Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 17, 2008, 1:53 PM CST for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 18, 2008, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 17 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 17, 2008, 1:53 PM CST (19:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 18, 2008, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2008, 2:11 PM CST
- In force
- 17 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, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine 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), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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 19, 12:06 AM CST | SNOW 0.2 | Madison, WI | SNOW BEGAN SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 0.2 INCHES IN FIRST 15 MINUTES. SNOW BECOMING HEAVIER. |
| Dec 19, 12:48 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Lake Geneva, WI | FELL IN 1 HOUR |
| Dec 19, 1:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI | 0.3 INCH IN FIRST 30 MINS. 1.0 IN THE LAST 30 MINS. SNOW STARTED SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT |
| Dec 19, 1:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | 1 Sw Madison, WI | FELL IN 1 HOUR |
| Dec 19, 1:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 4 W Madison, WI | FELL IN THE LAST HOUR |
| Dec 19, 1:05 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Madison, WI | 2.5 INCHES IN THE PAST 1 1/2 HOURS |
| Dec 19, 1:09 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 2 Ese Waukesha, WI | 1.6 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR. VISIBILITY NEAR 1/8 MILE |
| Dec 19, 1:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.4 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI | 2.4 INCHES IN PAST 1.5HRS. 2.1 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR |
| Dec 19, 1:33 AM CST | SNOW 3.2 | 4 W Madison, WI | VERY HEAVY SNOW FALLING. 1.4 INCHES IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES |
| Dec 19, 1:40 AM CST | SNOW 3.4 | 2 Ese Waukesha, WI | 1.7 INCHES IN THE PAST 30 MINS |
| Dec 19, 1:46 AM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Janesville, WI | 1.2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR |
| Dec 19, 2:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI | 1.7 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR |
| Dec 19, 2:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Sw Madison, WI | 3.5 INCHES SINCE SNOW BEGAN AT MIDNIGHT |
| Dec 19, 2:04 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 W Madison, WI | 0.8 INCHES IN LAST 30 MINS |
| Dec 19, 2:10 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Sun Prairie, WI | |
| Dec 19, 2:31 AM CST | SNOW 4.6 | 4 W Madison, WI | 0.6 INCHES IN THE PAST 30 MINS |
| Dec 19, 2:45 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | 5.5 INCHES IN THE PAST 3 HOURS |
| Dec 19, 2:48 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Janesville, WI | |
| Dec 19, 3:10 AM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Oconomowoc, WI | |
| Dec 19, 3:15 AM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Pardeeville, WI | |
| Dec 19, 3:15 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI | |
| Dec 19, 3:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Sun Prairie, WI | THUNDER BETWEEN 2AM AND 3AM |
| Dec 19, 3:20 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 7 Nw Milwaukee, WI | |
| Dec 19, 3:37 AM CST | SNOW 3.1 | 6 N Oxford, WI | MODERATE SNOW...SNOW HAS FALLEN OVER LAST 2 HOURS |
| Dec 19, 3:40 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Pardeeville, WI | |
| Dec 19, 3:40 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Janesville, WI | |
| Dec 19, 3:45 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Hartland, WI | |
| Dec 19, 3:48 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | 1 Ene Hartford, WI | ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED |
| Dec 19, 3:50 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Ese Pewaukee, WI | |
| Dec 19, 3:59 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Random Lake, WI | 3 INCHES OVER THE PAST 2.5 HOURS |
| Dec 19, 4:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Sun Prairie, WI | |
| Dec 19, 4:05 AM CST | SNOW 3.6 | 2 E Holy Hill, WI | MODERATE SNOW AT OBSERVATION |
| Dec 19, 4:25 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | Black Earth, WI | |
| Dec 19, 4:39 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Janesville, WI | |
| Dec 19, 4:43 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | Menomonee Falls, WI | |
| Dec 19, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.4 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI | |
| Dec 19, 5:10 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Waterford, WI | |
| Dec 19, 5:10 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | 2 E Holy Hill, WI | HEAVY SNOW AT OBSERVATION |
| Dec 19, 5:20 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | North Bay, WI | HEAVY SNOW AND WIND |
| Dec 19, 5:27 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Taycheedah, WI | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT OBSERVATION |
| Dec 19, 5:28 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | Waukesha, WI | SNOW DRIFTS OVER 1 FOOT DEEP |
| Dec 19, 5:36 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | Janesville, WI | |
| Dec 19, 5:40 AM CST | SNOW 5.8 | Lake Geneva, WI | |
| Dec 19, 5:55 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Milton, WI | |
| Dec 19, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Milwaukee International, WI | THUNDERSNOW AT TIME OF OBSERVATION |
| Dec 19, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Caledonia, WI | |
| Dec 19, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | Holy Hill, WI | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. |
| Dec 19, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 Ne Sturtevant, WI | |
| Dec 19, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI | |
| Dec 19, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 S Waukesha, WI | |
| Dec 19, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.6 | Madison, WI | MADISON TRUAX FIELD |
| Dec 19, 6:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Jackson, WI | VISIBILITIES 1/4 MILE. DRIFTS 0 TO 2 FEET ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. |
| Dec 19, 6:24 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Jefferson, WI | |
| Dec 19, 6:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.1 | 1 Sw Sheboygan, WI | |
| Dec 19, 6:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 4 W Brookfield, WI | HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW |
| Dec 19, 6:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Fort Atkinson, WI | |
| Dec 19, 6:35 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 6 Nw Kenosha, WI | |
| Dec 19, 6:41 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.1 | North Prairie, WI | MODERATE SNOW FALLING |
| Dec 19, 6:42 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 1 Sw Watertown, WI | MODERATE SNOW FALLING. |
| Dec 19, 6:43 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Menomonee Falls, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 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 171953 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 153 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO HAMMER THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THURSDAY...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI... REACHING NORTHERN INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS A CLASSIC STORM TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WIDESPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WIZ056-062-063-067>069-180400- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0010.081219T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0009.081219T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ SAUK-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 153 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THURSDAY...THEN TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...REACHING NORTHERN INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRENGTHENING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 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 TO CAUSE 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. $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-064>066-070>072-180400- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0010.081219T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0009.081219T0300Z-081219T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 153 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THURSDAY...THEN TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...REACHING NORTHERN INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INLAND EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT LAKE EFFECT SNOW MAY CAUSE ACCUMULATING SNOW TO LINGER THROUGH THE DAY NEAR THE LAKE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT FROM LAKE EFFECT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRENGTHENING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 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 TO CAUSE 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. $$ BORGHOFF
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMKX 180335 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 935 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO HAMMER THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THURSDAY...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI... REACHING NORTHERN INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS A CLASSIC STORM TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WIDESPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WIZ056-062-063-067>069-181145- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.081219T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ SAUK-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 935 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THURSDAY...THEN TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...REACHING NORTHERN INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRENGTHENING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 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 TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS THURSDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-064>066-070>072-181145- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.081219T0300Z-081219T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 935 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THURSDAY TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THURSDAY...THEN TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...REACHING NORTHERN INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INLAND EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT LAKE EFFECT SNOW MAY CAUSE ACCUMULATING SNOW TO LINGER THROUGH THE DAY NEAR THE LAKE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT FROM LAKE EFFECT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... WHICH WOULD RESULT IN SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRENGTHENING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL BE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ MBK
000 WWUS43 KMKX 180918 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 318 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO HAMMER THE AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI... REACHING NORTHERN INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS A CLASSIC STORM TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WIDESPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WIZ056-062-063-067>069-181730- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.081219T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ SAUK-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 318 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THURSDAY...THEN TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...REACHING NORTHERN INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRENGTHENING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 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 TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS THURSDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-064>066-070>072-181730- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.081219T0300Z-081219T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 318 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THURSDAY...THEN TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...REACHING NORTHERN INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INLAND EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT LAKE EFFECT SNOW MAY CAUSE ACCUMULATING SNOW TO LINGER THROUGH THE DAY NEAR THE LAKE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT FROM LAKE EFFECT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... WHICH WOULD RESULT IN SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRENGTHENING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL BE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ KAPELA/SD
000 WWUS43 KMKX 181654 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1054 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI... REACHING NORTHERN INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS A CLASSIC STORM TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WIDESPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WIZ056-062-063-067>069-190200- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0009.081219T0300Z-081219T1800Z/ SAUK-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1054 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...REACHING NORTHERN INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRENGTHENING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 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 TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS THURSDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-064>066-070>072-190200- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0009.081219T0600Z-081219T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1054 AM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...REACHING NORTHERN INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INLAND EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT LAKE EFFECT SNOW MAY CAUSE ACCUMULATING SNOW TO LINGER THROUGH THE DAY NEAR THE LAKE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT FROM LAKE EFFECT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... WHICH WOULD RESULT IN SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRENGTHENING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL BE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ MRC/BB
000 WWUS43 KMKX 182125 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 325 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM NOW IMMINENT OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI... CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND CENTRAL INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS A CLASSIC STORM TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WIDESPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 9 TO 13 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO MILWAUKEE...TO 8 TO 11 INCHES NORTH OF THIS LINE...WITH 7 TO 9 INCHES NORTH OF A MONTELLO TO FOND DU LAC LINE. WIZ056-062-063-067>069-190530- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.081219T0300Z-081219T1800Z/ SAUK-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 325 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL QUICKLY GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND CENTRAL INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRENGTHENING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 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 TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS THURSDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-064>066-070>072-190530- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.081219T0600Z-081219T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 325 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL QUICKLY GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND CENTRAL INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INLAND FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT LAKE EFFECT SNOW MAY CAUSE ACCUMULATING SNOW TO LINGER THROUGH THE DAY NEAR THE LAKE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 9 TO 13 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO MILWAUKEE...TO 8 TO 11 INCHES NORTH OF THIS LINE...WITH 7 TO 9 INCHES NORTH OF A MONTELLO TO FOND DU LAC LINE. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT FROM LAKE EFFECT LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... WHICH WOULD RESULT IN SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES AN HOUR. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRENGTHENING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL BE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS43 KMKX 190344 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 944 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE AREA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER KANSAS AND TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND CENTRAL INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS A CLASSIC STORM TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WIDESPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SPRING GREEN TO WATERTOWN TO MEQUON...WITH 7 TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED NORTH OF THIS LINE. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY LATER TONIGHT AND WILL BE DANGEROUS FRIDAY MORNING. WIZ056-062-063-067>069-191145- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ SAUK-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 944 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 10 PM AND 1 AM. THERE IS A CHANCE THE SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET AROUND DARLINGTON AND MONROE. THE MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9 AM FRIDAY MORNING RESULTING IN RAPID ACCUMULATIONS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE SNOWFALL INTENSITY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRENGTHENING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE IN THE MONROE AND DODGEVILLE AREAS OVERNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WILL QUICKLY GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND CENTRAL INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. 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 TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...AND WILL BE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-064>066-070>072-191145- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.081219T0600Z-081219T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 944 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BETWEEN 10 PM AND 2 AM. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9 AM FRIDAY MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE SNOWFALL INTENSITY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF INLAND FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT LAKE EFFECT SNOW MAY CAUSE ACCUMULATING SNOW TO LINGER THROUGH THE DAY NEAR THE LAKE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 7 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE IN THE ELKHORN...RACINE AND KENOSHA AREAS OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRENGTHENING EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WILL QUICKLY GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND CENTRAL INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. $$ MBK
000 WWUS43 KMKX 190932 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 332 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOWS TOTALING 7 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE RESPONSIBLE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM MISSOURI TO OHIO BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS A CLASSIC STORM TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT UNTIL ROADS ARE PLOWED. WIZ056-062-063-067>069-191745- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ SAUK-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 332 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...RESULTING IN RAPID ACCUMULATIONS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE SNOWFALL INTENSITY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO MILWAUKEE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 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 TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... AND WILL BE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-064>066-070>072-191745- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 332 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...RESULTING IN RAPID ACCUMULATIONS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE SNOWFALL INTENSITY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO MILWAUKEE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... AND WILL BE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ KAPELA/JJ
000 WWUS43 KMKX 191622 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1022 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM GRADUALLY WINDING DOWN... .THE MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY WIND DOWN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW DIMINISHING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 7 INCHES NEAR MARKESAN AND FOND DU LAC TO AS MUCH AS 14 INCHES OVER MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT UNTIL ROADS ARE PLOWED. DO NOT VENTURE OUT UNLESS IT IS NECESSARY. WIZ056-062-063-067>069-191800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ SAUK-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1022 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS GRADUALLY ENDING. HOWEVER...MANY SECONDARY ROADS STILL HAVE NOT BEEN PLOWED...SO PEOPLE ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO SAY OFF THE ROADS UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. 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 TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... AND WILL BE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-064>066-070>072-192100- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1022 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS GRADUALLY BEGINNING TO DIMINISH...HOWEVER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE NEAR THE LAKE INTO THE AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA AND AREAS NEAR THE LAKE. ELSEWHERE...EXPECT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 7 INCHES NEAR MARKESAN AND FOND DU LAC...TO 10 TO 14 INCHES OVER MANY PORTIONS OF MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... AND WILL BE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS43 KMKX 191743 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1143 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM RAPIDLY DIMINISHING... .LOOK FOR ANY LINGERING SNOW TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS NEAR THE LAKE MAY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. WIZ056-062-063-067>069-191845- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T1800Z/ SAUK-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1143 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO FLURRIES AND THE BLOWING SNOW IS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING. HOWEVER...EXPECT SECONDARY ROADS TO REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ROAD CREWS CAN FINISH CLEARING THE SNOW. $$ WIZ046-047-051-057-058-064-070-191845- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-COLUMBIA-DODGE-JEFFERSON- WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 1143 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF TO FLURRIES AND THE BLOWING SNOW IS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING. HOWEVER...EXPECT SECONDARY ROADS TO REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ROAD CREWS CAN FINISH CLEARING THE SNOW. $$ WIZ052-059-060-065-066-071-072-192100- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T2100Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 1143 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING. LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SECONDARY ROADS TO REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ROAD CREWS CAN FINISH CLEARING THE SNOW. $$ BORGHOFF
000 WWUS43 KMKX 192011 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 211 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...ONE WINTER STORM HAS ENDED WITH ANOTHER ONE APPROACHING FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY... .THE WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND THIS MORNING IS RAPIDLY PUSHING EAST. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...ALL SNOW WITH THAT SYSTEM HAS ENDED. WINDS HAVE ALSO DIMINISHED...RESULTING IN LESS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY SATURDAY MORNING AND STRENGTHEN OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT... PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS AT TIMES BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIZ052-059-060-065-066-071-072-200500- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081219T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.A.0011.081221T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 211 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND THIS MORNING IS RAPIDLY PUSHING EAST. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...ALL SNOW WITH THAT SYSTEM HAS ENDED. WINDS HAVE ALSO DIMINISHED...RESULTING IN LESS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY SATURDAY MORNING AND STRENGTHEN OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT... PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS AT TIMES BY SUNDAY MORNING. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NEED TO STAY UPDATED TO THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ABOUT THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. $$ WIZ046-047-051-056>058-062>064-067>070-200500- /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.A.0011.081221T0000Z-081222T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-IOWA-DANE- JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...DODGEVILLE... MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 211 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY SATURDAY MORNING AND STRENGTHEN OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT... PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE HALF OF A MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS AT TIMES BY SUNDAY MORNING. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NEED TO STAY UPDATED TO THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ABOUT THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. $$ BORGHOFF/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 17, 3:32 AM CST, 10 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 3:32 AM CST, 10 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
332 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008
.TODAY/TONIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT EAST
ACROSS THE WI/IL AREA TODAY. LEFTOVER CLOUDS WILL ERODE TO THE
EAST DURING THE DAYTIME. STAYING CLOSE TO GFS MOS TEMPS FOR
TODAY...MAYBE A POINT OR TWO LOWER DUE TO FRESH SNOW COVER.
.THURSDAY AFTERNOON/NIGHT AND FRIDAY...WELL ANTICIPATED WINTER
STORM APPEARS ON SCHEDULE PER MOST RECENT MODEL RUNS. MODELS HINT
AT KISSING JETS AND DECENT DIFFLUENCE ALOFT THURSDAY NIGHT AS
STRONG AND DEEP VERTICAL MOTION TAKES PLACE. LAPSE RATES IN MID-
LEVELS ARE STEEP AND MOIST ADIABATIC. A LEAD SHORT WAVE TROF
REACHES SOUTHERN WI THURSDAY EVENING FOLLOWED BY STRONGER VORT MAX
INTO IL AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH A HINT OF CLOSING OFF AT 500 MB.
LEANING TOWARD AN ECMWF/GFS SOLUTION. SPEED CONVERGENCE AT 850 MB
THURSDAY NIGHT OVER SOUTHERN WI DUE TO STRONG 65 KNOT LOW-LEVEL
JET IN ILLINOIS. THERE IS ALSO DECENT FRONTO-FORCING AND SOME
INSTABILITY NEAR THE -15C ZONE. MOST RECENT ECMWF RUN PUSHES THE
850 MB ZERO LINE DOWN TO ILLINOIS BORDER...BUT THICKNESS VALUES OF
540 TO 543 FOR A WHILE SUGGEST SOME FREEZING RAIN/SLEET MIXED IN
WITH THE SNOW NEAR SOUTHERN BORDER. SO WILL CONTINUE PREVIOUS
WINTER STORM WATCH...WITH CHANCE OF SOME THUNDERSNOW/SLANTWISE
CONVECTION. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES STILL SEEMS REASONABLE.
ALSO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN OPEN AREAS. HOPEFULLY ICING WILL
ONLY BE ON ORDER OF 1/8 INCH...ALTHOUGH A BIT MORE IS POSSIBLE.
.FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY...BRIEF BREAK IN THE ACTION AS SHORT-WAVE
RIDGING TAKES PLACE ALOFT...AND WEAK AND FLAT SURFACE RIDGE DRIFTS
ACROSS THE AREA.
.SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY...ANOTHER STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND VORTICTY
MAX AFFECT THE WI AREA. ECMWWF/GFS SOLUTIONS SHOWS STRONG
CYCLOGENESIS AS UPPER LOW CUTS OFF OVER CENTRAL WI. MEANWHILE 850
MB LOW CUTS OFF OVER NORTHERN IL. SPEED CONVERGENCE IN WARM AIR
ADVECTION AT 850 MB WITH TEMPS IN THE -6/07C RANGE. SEVERAL INCHES
OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM AS SURFACE LOW DEEPENS OVER
LOWER MICHIGAN. INVERTED TROF HANGS BACK INTO WI AS WELL...AND
THERE WILL PROBABLY BE SOME LAKE-ENHANCEMENT GIVING LOW LEVEL FLOW.
&&
.AVIATION...MVFR CIGS WORKING OUT OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.
EXPECT VFR CIGS TO PREDOMINATE BY 12Z...THEN SCOUR OUT TO PARTLY
CLOUDY AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE WORKS INTO THE AREA. THERE ARE SOME
BREAKS IN THE OVERCAST ALREADY...IN SUBSIDENCE BEHIND DEPARTING MID
LEVEL SHORT WAVE. BUT DON/T EXPECT OVERALL SCATTERED CLOUDS AT KMSN
UNTIL AFTER 16Z AND KMKE AFTER 17Z THIS MORNING. THE NEXT ROUND OF
SIGNFICANT WEATHER WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH
THE APPROACH OF A WINTER STORM.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
FOR WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072.
LM...NONE.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...34
AVIATION/MARINE...05Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 4:18 AM CST, 9 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 418 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-181030- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 418 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MANY ROADS ACROSS THE AREA REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL TAKE AIM ON THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. EIGHT TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...AND THAT MAY HELP TO ENHANCE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN LOCAL AREAS. AN ICY MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE WISCONSIN/ILLINOIS BORDER THURSDAY EVENING. SEE WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. LMZ643>646-181030- 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- 418 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE NEEDED THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY EVENING...AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. DAVIS WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 17, 8:10 AM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
810 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0709 AM SNOW BERLIN 43.97N 88.95W
12/17/2008 M2.5 INCH GREEN LAKE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
PZABELLocal storm report, Dec 17, 8:19 AM CST, 5 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
819 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW 3 SE PALMYRA 42.85N 88.55W
12/17/2008 M3.5 INCH JEFFERSON WI NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
PZABELLocal storm report, Dec 17, 8:23 AM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
823 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW 3 W MADISON 43.08N 89.44W
12/17/2008 M3.5 INCH DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
PZABELLocal storm report, Dec 17, 8:45 AM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
845 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 AM SNOW BROWN DEER 43.17N 87.97W
12/17/2008 M4.0 INCH MILWAUKEE WI DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
0230 AM SNOW SUN PRAIRIE 43.18N 89.23W
12/17/2008 M5.5 INCH DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0330 AM SNOW PEWAUKEE 43.09N 88.25W
12/17/2008 M3.8 INCH WAUKESHA WI BROADCAST MEDIA
0335 AM SNOW BLACK EARTH 43.14N 89.75W
12/17/2008 M4.3 INCH DANE WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0455 AM SNOW MENOMONEE FALLS 43.15N 88.13W
12/17/2008 M3.9 INCH WAUKESHA WI PUBLIC
0600 AM SNOW 1 ESE PEWAUKEE 43.08N 88.23W
12/17/2008 M3.0 INCH WAUKESHA WI NWS EMPLOYEE
0600 AM SNOW JACKSON 43.32N 88.16W
12/17/2008 M4.0 INCH WASHINGTON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0628 AM SNOW RANDOM LAKE 43.56N 87.96W
12/17/2008 M3.0 INCH SHEBOYGAN WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 3 W MADISON 43.08N 89.44W
12/17/2008 M3.5 INCH DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 3 SE PALMYRA 42.85N 88.55W
12/17/2008 M3.5 INCH JEFFERSON WI NWS EMPLOYEE
0709 AM SNOW BERLIN 43.97N 88.95W
12/17/2008 M2.5 INCH GREEN LAKE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0709 AM SNOW 1 NW RIPON 43.86N 88.86W
12/17/2008 M3.8 INCH FOND DU LAC WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0709 AM SNOW ORFORDVILLE 42.63N 89.26W
12/17/2008 M3.0 INCH ROCK WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0709 AM SNOW 2 ESE WAUKESHA 43.00N 88.20W
12/17/2008 M3.5 INCH WAUKESHA WI NWS EMPLOYEE
0709 AM SNOW ALBION 42.88N 89.07W
12/17/2008 M3.0 INCH DANE WI PUBLIC
&&
PZABELLocal storm report, Dec 17, 9:07 AM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
907 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0850 AM SNOW 1 N WATERTOWN 43.21N 88.72W
12/17/2008 M3.0 INCH DODGE WI PUBLIC
0906 AM SNOW CALEDONIA 42.81N 87.92W
12/17/2008 M2.2 INCH RACINE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
PZABELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 3:38 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 40 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.