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Snow Advisory 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this snow advisory at Mar 20, 2008, 1:51 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 21, 2008, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2008, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2008, 5:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2008, 12:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Fond du Lac County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 1238 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 KMKX 201851 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 151 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... .A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS FRIDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONCENTRATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WISCONSIN DELLS TO MILWAUKEE LINE. THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM MAY SHIFT A BIT FARTHER NORTH OR SOUTH. AS A RESULT...THE BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW MAY ALSO HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED. WIZ056-057-062-063-067>069-210300- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0007.080321T0600Z-080322T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0006.080321T0600Z-080322T0000Z/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 151 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH ISOLATED 10 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ058-064>066-070>072-210300- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0007.080321T0900Z-080322T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0006.080321T0900Z-080322T0300Z/ DODGE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA... RACINE...KENOSHA 151 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH ISOLATED 10 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ059-060-210300- /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0006.080321T0900Z-080322T0300Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON 151 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ046-047-210300- /O.NEW.KMKX.SN.Y.0009.080321T0900Z-080322T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN 151 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH ISOLATED 7 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN 12 HOURS OR LESS WITH WINDS LESS THAN 25 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ051-052-210300- /O.NEW.KMKX.SN.Y.0009.080321T0900Z-080322T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN 151 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH ISOLATED 7 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS FRIDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN 12 HOURS OR LESS WITH WINDS LESS THAN 25 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMKX 210241 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 941 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... .A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS FRIDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONCENTRATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WISCONSIN DELLS TO MILWAUKEE LINE. THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM MAY SHIFT A BIT FARTHER NORTH OR SOUTH. AS A RESULT...THE BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW MAY ALSO HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED. WIZ056-057-062-063-067>069-211045- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0006.080321T0800Z-080322T0000Z/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 941 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. THE SNOW MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER WHICH COULD RAISE ISOLATED TOTALS TO 12 INCHES. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY. THIS SNOW WILL LIKELY BE OF THE WET HEAVY VARIETY...SO ADDED CAUTION IS NEEDED WHEN SHOVELING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ058>060-064>066-070>072-211045- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0006.080321T1100Z-080322T0300Z/ DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 941 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. THE SNOW MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER WHICH COULD RAISE ISOLATED TOTALS TO 12 INCHES. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND 6 AM...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS FRIDAY. THIS SNOW WILL LIKELY BE OF THE WET HEAVY VARIETY...SO ADDED CAUTION IS NEEDED WHEN SHOVELING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...IS EXPECTED TO TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ046-047-211045- /O.EXT.KMKX.SN.Y.0009.080321T1000Z-080322T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN 941 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH ISOLATED 7 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN 12 HOURS OR LESS WITH WINDS LESS THAN 25 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ051-052-211045- /O.EXT.KMKX.SN.Y.0009.080321T1200Z-080322T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN 941 PM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH ISOLATED 7 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS FRIDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN 12 HOURS OR LESS WITH WINDS LESS THAN 25 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ HENTZ
000 WWUS43 KMKX 210932 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 432 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL TRACK EAST ALONG A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT STRETCHES FROM IOWA TO OHIO. THE LOW AND STRONG FRONT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONCENTRATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WISCONSIN DELLS TO PORT WASHINGTON LINE. BRISK EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. WIZ056-057-062-063-067>069-211745- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 432 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 13 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ058>060-064>066-070>072-211745- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.080321T1100Z-080322T0300Z/ DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 432 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 15 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...IS EXPECTED TO TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ046-047-211745- /O.CON.KMKX.SN.Y.0009.080321T1000Z-080322T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN 432 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 4 TO 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS LESS THAN 25 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ051-052-211745- /O.CON.KMKX.SN.Y.0009.080321T1200Z-080322T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN 432 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 4 TO 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS LESS THAN 25 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 211441 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 941 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK EAST ALONG A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT STRETCHES FROM IOWA TO OHIO TODAY. THE LOW AND STRONG FRONT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONCENTRATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WISCONSIN DELLS TO PORT WASHINGTON LINE. BRISK EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. WIZ056-057-062-063-067>069-212245- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 941 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 13 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ058>060-064>066-070>072-212245- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080322T0300Z/ DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 941 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 15 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...IS EXPECTED TO TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ046-047-212245- /O.CON.KMKX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN 941 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 4 TO 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS LESS THAN 25 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ051-052-212245- /O.CON.KMKX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080322T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN 941 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 4 TO 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS LESS THAN 25 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 211604 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1104 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK EAST ALONG A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT STRETCHES FROM IOWA TO OHIO TODAY. THE LOW AND STRONG FRONT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONCENTRATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WISCONSIN DELLS TO PORT WASHINGTON LINE. BRISK EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. WIZ046-047-220000- /O.UPG.KMKX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN 1104 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 4 TO 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS LESS THAN 25 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ056-057-062-063-067>069-220000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1104 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 13 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ058>060-064>066-070>072-220015- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080322T0300Z/ DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1104 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 15 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...IS EXPECTED TO TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ051-052-220015- /O.CON.KMKX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080322T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN 1104 AM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 4 TO 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS LESS THAN 25 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 211742 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1242 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK EAST ALONG A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT STRETCHES FROM IOWA TO OHIO TODAY. THE LOW AND STRONG FRONT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONCENTRATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WISCONSIN DELLS TO PORT WASHINGTON LINE. BRISK EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. WIZ051-052-220145- /O.UPG.KMKX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080322T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080322T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN 1242 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 4 TO 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS LESS THAN 25 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ046-047-220000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN 1242 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN 4 TO 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS LESS THAN 25 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND/OR SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ056-057-062-063-067>069-220000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1242 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 13 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ058>060-064>066-070>072-220145- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080322T0300Z/ DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1242 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 15 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...IS EXPECTED TO TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 211747 CCA WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1246 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK EAST ALONG A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT STRETCHES FROM IOWA TO OHIO TODAY. THE LOW AND STRONG FRONT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONCENTRATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WISCONSIN DELLS TO PORT WASHINGTON LINE. BRISK EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. WIZ051-052-220215- /O.UPG.KMKX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080322T0300Z/ /O.COR.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080322T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN 1246 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND/OR SLEET...AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ046-047-220000- /O.COR.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN 1246 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND/OR SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ056-057-062-063-067>069-220000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080322T0000Z/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1246 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 13 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ058>060-064>066-070>072-220215- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080322T0300Z/ DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1246 PM CDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 15 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...IS EXPECTED TO TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Mar 20, 3:34 AM CDT, 10 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 3:34 AM CDT, 10 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
334 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2008
.DISCUSSION...FCST FOCUS ON STORM SYSTEM FOR LATER TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY EVENING.
QUIET TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. WATER VAPOR/RUC SHOW SOUTH DAKOTA
VORT LOSING SOME STEAM...SHEARING OUT...AS EXPECTED. LOOKS LIKE A
GLANCING SHOT OF SOME MID/HIGH CLOUDS INTO SW WI.
MAIN FOCUS SHIFTS TO APPCH STORM SYSTEM. THE NAM HAS COME AROUND
MORE TO THE GFS WITH A MORE SRN PLACED AXIS OF QPF ACRS THE CWA WITH
SOME RATHER HEFTY TOTALS. NEW 6Z NAM HAS SHIFTED THAT BACK NORTH
NOW. THE CANADIAN HAS MAINTAINED THE CWA GETTING THE BRUNT OF THE
QPF. THE 00Z GFS HAS DIMINISHED THE QPF AND SKEWED THE AXIS A BIT
SOUTH INTO NRN IL...MUCH LIKE THE 12Z ECMWF. NOW THE 00Z ECMWF HAS
BOLSTERED QPF AND PLACED AXIS NORTHWARD MORE INTO CWA.
SOME RATHER IMPRESSIVE PARAMETERS COMING INTO PLAY. CROSS SECTION
ANALYSIS SHOWS NICELY SLOPED FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING AND PERSISTENT
DURING THIS EVENT. THERE IS ALSO DECENT LIFT WITHIN FAVORABLE SNOW
GROWTH REGION. H7 CLOSED LOW TRACK IS FAVORABLE. H7 VV RATHER
IMPRESSIVE AND PERSISTENT AND LASTS THRU 00Z SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH
THE NAM REALLY LINGERS THE BETTER LIFT INTO 6Z. QVECTOR
CONVERGENCE IN THE H7 TO H3 LAYER AROUND 20 UNITS ON FRIDAY.
BUFKIT SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOWING ELEVATED CAPE FROM H6. DEBATING
ABOUT MENTIONING THUNDER...WHICH WOULD CERTAINLY RAISE
AMOUNTS...BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON S+ AND THUNDER MENTION FOR NOW. GFS
COBB RATIOS ARE 18-22:1 BUT WAS THINKING MORE LIKE 11:1 WITH
THIS. PREFER THE NAM IN THIS REGARD. BOTTOM LINE HERE...HAVE
INCREASED SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE SW SECTION OF THE CWA AND RAISED
POPS A BIT TNGT INTO FRIDAY.
SOME DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT IMPACT DURING THIS EVENT. SUN ANGLE HAS A
LITTLE MORE INFLUENCE AND GROUND IS WARMER. SFC TEMPS NOT PROGGD TO
BE ALL THAT MUCH WARMER THAN FREEZING. SALT WILL BE EFFICIENT
WITH THIS SITUATION. NEVERTHELESS...WITH SYS PASSING TO OUR SOUTH
PROGGD WINDS LOOK PRETTY GUSTY...POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTIVE SNOWS
AND OF COURSE RESTRICTED VSBYS BLO 1/4 MILE. PER COORD WITH
SURROUNDING WFO/S WILL NOT UPGRADE TO WARNING JUST YET...THO
CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING.
&&
10
.AVIATION...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER WISCONSIN WILL MOVE INTO LOWER
MICHIGAN BY 12Z FRIDAY. LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL PLAINS WITH
EASTWARD EXTENDING WARM FRONT HEADS TO SOUTHERN IOWA BY 12Z FRIDAY.
VFR CONDITIONS WITH UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITIES THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY
WITH VFR CEILINGS 8000 TO 12000 FEET AGL DEVELOPING AFTER 00Z. NORTH
TO NORTHEAST SURFACE WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND
10 KNOTS AFTER 02Z.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR
WIZ056-057-062-063-067>069.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR
WIZ058-064>066-070>072.
LM...NONE.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 4:02 AM CDT, 9 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 402 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-210915- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 402 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WATER RUNOFF DUE TO MELTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO EXCEED BANKFULL OR FLOOD STAGE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE OVERSPREADING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WITH ONE TO FOUR INCHES EXPECTED BY SUNRISE FRIDAY MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF MADISON. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG THE ILLINOIS BORDER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FRIDAY. FIVE TO NINE INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...TO CEDARBURG LINE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER. ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD FALL ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE FROM THE NEW SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO REACH BANKFULL AND FLOOD STAGE. ALL INTERESTS ALONG AFFECTED RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND MONITOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGE FORECAST INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. LMZ643>646-210915- SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 402 AM CDT THU MAR 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WINDS AND WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. TZ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 9:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Rock | 55 days |
| Mar 19, 9:33 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Sheboygan | 7 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 11 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:51 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:13 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Jefferson | 6 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.