Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this winter storm warning at Nov 29, 2008, 9:38 PM CST for 14 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Nov 30, 2008, 3:36 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 59 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
- Nov 29, 2008, 9:38 PM CST (03:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 30, 2008, 3:36 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2008, 4:05 AM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 3:44 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | 2 E Holy Hill, WI | |
| Nov 30, 3:45 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Se Palmyra, WI | |
| Nov 30, 4:05 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | West Bend, WI | |
| Nov 30, 4:10 PM CST | SNOW 0.2 | Brown Deer, WI | MEASURED AT WITI FOX 6 TV STUDIOS. |
| Nov 30, 4:52 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Whitewater, WI | 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW ESTIMATED BY SHERIFF. |
| Nov 30, 5:17 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Janesville, WI | |
| Nov 30, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Brown Deer, WI | MEASURED AT THE WITI FOX 6 TV STUDIOS. |
| Nov 30, 5:34 PM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Middleton, WI | |
| Nov 30, 5:50 PM CST | SNOW 2.4 | 1 W Waukesha, WI | |
| Nov 30, 5:56 PM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Nws Sullivan/Milwaukee, WI | MELTED LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 0.37 INCHES. |
| Nov 30, 6:26 PM CST | SNOW 3 | North Prairie, WI | LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.32 |
| Nov 30, 6:52 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Se Milwaukee Timmerma, WI | |
| Nov 30, 7:05 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Oconomowoc, WI | |
| Nov 30, 7:06 PM CST | SNOW 1.9 | Middleton, WI | |
| Nov 30, 7:10 PM CST | SNOW 3.1 | 3 S Waukesha, WI | |
| Nov 30, 7:13 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Holy Hill, WI | |
| Nov 30, 7:25 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | New Glarus, WI | |
| Nov 30, 7:30 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 10 E Whitewater, WI | |
| Nov 30, 7:33 PM CST | SNOW 2.9 | Oconomowoc, WI | |
| Nov 30, 7:38 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Jackson, WI | |
| Nov 30, 7:42 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Lake Geneva, WI | |
| Nov 30, 7:51 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Elkhorn, WI | |
| Nov 30, 7:51 PM CST | SNOW 5 | La Grange, WI | |
| Nov 30, 7:55 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Nws Sullivan/Milwaukee, WI | |
| Nov 30, 8:04 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Orfordville, WI | |
| Nov 30, 8:11 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Merton, WI | |
| Nov 30, 8:28 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | West Bend, WI | |
| Nov 30, 8:40 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Brown Deer, WI | MEASURED AT WITI FOX6 TV STUDIOS. |
| Nov 30, 8:46 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Verona, WI | |
| Nov 30, 9:20 PM CST | SNOW 0.1 | 2 N Milwaukee, WI | SNOW UP TO 0.2 INCH MEASURED AT WTMJ 4 STUDIOS HAS SINCE BEEN WASHED AWAY BY RAIN BANDS. |
| Nov 30, 9:20 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Greenfield, WI | LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Nov 30, 9:20 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Watertown, WI | |
| Nov 30, 9:20 PM CST | SNOW 5 | North Prairie, WI | |
| Nov 30, 9:20 PM CST | SNOW 5.9 | Plymouth, WI | |
| Nov 30, 9:24 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Random Lake, WI | |
| Nov 30, 9:37 PM CST | SNOW 4.7 | 1 W Waukesha, WI | |
| Nov 30, 9:45 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 3 Se Palmyra, WI | SNOW BEGINNING TO DRIFT. |
| Nov 30, 9:50 PM CST | SNOW 0.6 | West Allis, WI | RAIN SNOW MIX MOST OF THE EVENING. |
| Nov 30, 10:03 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Waterford, WI | |
| Nov 30, 10:05 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Nws Sullivan/Milwaukee, WI | |
| Nov 30, 10:07 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | West Bend, WI | MEASURED SLIGHTLY NORTH OF THE CITY OF WEST BEND IN THE TOWN OF BARTON. |
| Nov 30, 10:40 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 Sw Oconomowoc, WI | |
| Nov 30, 11:06 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | 5 Ne East Troy, WI | |
| Nov 30, 11:14 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Stone Bank, WI | |
| Nov 30, 11:23 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Madison, WI | MEASURED AT WISC-TV STUDIOS. |
| Nov 30, 11:36 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 6 Nnw Verona, WI | |
| Nov 30, 11:55 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.1 | Nws Sullivan/Milwaukee, WI | 8.1 INCHES OF SNOW THUS FAR WITH 0.72 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Dec 1, 12:15 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Fond Du Lac, WI | DRIFTING SNOW. PEAK WIND GUST 41 MPH AT 1053 PM CST. |
| Dec 1, 1:12 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Belgium, WI | ALSO REPORTED IN FREDONIA. |
| Dec 1, 1:12 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 4 Nw Random Lake, WI | |
| Dec 1, 1:19 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Brown Deer, WI | BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 1, 1:22 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 E Slinger, WI | |
| Dec 1, 1:33 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 2 Se Waukesha, WI | |
| Dec 1, 1:37 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Pewaukee, WI | |
| Dec 1, 1:49 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Janesville, WI | HIGHWAY 14 JANESVILLE EAST TO WALWORTH COUNTY LINE CLOSED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND STRANDED MOTORISTS. |
| Dec 1, 1:53 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Milwaukee International, WI | |
| Dec 1, 1:55 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Pewaukee, WI | |
| Dec 1, 2:10 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Burlington, WI | |
| Dec 1, 3:22 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Janesville, WI | HIGHWAY 14 JANESVILLE EAST TO WALWORTH COUNTY LINE HAS BEEN OPENED TO TRAFFIC. IT WAS CLOSED EARLIER DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 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 300338 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 938 PM CST SAT NOV 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM HEADED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN WESTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT WILL STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY AS IT TRACKS NORTH INTO NORTHEASTERN INDIANA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH OR NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE. WIZ060-065-066-070>072-301145- /O.UPG.KMKX.WW.Y.0004.081130T1800Z-081201T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0007.081130T1800Z-081201T1200Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 938 PM CST SAT NOV 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE...CAUSING MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND 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. $$ WIZ052-058-059-064-068-069-301145- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0004.081130T1800Z-081201T1200Z/ SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 938 PM CST SAT NOV 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BORGHOFF/MBK
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMKX 300936 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 336 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM HEADED FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN OVER INDIANA TODAY...THEN MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HAVE INCREASED TO 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...THIS INCLUDES THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH OR NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE. THIS IS A MAJOR TRAVEL DAY THAT MARKS THE END THE THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL TODAY...IT IS RECOMMENDED YOU DON/T DELAY GETTING TO YOUR DESTINATION. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS VERY QUICKLY LATER TODAY AND REMAIN DIFFICULT TONIGHT. WIZ052-058-059-064-068-069-301745- /O.UPG.KMKX.WW.Y.0004.081130T1800Z-081201T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMKX.WS.W.0007.081130T1800Z-081201T1200Z/ SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 336 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ051-063-301745- /O.EXA.KMKX.WS.W.0007.081130T1800Z-081201T1200Z/ FOND DU LAC-DANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...MADISON 336 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE...CAUSING MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-301745- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0007.081130T1800Z-081201T1200Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 336 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE...CAUSING MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND 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. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-067-301745- /O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.081130T1800Z-081201T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON 336 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW..WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ DAVIS/CRAVEN
000 WWUS43 KMKX 301144 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 544 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM HEADED FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN OVER INDIANA TODAY... THEN MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HAVE INCREASED TO 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...THIS INCLUDES THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH OR NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE. THIS IS A MAJOR TRAVEL DAY THAT MARKS THE END THE THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL TODAY...IT IS RECOMMENDED YOU DON/T DELAY GETTING TO YOUR DESTINATION. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS VERY QUICKLY LATER TODAY AND REMAIN DIFFICULT TONIGHT. WIZ051-052-058>060-063>066-068>072-301945- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0007.081130T1800Z-081201T1200Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON- WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 544 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-067-301945- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.081130T1800Z-081201T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON 544 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 301759 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1159 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM HEADED FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN OVER INDIANA TODAY... THEN MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE STILL IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...THIS INCLUDES THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH OR NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE. THIS IS A MAJOR TRAVEL DAY THAT MARKS THE END THE THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IF YOU NEED TO TRAVEL TODAY...IT IS RECOMMENDED YOU DON/T DELAY GETTING TO YOUR DESTINATION. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS VERY QUICKLY LATER TODAY AND REMAIN DIFFICULT TONIGHT. WIZ051-052-058>060-063>066-068>072-010200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0007.081130T1800Z-081201T1200Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON- WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1159 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-067-010200- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.081130T1800Z-081201T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON 1159 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 302126 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 326 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM UNDERWAY OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN OVER NORTHEAST INDIANA THIS EVENING...THEN MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH OR NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE. THIS IS A MAJOR TRAVEL DAY THAT MARKS THE END THE THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. ROAD CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING HAZARDOUS VERY QUICKLY AND WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT THROUGH TONIGHT. WIZ051-052-058>060-063>066-068>072-010530- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081201T1200Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON- WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 326 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. AT 325 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD SNOW OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS FALLING WITHIN A BAND FROM NORTH CENTRAL WAUKESHA COUNTY...SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHWEST WALWORTH COUNTY. BANDS SUCH AS THESE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...LEADING TO LOCALIZED ENHANCED SNOWFALL TOTALS. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH TONIGHT...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES BY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-067-010530- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-081201T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON 326 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. AT 325 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD SNOW OVER THE ADVISED AREA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS43 KMKX 010037 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 637 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM UNDERWAY OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS FROM NORTHWEST OHIO INTO LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL REMAIN ON THE WESTERN END OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. THIS IS A MAJOR TRAVEL DAY THAT MARKS THE END OF THE THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN THIS EVENING. WIZ051-052-058>060-063>066-068>072-010845- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081201T1200Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON- WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 637 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR THE PORTION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FOND DU LAC TO MADISON TO MONROE. THIS INCLUDES THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA. AT 630 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD SNOW OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS FALLING WITHIN A BAND FROM AROUND SHEBOYGAN TO WEST BEND...TO WATERTOWN...WAUKESHA...JANESVILLE AND BURLINGTON. VISIBILITIES WERE DOWN TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN THIS AREA. LITTLE ACCUMULATION HAS OCCURRED SO FAR FROM PARTS OF MILWAUKEE NEAR THE LAKE SOUTH TO RACINE AND KENOSHA DUE TO WARMER TEMPERATURES. THE INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING DUE TO INCREASED CONVERGENCE ALONG THE LAKE SHORE AS LOW LEVEL WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. MANY AREAS TO THE WEST HAVE REPORTED SNOWFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 5 INCHES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NEAR SULLIVAN REPORTED 4.1 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AT 6 PM. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS MOSTLY BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-067-010845- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-081201T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON 637 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR THE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GREEN LAKE TO COLUMBUS TO PRAIRIE DU SAC AND DARLINGTON. AT 630 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW OVER THE ADVISED AREA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES BY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MBK
000 WWUS43 KMKX 010315 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 915 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER LOWER MICHIGAN WILL RESULT IN SNOW CONTINUING OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE WEST TO BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF THE EAST. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE KETTLE MORAINE. WIZ063-068-071-072-011115- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081201T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-081201T1200Z/ DANE-GREEN-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONROE...RACINE...KENOSHA 915 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IN THE MADISON AND MONROE AREAS...BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT. IN ADDITION...BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOPING ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. IN THE RACINE...KENOSHA AND BURLINGTON AREAS...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN ACCUMULATIONS OF ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION...BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-069-070-011115- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081201T1200Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 915 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR THE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN SOUTH TO BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...JEFFERSON...WAUKESHA...MILWAUKEE... JANESVILLE AND ELKHORN. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY...RESULTING IN TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A BAND FROM AROUND SHEBOYGAN TO WEST BEND...JACKSON... WAUKESHA...JEFFERSON...PALMYRA AND WHITEWATER. THREE INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN MEASURED IN PARTS OF NORTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY AROUND TIMMERMAN FIELD THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY FROM 9 PM THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER MILWAUKEE COUNTY BY MONDAY MORNING RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE NORTHWEST TO 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE SOUTHEAST AROUND OAK CREEK. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-067-011115- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-081201T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON 915 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY FROM WESTFIELD AND GREEN LAKE TO COLUMBUS...REEDSBURG... DODGEVILLE AND DARLINGTON. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING RESULTING IN SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOPING ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MBK
000 WWUS43 KMKX 010529 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1129 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER LOWER MICHIGAN WILL RESULT IN SNOW CONTINUING OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE WEST TO BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF THE EAST. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-069-070-011200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081201T1200Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 1129 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY...RESULTING IN TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 10 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A BAND FROM AROUND SHEBOYGAN TO WEST BEND... JACKSON...WAUKESHA...OCONOMOWOC...PALMYRA AND WHITEWATER. AT 1130 PM...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF SHEBOYGAN THROUGH PORT WASHINGTON TO WAUKESHA AND PORTIONS OF THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA TO AROUND BURLINGTON. THE MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE SOUTH MILWAUKEE METRO IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-071-072-011200- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-081201T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE... RACINE...KENOSHA 1129 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THE LIGHT NIGHT. IN ADDITION...BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN SLIPPERY SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MBK
000 WWUS43 KMKX 011005 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 405 AM CST MON DEC 1 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO LINGER THIS MORNING... .A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER LOWER MICHIGAN WILL RESULT IN SNOW CONTINUING OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-069-070-011800- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081201T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.081201T1005Z-081201T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 405 AM CST MON DEC 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 10 INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED. IN ADDITION...BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. WEST TO EAST ROADS WILL EXPERIENCE THE GREATEST THREAT OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW DRIFTS. $$ WIZ071-072-011800- /O.EXT.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-081201T1800Z/ RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RACINE...KENOSHA 405 AM CST MON DEC 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED. WESTERN PORTIONS OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE EAST. IN ADDITION...BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. WEST TO EAST ROADS WILL EXPERIENCE THE GREATEST THREAT OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SNOW DRIFTS. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-011200- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-081201T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 405 AM CST MON DEC 1 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED...WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON WEST TO EAST ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE DURING THE MORNING AS THE LIGHT SNOW ENDS. $$ CRAVEN
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 Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Nov 29, 9:15 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 9:15 PM CST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 915 PM CST SAT NOV 29 2008 .DISCUSSION... 00Z NAM COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH 18Z GFS WITH AXIS OF STRONG LAYERED Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE SETTING UP OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SUN AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING THROUGH SUN NIGHT. STRONGER PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CRITICAL THICKNESSES FAVORING MOSTLY SNOW DURING THE PEAK FORCING FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH 09Z/01. STRONG OMEGA AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE LAKESHORE WITH LAKE INDUCED CAPE APPROACHING 200 JOULES WITH AN EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL OVER 8K FEET. DELTA-T AROUND 13 DEGREES SO THINKING SOME CONTRIBUTION FROM LAKE EFFECT COULD ADD SEVERAL INCHES AT THIS POINT. DETERMINED BEST SNOW RATIO AROUND 13 TO 1 AND WITH QPF APPROACHING SIX TENTHS IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST...SNOW AMOUNTS LIKELY TO EXCEED 6 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. DUE TO WIND CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING...AND POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS...WL BUMP UP FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TO WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SAME TIME PERIOD AS ADVISORY. MIDNIGHT SHIFT WILL REFINE SNOW AMOUNTS AND MAY NEED TO PUSH HEADLINE FARTHER WEST. && .MARINE... POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS AND/OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO REACH 35 KNOTS BEGINNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING SUNDAY NIGHT DUE TO TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT EXPECTED OVER NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. HENCE ISSUED A GALE WATCH FOR THIS TIME PERIOD WHICH BLENDS WELL WITH THE OPEN WATERS GALE WATCH. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED AS THE WINDS AND WAVES WIND DOWN ON MONDAY. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...WINTER STORM WARNING 18Z/30 TO 12Z/01 FOR WIZ060-065-066-070>072. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 18Z/30 TO 12Z/01 FOR WIZ052-058-059-064-068-069. LM...GALE WATCH FROM 18Z/30 TO 12Z/01 FOR LMZ643>646. && MBK
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 29, 8:21 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 821 PM CST SAT NOV 29 2008 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-010230- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 821 PM CST SAT NOV 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP BEGINNING SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION INCREASING AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THUS A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS DURING AND AFTER THE EVENT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. LMZ643>646-010230- 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- 821 PM CST SAT NOV 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. HENCE A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING NOON ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS MAY GENERATE WAVES OF 8 TO 12 FEET DURING THIS PERIOD. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE MET AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH ABOUT NOON ON WEDNESDAY FOR INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 8:12 PM CST | Gale Watch | MKX | 6 hr | |
| Nov 30, 2:09 AM CST | Gale Warning | MKX | 37 hr | |
| Nov 30, 3:36 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 32 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.