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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Green Bay, WI

January 3, 20097 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter storm warning at Jan 3, 2009, 5:14 AM CST for 7 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 3, 2009, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 2 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
Jan 3, 2009, 5:14 AM CST (11:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 3, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 4, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:17 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 3, 7:05 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Minocqua, WIMIXED PRECIPITATION REPORTED. ICY ROAD CONDITIONS REPORTED ON HWY 51.
Jan 4, 4:28 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.2Abrams, WIICY ROADS AND ICING ON TREES.

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2009-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2009-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -123 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1085 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
98 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KGRB 031114
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
514 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...HEAVY SNOW NORTH AND MIXED PRECIPITATION ELSEWHERE TONIGHT...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL
BRING A WINTRY MIX TO THE AREA. ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
RANGING FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER VILAS
COUNTY. WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON MAY
PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. 

MEANWHILE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...AIR ALOFT
BECOMING WARMER WILL PRODUCE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL
MAY BECOME SLIPPERY THIS EVENING.  OVERNIGHT...AS COLDER AIR WORKS
INTO THE AREA...THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW WITH
AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.

WIZ005-010>012-031800-
/O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0001.090104T0000Z-090104T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0001.090104T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON
514 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER TODAY
AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.
THE SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH SUNDAY MORNING.  ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO
10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE HIGHER
AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER VILAS COUNTY. 

WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH ON SUNDAY AND
GENERATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION...OR WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED.
THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING
511.

$$

WIZ030-035-036-045-031800-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.090103T2100Z-090104T1200Z/
MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
514 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A 
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY.

A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON....CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING...THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY
MORNING. AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH INCH MIXED WITH SOME
SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT...2 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY MORNING.

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. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ013-018>022-031-037>040-048>050-073-074-031800-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.090104T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-
DOOR-SHAWANO-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...
STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...OSHKOSH...
CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
514 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
SUNDAY.

A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN TURN TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT
BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY MORNING. AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH
INCH MIXED WITH SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING.
AFTER MIDNIGHT...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY MORNING.

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. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$
TH
7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KGRB 031652
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1052 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...HEAVY SNOW NORTH AND MIXED PRECIPITATION ELSEWHERE TONIGHT...

.A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM TRACKING INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL
BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. MAINLY SNOW IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND SOME
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN. PRIMARILY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ACROSS
EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY MORNING. BUT COLDER AIR SURGING INTO THE AREA ON INCREASING
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GENERATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AT
LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL.

WIZ005-010>012-032200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0001.090104T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON
1052 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING AND THEN BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS
OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING...WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER VILAS COUNTY.

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON SUNDAY AND GENERATE
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME
CAUTION...OR WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED. THE LATEST WISCONSIN
ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ030-035-036-045-032200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.090103T2100Z-090104T1200Z/
MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
1052 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. 

SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN A MIX OF
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. A TOTAL
SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE NORTH OF WAUSAU...WITH
LESSER TOTALS TO THE SOUTH. OF MORE CONSEQUENCE WILL BE THE
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WHICH WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ013-018>022-031-037>040-048>050-073-074-032200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.090104T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-
DOOR-SHAWANO-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...
STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...OSHKOSH...
CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
1052 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. 

MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS TONIGHT. MIXED FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED IN
EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF GLAZING IS
POSSIBLE ON OUTDOOR SURFACES. FARTHER NORTH...FROM CENTRAL INTO
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE PRIMARILY SNOW AND
SLEET. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES
JUST NORTH OF GREEN BAY...TO 3 TO 5 INCHES IN A BAND FROM TOMAHAWK
AND MERRILL...EAST...TO THE WAUSAUKEE AND CRIVITZ AREAS.

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. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

JS
000 
WWUS43 KGRB 032046
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
246 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...HEAVY SNOW NORTH AND MIXED PRECIPITATION ELSEWHERE TONIGHT...

.A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION
WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND
EARLY SUNDAY. MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. A MIX OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND SOME FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM CENTRAL
THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. PRIMARILY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY MORNING. BUT COLDER AIR SURGING INTO THE AREA ON
INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GENERATE SOME DRIFTING OF THE SNOW
AT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL.

WIZ005-040400-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0001.090104T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
VILAS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EAGLE RIVER
246 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE
SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...BUT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED
BY MID-MORNING SUNDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME
CAUTION...OR WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED. THE LATEST WISCONSIN
ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ010>012-040400-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0001.090104T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RHINELANDER...CRANDON
246 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.
THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND COULD ALSO BE MIXED WITH A
LITTLE SLEET THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED
BY MID-MORNING SUNDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME
CAUTION...OR WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED. THE LATEST WISCONSIN
ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ013-018-019-021-073-040400-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.090104T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-NORTHERN OCONTO-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...CRIVITZ
246 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. 

MIXED SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING. THE
MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT...THEN
CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF
SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED BY MID-MORNING SUNDAY.

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. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ030-035-036-045-040400-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.090103T2100Z-090104T1200Z/
MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
246 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING. THE FREEZING
DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW
DURING THE EVENING...THEN TO PRIMARILY SNOW AS IT DIMINISHES LATE
TONIGHT. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW
IS EXPECTED NORTH OF WAUSAU...WITH AN INCH OR TWO EXPECTED TO THE
SOUTH.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ020-022-031-037-074-040400-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.090104T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
MENOMINEE-DOOR-SHAWANO-WAUPACA-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY
246 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. 

FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY EVENING. THE
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...
AND SNOW BY LATE EVENING...THEN TO PRIMARILY SNOW LATE TONIGHT. A
TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED
BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION ENDS MID-MORNING SUNDAY.

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. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ038>040-048>050-040400-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.090104T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
246 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY. 

FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY EVENING. THE
INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE...WITH FREEZING RAIN
MIXED WITH SLEET EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN
WILL CAUSE OUTDOOR SURFACES TO BECOME ENCRUSTED IN A THIN LAYER OF
GLARE ICE. UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS
BY LATE EVENING.

THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW LATE TONIGHT...AND
THEN END SUNDAY MORNING. AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND
SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING
511.

$$

JS
000 
WWUS43 KGRB 040217
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
817 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...HEAVY SNOW NORTH AND MIXED PRECIPITATION ELSEWHERE TONIGHT...

.A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION
IS BRINGING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND
INTO EARLY SUNDAY. MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR NORTH.
A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND SOME FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM
CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. PRIMARILY FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET IS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY MORNING. BUT COLDER AIR SURGING INTO THE AREA ON
INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GENERATE SOME DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW AT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL.

WIZ005-041030-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
VILAS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EAGLE RIVER
817 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...WILL BECOMING WIDESPREAD AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW
COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...BUT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY
MID-MORNING SUNDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME
CAUTION...OR WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED. THE LATEST WISCONSIN
ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ010>012-041030-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RHINELANDER...CRANDON
817 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. 

A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY
MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO DIMINISH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6
INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MID-MORNING SUNDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME
CAUTION...OR WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED. THE LATEST WISCONSIN
ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ013-018-019-021-073-041030-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-NORTHERN OCONTO-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...CRIVITZ
817 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

MIXED SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
MUCH OF THE NIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE. A TOTAL
ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED BY
MID-MORNING SUNDAY.

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. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ030-035-036-045-041030-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1200Z/
MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
817 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MUCH OF THE EVENING...THEN TO CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW AS IT DIMINISHES
LATE TONIGHT. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SLEET AND
SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF WAUSAU...WITH AN INCH OR TWO EXPECTED TO
THE SOUTH.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ020-022-031-037-074-041030-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
MENOMINEE-DOOR-SHAWANO-WAUPACA-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY
817 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
THE EVENING...THEN TO CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW AS IT DIMINISHES LATE
TONIGHT. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW
IS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION ENDS MID- MORNING
SUNDAY.

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. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ038>040-048>050-041030-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
817 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
THE EVENING...THEN TO CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW TOWARDS MORNING AS IT
DIMINISHES. AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. 

THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE OUTDOOR SURFACES TO BECOME ENCRUSTED
IN A THIN LAYER OF GLARE ICE. UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS
COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS BY LATE EVENING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND
SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING
511.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KGRB 040431
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1031 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...HEAVY SNOW NORTH AND MIXED PRECIPITATION ELSEWHERE TONIGHT...

.A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION IS
BRINGING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND
INTO EARLY SUNDAY. MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR NORTH.
A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND SOME FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM
CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. PRIMARILY FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET IS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY MORNING. BUT COLDER AIR SURGING INTO THE AREA ON
INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GENERATE SOME DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW AT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. INCREASING
WINDS ON SUNDAY ALSO MAY LEAD TO A FEW DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER LINES
DUE TO THE ICE ACCRETION TONIGHT.

WIZ005-041245-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
VILAS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EAGLE RIVER
1031 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW
COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED
BY MID-MORNING SUNDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME
CAUTION...OR WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED. THE LATEST WISCONSIN
ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ010>012-041245-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RHINELANDER...CRANDON
1031 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW AND SLEET...WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY
AT TIMES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. A TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS
EXPECTED BY MID-MORNING SUNDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME
CAUTION...OR WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED. THE LATEST WISCONSIN
ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ013-018-019-021-073-041245-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-NORTHERN OCONTO-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...CRIVITZ
1031 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

MIXED SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
MUCH OF THE NIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE. A TOTAL
ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED BY
MID-MORNING SUNDAY.

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. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ030-035-036-045-041200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1200Z/
MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
1031 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MIDNIGHT...THEN TO CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW AS IT DIMINISHES LATE
TONIGHT. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW
IS EXPECTED NORTH OF WAUSAU...WITH AROUND AN INCH EXPECTED TO THE
SOUTH. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ020-022-031-037-074-041245-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
MENOMINEE-DOOR-SHAWANO-WAUPACA-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY
1031 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT... 
THEN CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW AS IT DIMINISHES LATE TONIGHT. A TOTAL
ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED...
WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH BY THE TIME
THE PRECIPITATION ENDS MID-MORNING SUNDAY..

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. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ038>040-048>050-041245-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
1031 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...
THEN CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW TOWARDS MORNING AS IT DIMINISHES.
AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH.

THE FREEZING RAIN HAS CAUSED OUTDOOR SURFACES TO BECOME ENCRUSTED
IN A THIN LAYER OF GLARE ICE. UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS
ARE TREACHEROUS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND
SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING
511.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KGRB 040757
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
157 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...SNOW NORTH AND MIXED PRECIPITATION ELSEWHERE TONIGHT...

.A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION IS
BRINGING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE EARLY THIS MORNING
MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN. PRIMARILY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ACROSS
EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING.
BUT COLDER AIR SURGING INTO THE AREA ON INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL GENERATE SOME DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AT LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE
A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. INCREASING WINDS ON SUNDAY ALSO MAY LEAD
TO A FEW DOWNED BRANCHES AND POWER LINES DUE TO THE ICE ACCRETION
TONIGHT.

WIZ013-019-021-041200-
/O.UPG.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
/O.EXA.KGRB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-NORTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ANTIGO
157 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE WARNING REPLACES 
THE WEATHER ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.

A MIX OF MAINLY FREEZING RAIN...WITH SLEET AND SNOW HAS FALLEN
EARLIER OVERNIGHT AND HAS COATED THE AREA WITH ABOUT ONE TENTH
INCH OR SO OF ICE.  RADAR INDICATES ANOTHER BAND OF FREEZING RAIN
WILL PASS OVER BETWEEN 2 AM AND 4 AM TO ADD TO THE ICE
ACCUMULATION. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND
SNOW.

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. THE
LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.
SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES MAY BE IMPACTED THIS MORNING IF
SIGNIFICANT ICING OCCURS.

$$

WIZ005-041200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
VILAS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EAGLE RIVER
157 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

SNOW...WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW
COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS 
SUNDAY MORNING. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED
BY MID-MORNING SUNDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME
CAUTION...OR WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED. THE LATEST WISCONSIN
ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ010>012-041200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RHINELANDER...CRANDON
157 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

SNOW AND SLEET...WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY
AT TIMES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. A TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS
EXPECTED BY MID-MORNING SUNDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME
CAUTION...OR WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED. THE LATEST WISCONSIN
ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ018-073-041200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
LINCOLN-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...CRIVITZ
157 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

MIXED SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
MUCH OF THE NIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE. A TOTAL
ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED BY
MID-MORNING SUNDAY.

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. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ030-035-036-045-041200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1200Z/
MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
157 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING. 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY
SNOW BEFORE IT DIMINISHES THIS MORNING. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 1
TO 3 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF WAUSAU...WITH
AROUND AN INCH EXPECTED TO THE SOUTH. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND
A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ020-022-031-037-074-041200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
MENOMINEE-DOOR-SHAWANO-WAUPACA-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY
157 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING
THEN CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW AS IT DIMINISHES LATER THIS MORNING. A
TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW IS
EXPECTED...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH BY
THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION ENDS MID-MORNING.

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. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ038>040-048>050-041200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
157 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS 
MORNING...THEN CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW TOWARDS MORNING AS IT
DIMINISHES. AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH.

THE FREEZING RAIN HAS CAUSED OUTDOOR SURFACES TO BECOME ENCRUSTED
IN A THIN LAYER OF GLARE ICE. UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS
ARE TREACHEROUS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND
SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING
511.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KGRB 041043
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
443 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...MIXED PRECIPITATION COMING TO AN END THIS MORNING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION TO THE
AREA OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EAST THIS MORNING.  WHILE
PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN...A BAND OF MAINLY
FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.

WIZ005-010-041145-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER
443 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...LIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER THIS MORNING.

$$

WIZ030-035-036-045-041145-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1200Z/
MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
443 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

THE MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS OR FLURRIES THIS MORNING. 

$$

WIZ018-041145-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1500Z/
LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TOMAHAWK
443 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

THE MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS OR FLURRIES THIS MORNING. 

$$

WIZ013-019-021-041200-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1200Z/
NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-NORTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ANTIGO
443 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING. 

A MIXED BAND OF MAINLY FREEZING RAIN...WITH SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW
WILL DEPART THE AREA BETWEEN 5 AM AND 6 AM. THERE IS A CHANCE OF
SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.

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. THE LATEST
WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. SOME
TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES MAY BE IMPACTED THIS MORNING IF
SIGNIFICANT ICING OCCURS.

$$

WIZ011-012-041200-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1200Z/
FOREST-FLORENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRANDON
443 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING. 

A MIXED BAND OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEPART THE
AREA BETWEEN 5 AM AND 6 AM. THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING
SNOW HAS ENDED. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION...OR WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED.
THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING
511.

$$

WIZ020-022-031-037-073-074-041200-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1200Z/
MENOMINEE-DOOR-SHAWANO-WAUPACA-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...CRIVITZ
443 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING. 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEPART TO THE EAST OF DOOR
COUNTY AROUND 6 AM.  AREA ROADS ARE REPORTED TO BE HAZARDOUS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...AND
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS
CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

$$

WIZ038>040-048>050-041200-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1200Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
443 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING. 

A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAS ENDED BUT AREA ROADS
ARE REPORTED TO BE HAZARDOUS. UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS
WILL CONTINUE TO BE TREACHEROUS THIS MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND
SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD
CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KGRB 041207 AAA
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
607 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

......ICY ACCUMULATION DUE TO FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION TO THE
AREA OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EAST THIS MORNING.
ACCUMULATING ICE DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED...HOWEVER
ROADS WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS UNTIL TREATED THIS MORNING.

WIZ011>013-019-021-041315-
/O.EXP.KGRB.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090104T1200Z/
FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-NORTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO
607 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER EARLY
THIS MORNING BUT THE THREAT OF ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION HAS
ENDED. UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS THIS MORNING.

$$

WIZ020-022-031-037>040-048>050-073-074-041315-
/O.EXP.KGRB.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090104T1200Z/
MENOMINEE-DOOR-SHAWANO-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-
CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...
GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS...CRIVITZ
607 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER EARLY
THIS MORNING BUT THE THREAT OF ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION HAS
ENDED. UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS THIS MORNING.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 3, 3:45 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 3:45 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
345 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

.SHORT TERM...TODAY/TONIGHT/SUNDAY. COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN DURING
THIS PERIOD WITH VARIOUS HEADLINES BEING ISSUED DUE TO PCPN TYPE.
BUT FIRST AT 09Z THIS AM A NARROW BAND OF LIGHT SNOW EXTENDED FROM
AROUND ASHLAND TO NEAR RHI TO GRB. THIS BAND ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK
WAA AND THE RRQ OF OF UPPER JET. THIS BAND WAS LIFTING NEWD AS
THIS REGION OF UPPER JET DYNAMICS SHIFT EAST. OTHERWISE EXPECT A
LULL IN THE PCPN ANTICIPATED EARLY TODAY PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF
THE SHORT WAVE TROF LATER TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. LACK OF
LOW CLOUDS EARLY INDICATE FZDZ NOT A THREAT AT THIS TIME. DUE NOTE
LOW LEVEL CLOUDS OVER STATES TO THE SOUTH WERE WORKING NORTH.

FOR THE LATER AFTERNOON HOURS AND ESPECIALLY THE EVENING BETWEEN 4-5
G/KG IS LIFTED NORTH INTO THE AREA. SOUNDINGS INITIALLY SUPPORT
MAINLY SNOW BUT THEN BECOMES MIXED WITH OR CHANGES TO FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE WAA AHEAD OF THE
TROF. AIR MASS IS RELATIVELY STABLE TO THE SOUTH SO DO NOT
ANTICIPATE ANY CONVECTION TO INTERSECT THIS MOISTURE INTO THE
AREA.  ISSUED AN ADVISORY FOR MUCH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING DUE TO THE EXPECTED MIX.  ACROSS
THE NORTH WHERE MORE SNOW IS ANTICIPATED...ISSUED A WARNING FOR 6
INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW. TEMP PROFILE SUGGESTS A PERIOD OF HEAVY
SNOW OVER NC WI DURING THE STRENGTH OF THE WAA EARLY THIS
EVENING...THEN LULLS AS BEST SNOW GROWTH REGION LIFTS NORTH...BUT
THEN COLDER AIR RETURNS ALOFT AS THE LFQ REGION OF THE UPPER JET
WORKS OVER THE REGION FOR ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW OF MOD TO HEAVY
SNOW. IN ADDITION...THE H8 TROF LINGERS OVER THE NORTHEAST HALF OF
THE FORECAST AREA IN THE MORNING FOR THE LONGER DURATION OF
HEADLINES SUNDAY MORNING.

NEAR STEADY TEMPS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING
WEST ON SUNDAY.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
TIMING THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOWFALL IS THE MAIN CONCERN DURING THIS
PART OF THE FORECAST.

PRECIPITATION TIMING WILL DEPEND ON THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF A
LONGWAVE TROUGH AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE CONUS. THERE ARE SOME
TIMING DIFFERENCES AMONG THE MODELS...WITH THE 00Z GFS SHOWING QPF
ACROSS THE AREA SOONER THAN DOES THE 00Z ECMWF-HIRES. COMPARISON OF
12Z RUNS HAD THE TROUGH FARTHER EAST ON THE UKMET THAN OTHER
MODELS. PER HPC DISCUSSION IT APPEARS THAT A BLEND OF THE NON-UKMET
MODELS IS FAVORED. DUE TO THE MODEL DIFFERENCES AND SUGGESTED
BLEND...HAVE LEFT TUESDAY AS THE STARTING TIME FOR POPS ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. POPS WERE LEFT IN THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY AS THE LONGWAVE TROUGH TAKES ON A MORE NEGATIVE TILT.
HAVE ONLY LEFT CHANCE POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS.
WENT WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE NORTH DUE TO POSSIBILITY OF
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THERE.
&&

.AVIATION...BAND OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS FROM RHI TO SUE WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST THIS AM...OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL BECOME IFR LATER
TODAY INTO TONIGHT AS MOISTURE WORKS INTO THE AREA AND MIXED PCPN
DEVELOPS.
&&

.GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
SUNDAY FOR WIZ013-018>022-031-037>040-048>050-073-074.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY FOR WIZ030-035-036-045.

WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY
FOR WIZ005-010>012.

&&

TDH/MG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 3:42 PM CST, 13 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
342 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-032145-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
342 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION THIS
WEEKEND WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN...
WHILE A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM
TOMAHAWK TO IRON MOUNTAIN. WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTED
FOR THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE STATE...INCLUDING MUCH OF NORTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.  PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS THIS WEEKEND SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR THIS
SYSTEM.

ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MAY AFFECT NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. DEPENDING ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF
THIS SYSTEM...THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR MORE SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

LMZ521-522-541>543-032145-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
342 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2009

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...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY
EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.

TSK/AK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 4:44 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB49 hr
Jan 3, 5:14 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRBBrown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Langlade, Lincoln and 12 more25 hr

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Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2009Every winter storm warning in 2009

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.