF MIXED PRECIP THAT IS EXPECTED WILL ISSUE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. IF THE STORM MOVES FARTHER NORTH MORE RAIN WOULD WORK ITS WAY INTO THIS SECTION...WHICH WOULD MEAN A FURTHER NORTH PUSH OF THE FLOOD HEADLINES. WITH THIS POSSIBILITY WILL CONTINUE THE ESF FOR PORTIONS OF THIS AREA. .LONG TERM...MON NGT THROUGH SUN. FAIRLY QUIET WX EXPECTED AFTER INITIAL STORM DEPARTS. MAIN CONCERN IS POTENTIAL FOR NEXT STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA LATE IN THE WK. THE TREND ON THE MODELS HAS BEEN TO SHIFT THAT S OF THE AREA. WL MAINTAIN CHC POPS LATE IN THE WK FOR NOW...BUT THEY EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE REMOVED IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE. && .AVIATION...VFR VIS/MVFR CIGS THIS EVENING WILL DETERIORATE TO LIFR BY MONDAY MORNING FOR ENTIRE REGION AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. FREEZING PRECIP IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN WITH SNOW TO THE NORTH AND RAIN TO THE SOUTH MONDAY AND MONDAY NITE. && .HYDROLOGY...SNOW PACK HAS OVERALL MELTED OVER EC WI AND HAS SATURATED THE GROUND...WHILE 8 TO 14 INCHES REMAINS OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND MORE NORTHWARD. THE GROUND IN SOME AREAS IS ALSO FROZEN. MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF STRATIFORM RAIN TO FALL OVER AN AREA MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GREEN BAY TO WAUTOMA AND RUNOFF FAIRLY QUICKLY DUE TO THE STATE OF THE GROUND. THIS ALONE WILL ALLOW RIVERS AND STREAMS TO LIKELY RISE QUICKLY AND PERHAPS TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE. SINCE THIS IS A VERY STRONG SPRING STORM...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF RAIN. A FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE FOR EC WI MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE PCPN TYPE FOR CENTRAL WISCONSIN AS WELL AS AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES AT THIS TIME ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND 40 DEGREES MONDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER IF THE STORM TRACK IS FURTHER NORTH AND WEST...CENTRAL WISCONSIN MAY SEE MORE RAIN AND WARMER TEMPERATURES...FOR A FASTER MELT. WILL REISSUE AN ESF FOR CENTRAL WI FOR THIS POTENTIAL. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT WIZ038>040-045-048>050- WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY WIZ020-021-030-031-073-074- WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY WIZ005-010>013-018-019- && KURIMSKI/SKOWRONSKI
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 3:42 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 342 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-311545- 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- 342 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN...EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. MOTORISTS MAY ENCOUNTER SCATTERED SLIPPERY SPOTS DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. DUE TO A SATURATED GROUND FROM THE WINTER SNOW MELT ALONG WITH A LINGERING FROST OR FROZEN GROUND IN SOME LOCATIONS...RUNOFF COULD BE RATHER RAPID. IN ADDITION...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO FURTHER INTENSIFY THE RUNOFF. FLOODING MAY AFFECT EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ROUGHLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FORM GREEN BAY TO WAUTOMA. MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN MONDAY BEFORE TURNING TO ALL SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MAINLY BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENT EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD REPORTS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION...SNOWFALL AND FLOODING LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. LMZ521-522-541>543-311545- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 342 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL LIKELY OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. KURIMSKI/SKOWRONSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 4:49 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | GRB | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marinette, Oneida and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 30, 5:13 AM CDT | Flood Watch | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Waushara and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:50 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GRB | Marathon, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano | 39 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.