Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 8, 2008, 4:25 AM CST for 17 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 8, 2008, 10:50 AM CST. It was in force for 31 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2008, 4:25 AM CST (10:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2008, 10:50 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2008, 6:07 PM CST
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.02 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | 1/32 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 8, 3:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 S Barneveld, WI | BLACK ICE ON HWY 18/151 IN IOWA COUNTY. ESTIMATED 1/4 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON VEHICLE. |
| Dec 8, 3:44 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 5 Wsw Middleton, WI | ICE ACCUMULATION THE PAST 2 HRS |
| Dec 8, 4:25 PM CST | SNOW 0.2 | 2 E Holy Hill, WI | SNOW HAS NOW BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET |
| Dec 8, 4:37 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.15 | Black Earth, WI | TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION. LIGHT SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING |
| Dec 8, 5:25 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Sun Prairie, WI | FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW |
| Dec 8, 6:45 PM CST | SNOW 0.3 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | 1/4 INCH OF SNOW IN LAST 30 MINS. 1/8 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION BEFORE SNOW BEGAN AT 615PM |
| Dec 8, 7:04 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Rosendale, WI | STORM TOTAL OF 1.3 INCHES AS OF 704 PM CST. MODERATE SNOW CURRENTLY FALLING WITH SOME SLEET MIXED IN. |
| Dec 8, 7:24 PM CST | SNOW 0.3 | Sun Prairie, WI | 1/4 SNOW. MIX HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW IN PAST HOUR. |
| Dec 8, 8:02 PM CST | SNOW 0.6 | 2 E Holy Hill, WI | IN THE PAST 3 1/2 HRS |
| Dec 8, 8:05 PM CST | SNOW 1.9 | 6 N Oxford, WI | SNOWFALL FROM PAST 5 HRS |
| Dec 8, 8:15 PM CST | SNOW 0.8 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | SNOW FROM THE PAST 2 HRS. 0.07 WATER EQUIV |
| Dec 8, 8:17 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 3 S Waukesha, WI | SOME RAIN EARLIER IN THE EVENING...BUT NOW GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SLEET AND SNOW FOR THE PREVIOUS HOUR. ROADS ARE SLIPPERY. |
| Dec 8, 8:21 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Random Lake, WI | |
| Dec 8, 8:50 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Menomonee Falls, WI | |
| Dec 8, 8:50 PM CST | SNOW 1.1 | 3 Nw Madison, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:20 PM CST | SNOW 0.7 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:37 PM CST | SNOW 0.7 | 2 Se Waukesha, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:39 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Stone Bank, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:45 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Fall River, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:51 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Rosendale, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:53 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Taycheedah, WI | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY FALLING |
| Dec 8, 9:55 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Reedsburg, WI | REPORT VIA WISC-TV MADISON. THEIR REEDSBURG SPOTTER REPORTED 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW. MODERATE SNOW FALLING AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT...WITH STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SINCE 7 PM CST. |
| Dec 8, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 2 S Madison, WI | 0.6 MILE SSE OF THE INTERSECTION OF RIMROCK ROAD AND BELTLINE HIGHWAY. MEASURED STORM TOTAL OF 1.3 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.10 INCHES OF ICE SINCE 3 PM CST. |
| Dec 8, 10:26 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Menomonee Falls, WI | |
| Dec 8, 10:31 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Hartland, WI | |
| Dec 8, 10:39 PM CST | SNOW 1.6 | 2 Se Holy Hill, WI | 0.8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE PAST 2 1/2 HRS. 8 TO 1 SNOW TO WATER RATIO |
| Dec 8, 10:47 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 3 S Waukesha, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Random Lake, WI | 2 INCHES IN THE PAST 3 HRS AND 4 INCHES TOTAL SO FAR FOR THE EVENT. MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.4 | 3 W Beaver Dam, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.4 | Beaver Dam, WI | STORM TOTAL OF 4.4 INCHES THROUGH 11 PM. |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Green Lake, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 11 PM MONDAY NIGHT. |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Portage, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 11 PM MONDAY. |
| Dec 8, 11:07 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Stone Bank, WI | 0.9 INCHES IN THE PAST 1 1/2 HRS. SNOW HAS BEEN MIXING WITH SLEET |
| Dec 8, 11:10 PM CST | SNOW 3.4 | West Bend, WI | SLEET STARTING TO MIX IN |
| Dec 8, 11:25 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 1 Ene Hartford, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 1.7 INCHES. LIGHT SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING. TEMPERATURE OF 32F AND SLOWLY RISING. |
| Dec 8, 11:25 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 5 Ene Hartford, WI | LIGHT SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING |
| Dec 8, 11:37 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Cottage Grove, WI | |
| Dec 9, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Dodgeville, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. |
| Dec 9, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Juneau, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. |
| Dec 9, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Montello, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. |
| Dec 9, 12:01 AM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Rosendale, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 4.3 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 12:03 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | 6 N Oxford, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4.1 INCHES. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW STILL FALLING. |
| Dec 9, 12:03 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Pardeeville, WI | HEAVY SNOW OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS |
| Dec 9, 1:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Plymouth, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN PLYMOUTH THROUGH 1 AM TUESDAY. |
| Dec 9, 1:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Sun Prairie, WI | ALSO 0.08 INCH OF ICE. |
| Dec 9, 1:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 2 N Plymouth, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH 1 AM TUESDAY. |
| Dec 9, 1:00 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 2 N Sheboygan, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 1 AM TUESDAY. |
| Dec 9, 1:22 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 Sw Fond Du Lac, WI | STORM TOTAL OF 5 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE LAST 8 HOURS. TOTAL SNOW DEPTH ON GROUND IS 11 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 1:45 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Baraboo, WI | |
| Dec 9, 2:12 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Fredonia, WI | |
| Dec 9, 2:28 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Sw Ripon, WI | |
| Dec 9, 3:04 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Menomonee Falls, WI | |
| Dec 9, 3:15 AM CST | SNOW 3.1 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 615 PM MONDAY. LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 0.20 INCH. |
| Dec 9, 4:58 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Rosendale, WI | |
| Dec 9, 5:45 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Cedarburg, WI | MODERATE SNOW FALLING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION |
| Dec 9, 5:45 AM CST | SNOW 4.9 | Jackson, WI | 4.9 INCHES OF SNOW...0.10 INCHES OF ICE...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW AT THE TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Dec 9, 5:56 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 3 S Waukesha, WI | ALL SNOW AT THIS TIME |
| Dec 9, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.1 | 2 E Holy Hill, WI | |
| Dec 9, 6:35 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 4 Nw Random Lake, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 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 081025 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 425 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE TODAY AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS TRACK WILL FAVOR BRINGING A SWATH OF HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WARMER AIR JUST OFF THE SURFACE WILL WORK INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND CREATE A ZONE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. AREAS CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN AND IN THE SOUTH MAY SEE TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE 32 WHICH WOULD MAKE FOR JUST RAIN. ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE THE COLDER AIR IN PLACE FOR SNOWFALL ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. WIZ046-047-051-056>058-062>064-081830- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0009.081209T0000Z-081210T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0008.081209T0000Z-081210T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-IOWA-DANE- JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...DODGEVILLE... MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS 425 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE PASSES SOUTH OF THE STATE. A MAJOR CONCERN FOR TONIGHT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JEFFERSON TO MADISON TO LONE ROCK. THESE AREAS WILL SEE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING AS COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO THE STORM SYSTEM. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WIZ052-059-060-065>072-081830- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.A.0009.081209T0000Z-081210T1200Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 425 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT...HOWEVER AREAS CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN ARE EXPECTED TO SEE THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGE TO RAIN AS THE NIGHT WEARS ALONG AND TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. THIS WILL DELAY THE SNOW AND SUBSEQUENTLY REDUCE THE EXPECTED SNOW AMOUNTS AND LIMIT THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS. COLDER AIR WILL WRAP INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY CHANGING ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION TO SNOW. A TOTAL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITH THE LOWEST TOTALS SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE WHERE THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL ARRIVE THE LATEST ON TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. $$ COLLAR/GEHRING
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMKX 081650 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1050 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS TRACK WILL FAVOR BRINGING A SWATH OF HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WARMER AIR JUST OFF THE SURFACE WILL WORK INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CREATE A ZONE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. AREAS CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN AND IN THE SOUTH MAY SEE TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE 32 WHICH WOULD MAKE FOR JUST RAIN. ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE THE COLDER AIR IN PLACE FOR SNOWFALL ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THE TIMING OF THE WARNING AND ADVISORY WAS MOVED UP 6 HOURS DUE TO THE EARLY ARRIVAL OF A ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. THE MIXTURE WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES NORTH OF MADISON AND PORT WASHINGTON. WIZ052-059-090100- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0009.081209T0000Z-081210T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMKX.WS.W.0008.081208T1800Z-081210T0600Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND 1050 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET EARLY ON. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET EARLY ON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. AREAS RIGHT ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN SHOULD SEE LOWER AMOUNTS DUE TO THE WARMER FLOW OFF THE LAKE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ065-067>070-090100- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0009.081209T0000Z-081210T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMKX.WS.W.0008.081208T1800Z-081210T0600Z/ WAUKESHA-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 1050 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...MIX AT TIMES WITH SLEET...THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW ON TUESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH 1/4 INCH. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AS SURFACE ROAD TEMPERATURES ARE WELL BELOW FREEZING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ046-047-051-056>058-062>064-090100- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0008.081208T1800Z-081210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-IOWA-DANE- JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...DODGEVILLE... MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS 1050 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL PUSH INTO THE MADISON AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AS IT MOVES NORTH. THE MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE MADISON AREA WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TUESDAY EVENING. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WIZ060-066-071-072-090100- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0009.081209T0000Z-081210T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.081208T1800Z-081210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 1050 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND EVENTUALLY SNOW. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGE OVER TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN FOR A TIME THIS EVENING AS WARMER TEMPERATURES SURGE NORTH. EVENTUALLY ON TUESDAY...COLDER AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA AND CHANGE THE MIXTURE OVER TO ALL SNOW. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. $$ DAVIS
000 WWUS43 KMKX 082033 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 233 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZING IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS TRACK WILL FAVOR BRINGING A SWATH OF HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WARMER AIR JUST OFF THE SURFACE WORKED INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...CREATING A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. AREAS CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN AND IN THE SOUTH MAY SEE TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE 32 WHICH WOULD MAKE FOR JUST RAIN...AND AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM LONE ROCK TO WEST BEND SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE THE COLDER AIR IN PLACE FOR SNOWFALL ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-090445- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS 233 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE MADISON AREA WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH THE SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TUESDAY EVENING. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WIZ065-067>070-090445- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ WAUKESHA-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 233 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH 1/4 INCH. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AS SURFACE ROAD TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ060-066-071-072-090445- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 233 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGE OVER TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN FOR A TIME THIS EVENING AS WARMER TEMPERATURES SURGE NORTH. EVENTUALLY ON TUESDAY...COLDER AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA AND CHANGE THE MIXTURE OVER TO ALL SNOW. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS BORDER AND NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. 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. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. $$ DAVIS/MRC
000 WWUS43 KMKX 082356 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 556 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZING IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS TRACK WILL FAVOR BRINGING A SWATH OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WARMER AIR JUST OFF THE SURFACE HAS WORKED INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ...CREATING A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. AT LOCATIONS CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN AND IN THE FAR SOUTH AIR TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED ABOVE 32...WHICH WOULD MAKE FOR JUST RAIN...THOUGH ROADS AND SIDEWALKS MAY STILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THE RAIN TO FREEZE...ESPECIALLY ON OVERPASSES. AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM LONE ROCK TO WEST BEND SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE THE COLDER AIR IN PLACE BY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-090800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS 556 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE MADISON AREA WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TUESDAY EVENING. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WIZ065-067>070-090800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ WAUKESHA-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 556 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH 1/4 INCH. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AS SURFACE ROAD TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TUESDAY EVENING. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ060-066-071-072-090800- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 556 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN FOR A TIME THIS EVENING AS WARMER TEMPERATURES SURGE NORTH. EVENTUALLY ON TUESDAY...COLDER AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA AND CHANGE THE MIXTURE OVER TO ALL SNOW. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS BORDER AND NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. $$ REM
000 WWUS43 KMKX 090340 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 940 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST FROM THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND REACH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS TRACK WILL FAVOR BRINGING A SWATH OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WARMER AIR JUST OFF THE SURFACE HAS WORKED INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ... CREATING A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IN THE COUNTIES BORDERING ILLINOIS. AIR TEMPERATURES AT LOCATIONS CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN AND IN THE FAR SOUTH AIR TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED TO OR ABOVE 32...WHICH WILL CAUSE RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO MIX IN WITH THE SNOW ...THOUGH ROADS AND SIDEWALKS MAY STILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THE RAIN TO FREEZE...ESPECIALLY ON OVERPASSES. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LONE ROCK...MADISON TO WEST BEND AND PORT WASHINGTON SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE COLDER AIR IN PLACE BY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-091145- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS 940 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL MIX AT TIMES WITH SLEET...AND A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE LATE THIS EVENING...THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TUESDAY EVENING. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WIZ065-067>070-091145- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ WAUKESHA-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 940 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET...WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH 1/3 INCH BEFORE THE CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AS SURFACE ROAD TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TUESDAY EVENING. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WIZ060-066-071-072-091145- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 940 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN SNOW...AND A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...BEFORE COLDER AIR PUSHES INTO THE AREA AND CHANGES THE MIXTURE OVER TO ALL SNOW. THOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE JUST ABOVE FREEZING...UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES ...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME ICY AND TREACHEROUS. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS BORDER AND NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. 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. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. $$ REM
000 WWUS43 KMKX 091018 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 418 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST FROM OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND REACH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS TRACK WILL FAVOR BRINGING A SWATH OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WARMER AIR JUST OFF THE SURFACE HAS REMAINED OVER PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...CREATING A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IN THE COUNTIES BORDERING ILLINOIS. AIR TEMPERATURES AT LOCATIONS CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN AND IN THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES ARE AT OR ABOVE 32 DEGREES...WHICH WILL CAUSE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO MIX IN WITH THE SNOW. ROADS AND SIDEWALKS MAY STILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THE RAIN TO FREEZE...ESPECIALLY ON OVERPASSES. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LONE ROCK...TO MADISON...TO WEST BEND...TO PORT WASHINGTON SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW. ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE COLDER AIR IN PLACE DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WIZ060-091830- /O.UPG.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PORT WASHINGTON 418 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EARLY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PRECIPITATION WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN SNOW...AND A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...BEFORE COLDER AIR PUSHES INTO THE AREA AND CHANGES THE MIXTURE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MID MORNING. THOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE JUST ABOVE FREEZING...UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WILL BECOME ICY AND TREACHEROUS. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...WITH SOME SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ067>069-091830- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 418 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MID MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH 1/4 INCH BEFORE THE CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AS SURFACE ROAD TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR BELOW FREEZING...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED TODAY...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ065-070-091830- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 418 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EARLY...WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MID MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH 1/4 INCH BEFORE THE CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AS SURFACE ROAD TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED TODAY...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-091830- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON 418 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WIZ051-052-058-059-064-091830- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS 418 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL MIX AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN EARLY...BEFORE TURNING TO ALL SNOW BY MID MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER THIS EVENING. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WIZ066-071-072-091830- /O.EXT.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 418 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN RAIN AND SNOW...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN AT TIMES EARLY...BEFORE COLDER AIR PUSHES INTO THE AREA BY MID MORNING AND CHANGES THE MIXTURE OVER TO ALL SNOW. THOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE JUST ABOVE FREEZING...UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES ...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WILL BECOME ICY AND TREACHEROUS. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS BORDER AND NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN EARLY...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WOOD/HENTZ
000 WWUS43 KMKX 091321 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 721 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST FROM MISSOURI WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND REACH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. THIS TRACK WILL FAVOR BRINGING A SWATH OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WARMER AIR JUST OFF THE SURFACE HAS REMAINED OVER PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...CREATING A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE. ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE COLDER AIR IN PLACE DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WIZ067>069-092130- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 721 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS NOW CHANGED OVER TO ALL SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED TODAY... BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ060-092130- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PORT WASHINGTON 721 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...WITH SOME SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ065-070-092130- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 721 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO ALL SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED TODAY... BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-092130- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON 721 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WIZ051-052-058-059-064-092130- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS 721 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE MIX OF PRECIPITATION HAS TURNED TO ALL SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER THIS EVENING. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE NORTH TOWARD SHEBOYGAN. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WIZ066-071-072-092130- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 721 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE MIX OF PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO ALL SNOW IN MILWAUKEE...AND WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW IN KENOSHA BY MID MORNING AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS BORDER NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN EARLY...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ HENTZ
000 WWUS43 KMKX 091449 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 849 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM AFFECTING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST FROM MISSOURI WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND REACH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. THIS TRACK WILL FAVOR BRINGING A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. WIZ067>069-092300- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 849 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED TODAY... BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. THERE MAY BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL REDUCING VISIBILITIES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ060-092300- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PORT WASHINGTON 849 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...WITH SOME SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ065-070-092300- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 849 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED TODAY... BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-092300- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON 849 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WIZ051-052-058-059-064-092300- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS 849 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER THIS EVENING. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE NORTH TOWARD SHEBOYGAN. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WIZ066-071-072-092300- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 849 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE MIX OF PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO ALL SNOW. FINAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS BORDER NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT HEAVY AND DIFFICULT TO MOVE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN EARLY...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ COLLAR
000 WWUS43 KMKX 091914 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 114 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM AFFECTING PARTS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS LIFTING NORTHEAST FROM ARKANSAS TO INDIANA WILL REACH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. THIS TRACK WILL FAVOR BRINGING A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THERE WILL BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-092015- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE 114 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS SET UP ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN LEAVING THE AREA WITH JUST SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. $$ WIZ051-092015- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FOND DU LAC 114 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE MAIN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BAND HAS SHIFTED SOUTH AND IS SET UP NOW MORE ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. $$ WIZ060-100000- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PORT WASHINGTON 114 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO IS EXPECTED ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIER BAND IS LIKELY TO STAY FURTHER SOUTH TOWARDS MILWAUKEE...RACINE AND KENOSHA. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...WITH SOME SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ052-058-059-064-100000- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS 114 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WIZ067>069-100000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 114 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL REDUCING VISIBILITIES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ065-070-100300- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 114 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ063-100000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ DANE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MADISON 114 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WIZ066-071-072-100300- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 114 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN EARLY...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ COLLAR/DAVIS
000 WWUS43 KMKX 092142 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 342 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM AFFECTING PARTS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS LIFTING NORTHEAST FROM ARKANSAS TO INDIANA WILL REACH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. THIS TRACK WILL FAVOR BRINGING A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THERE WILL BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. WIZ052-058-063-067-068-092245- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE 342 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW IS QUICKLY WINDING DOWN. SECONDARY AND LESS TRAVELED ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WITH CARE. $$ WIZ069-100000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 342 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL REDUCING VISIBILITIES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ060-100000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PORT WASHINGTON 342 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIER BAND IS LIKELY TO STAY FURTHER SOUTH TOWARDS MILWAUKEE...RACINE AND KENOSHA. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...WITH SOME SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ065-070-100300- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 342 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND ICE...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ059-064-100000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS 342 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AN INCH OR LESS OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ WIZ066-071-072-100300- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 342 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN EARLY...WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 100007 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 607 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...SNOW IS ENDING OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .WHILE SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WISCONSIN UNTIL 8 PM...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL TOTAL ONLY AN INCH OR LESS. THEREFORE ALL WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES HAVE BEEN DROPPED. THERE WILL BE SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. WIZ065-070-100115- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 607 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...WITH ONLY A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES EXPECTED THROUGH 7 PM. THERE WILL BE SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. $$ WIZ059-060-064-069-100115- /O.EXP.KMKX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081210T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 607 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...WITH ONLY A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES EXPECTED TO END BY 7 PM. THERE WILL BE SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. $$ WIZ066-071-072-100115- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 607 PM CST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...WITH ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS REMAINING UNDER AN INCH BEFORE THE REMAINING LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES END BY 8 PM. THERE WILL BE SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT. $$ REM
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 Dec 7, 9:15 PM CST, 7 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 9:15 PM CST, 7 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
915 PM CST SUN DEC 7 2008
FORECAST FOCUS ON COMPLEX MAJOR WINTER STORM SHAPING UP FOR THE
UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
NEW 00Z NAM SHOWS WARMER AIR WITH MORE OF A RAIN POTENTIAL MONDAY
NIGHT FAR SOUTHEAST. HOWEVER GIVEN NAMS ERATIC PERFORMANCE BEYOND
24 HOURS...CANNOT MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FAR SOUTHEAST YET UNTIL GFS AND
ECMWF COME IN TO MAKE SURE THIS TREND IS REAL.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...ALL MODELS CONTINUE TO POINT TOWARD
A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT FOR THE CWA. THE GFS THE MOST BULLISH WHILE
THE NAM IS FASTER AND MORE SOUTH. THE ECMWF IS FASTER THAN THE
GFS...BUT A BIT MORE NORTH. PCPN NOW MAY BREAK OUT ON MONDAY AS LLV
JET DEVELOPS AHEAD OF DIGGING CNTRAL PLAINS TROF...BRINGING A SHOT
OF DECENT THETA-E ADVECTION. ISENTROPICALLY THE CONDENSATION
PRESSURE DEFICITS SATURATE. COULD GET A QUICK SHOT OF LIGHT SNOW
ACROSS THE BAROCLINIC ZONE. THERMALLY...THERE IS LIKELY TO BE AN
ELEVATED WARM LAYER OVR THE SOUTH THAT MAY LEAD TO SOME FREEZING
RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON.
WILL CONTINUE TO STAY CLOSE TO THE GFS SOLUTION WITH A BIAS
TOWARD THE ECMWF THERMAL STRUCTURE. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE
SOUTH AS THE THREAT FOR A MIX LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. THE KEY POINTS
HIGHLIGHTED BY THE PREV FCSTR REMAIN INTACT. THIS STORM WILL HAVE
AMPLE MOISTURE. MAYBE TOO MUCH...INDICATING THE WARM NATURE.
MIXING RATIOS ARE PUSHING 4G/KG IN THE SE CORNER OF THE CWA WITH
3G/KG EVERYWHERE ELSE. THE RR ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET
SLOWLY EVOLVES AND SUPPORTS DEEP UVV. THE FRONTOGENETIC RESPONSE
KICKS IN TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH GOOD SLOPING INDICATED IN THE
CROSS SECTIONS. I/VE SEEN BETTER FRONTOGENESIS...BUT THE REPONSE
TO THE FRONTOGENESIS...AS SEEN IN THE FN VECTOR CONVERGENCE...IS
DECENT. NOT SURPRISING...THE UPPER LAYER Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE IS
STRONG. THE OMEGA IN THE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE HAS COME DOWN FROM
YESTERDAYS LEVELS...BUT IT REMAINS IMPRESSIVE. THE QPF FROM THE
GFS AND THE ECMWF ARE 1 TO 1.5 INCHES WHILE THE NAM IS MORE LIKE
/.25/ TO /.6/. OF COURSE WHERE THE HIGHER QPF IS EXPECTED IS WHERE
MORE OF MIX SHOULD OCCUR.
REGARDING PRECIP TYPE...THE FLOW OFF THE LAKE WILL BRING MILDER
TEMPERATURES INTO THE FAR SOUTHEAST. THOUGH THAT IMPACT IS
LESSENING AS WE GET DEEPER INTO THE SEASON. IT WILL HAVE LESS
IMPACT THAN THE STORM IN LATE NOVEMBER WHERE THE LAKE KEPT SOME AREAS
IN A RAIN SITUATION MUCH LONGER. THE LAKE HAS DROPPED IN TEMP
QUITE A BIT. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THAT THE H8 ZERO TO +2 LINES
SHOULD SNEAK INTO THE SOUTH TOMORROW INTO VERY EARLY TUESDAY. WITH
SFC TEMPS HOVERING AROUND FREEZING IN THE FAR SOUTH...THERE COULD
BE A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. THIS IS PROBABLY THE
TOUGHEST ASPECT OF THE STORM TO NAIL DOWN AT THIS POINT AND WILL
LIKELY CHANGE GOING FORWARD. THIS WILL LIMIT SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE
SOUTHEAST AND FAR SOUTH.
THE GFS HAS AN IMPRESSIVE UPTICK IN STRENGTH TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE
UPPER JET FORCING INCREASES QUICKLY...FOLLOWED BY AN IMPRESSIVE
FRONTOGENTIC RESPONSE. THE RESULTANT SQUEEZE ON THE MOIST COLUMN
KICKS OUT SOME HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST. THE NAM AND
THE ECMWF AREN/T IN FAVOR OF THIS ASPECT OF THE STORM. STAY TUNED
FOR THAT.
FOR NOW...STICKING WITH A MAX ACCUM OF AROUND 10 TO 12 INCHES AND
THE CURRENT AXIS FOR THAT RUNS FROM DODGEVILLE...THROUGH MADISON
TO FOND DU LAC/SHEBOYGAN.
IT WILL BE A LONG DURATION EVENT. PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
NOT MUCH HAPPENING BEYOND WEDNESDAY. LONG RANGE GUIDANCE SUGGEST
SOMETHING BIG FOR LATE NEXT WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK. LONG WAY
OFF.
&&
.AVIATION...WARM AIR ADVECTION SNOW OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST IS MAKING
ITS WAY INTO SOUTHEASTERN WI THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL
INCREASE TO 10 KT OR LESS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM. LIGHT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...AN INCH OR LESS. INTERMITTENT MVFR
CIGS/VIS POSSIBLE IF SYSTEM STAYS TOGETHER. PREVIOUSLY IT LOOKED
LIKE THERE WAS A THREAT OF FREEZING DRIZZLE BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. NOW
IT LOOKS LIKE DRY AIR WILL TAKE CONTROL AND THE MAIN FORCING WILL
WEAKEN DRAMATICALLY...AND FLURRIES MAY LINGER AT BEST THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.
THERE IS ANOTHER SHOT OF LIGHT SNOW AHEAD OF A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS. THIS SNOW WILL AGAIN BE WITHIN THE WARM AIR
ADVECTION REGION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT. WITH SUCH WARM AIR
ALOFT...SOME RAIN MAY BE MIXED IN WITH THE SNOW OVER KMSN/KMKE/KENW.
EXPECT MVFR/IFR CIGS.
&&
.MARINE...LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.
WINDS WILL PICK UP OUT OF THE SOUTH MONDAY NIGHT BUT WILL BE LESS
THAN 20 KNOTS. WINDS WILL TURN NE BY TUE MORNING AND PICK UP OUT OF
THE NORTH BY TUE NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MET BY
WEDNESDAY.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT FOR WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072.
LM...NONE.
&&
HENTZHazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 8:48 PM CST, 7 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 848 PM CST SUN DEC 7 2008 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-090300- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 848 PM CST SUN DEC 7 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...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN MONDAY AFTERNOON. A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS LIKELY AT TIMES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN AND OVER FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE SNOW OR ICING REPORTS FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LMZ643>646-090300- 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- 848 PM CST SUN DEC 7 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...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. BRISK NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL PREVAIL DUE TO A WINTER STORM AFFECTING THE GREAT LAKES. HENTZ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 7, 10:27 PM CST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1027 PM CST SUN DEC 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1026 PM SNOW 1 NW RIPON 43.86N 88.86W
12/07/2008 M0.5 INCH FOND DU LAC WI TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
KUHLMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 9:35 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 50 hr | |
| Dec 8, 10:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine | 31 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.