Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter storm warning at Feb 25, 2009, 3:52 PM CST for 22 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 26, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 11 hr. 33 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
- Feb 25, 2009, 3:52 PM CST (21:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2009, 11:05 PM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
All 22 counties
Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 4:17 PM CST | SNOW 0.9 | 3 E De Pere, WI | LEDGEVIEW AREA |
| Feb 26, 4:17 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Colby, WI | |
| Feb 26, 4:29 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Wausau, WI | REPORT FROM WSAW-TV |
| Feb 26, 4:32 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 3 E De Pere, WI | LEDGEVIEW AREA |
| Feb 26, 4:45 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Merrill, WI | HEAVY SNOW |
| Feb 26, 4:54 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 E Green Bay, WI | |
| Feb 26, 4:55 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Coloma, WI | |
| Feb 26, 5:27 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2.3 | 3 E Wild Rose, WI | |
| Feb 26, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Oshkosh, WI | SLEET...FREEZING RAIN/DRIZLE |
| Feb 26, 5:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.1 | Merrill, WI | |
| Feb 26, 5:35 PM CST | SNOW 2 | White Lake, WI | |
| Feb 26, 5:40 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Wausau, WI | |
| Feb 26, 5:50 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 2 Sw Green Bay, WI | |
| Feb 26, 5:50 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | De Pere, WI | |
| Feb 26, 5:59 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Bellevue, WI | |
| Feb 26, 6:10 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.4 | Ne Green Bay, WI | |
| Feb 26, 6:15 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 E De Pere, WI | |
| Feb 26, 6:20 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 1 N Colby, WI | |
| Feb 26, 6:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.8 | Hortonville, WI | |
| Feb 26, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Plover, WI | |
| Feb 26, 7:25 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Lake Tomahawk, WI | |
| Feb 26, 7:35 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | White Lake, WI | |
| Feb 26, 7:50 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Appleton, WI | |
| Feb 26, 7:58 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.7 | Elcho, WI | |
| Feb 26, 8:05 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.9 | Three Lakes, WI | |
| Feb 26, 8:40 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Boulder Junction, WI | |
| Feb 26, 8:42 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.6 | Shawano, WI | |
| Feb 26, 8:55 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Oshkosh, WI | |
| Feb 26, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.2 | New London, WI | |
| Feb 26, 9:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Green Bay, WI | |
| Feb 26, 10:05 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Conover, WI | |
| Feb 26, 10:05 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Tomahawk, WI | |
| Feb 26, 10:10 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.6 | Bellevue, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 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 KGRB 252152 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 352 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL DEEPEN AND LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD THE WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS BORDER BY THURSDAY EVENING...THEN INTO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS. WIZ005-010>012-260600- /O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 352 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ013-018>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-260600- /O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T1200Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO- MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ 352 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ022-038>040-045-048>050-260600- /O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T1200Z/ DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 352 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...ESPECIALLY AT THE ONSET THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER AMOUNTS IF ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS SNOW. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ BERSCH/AK
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGRB 260458 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1058 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT WILL DEEPEN AND LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD THE WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS BORDER BY THURSDAY EVENING...THEN INTO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS. WIZ005-010>012-261200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 1058 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ013-018>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-261200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T1200Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO- MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ 1058 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ022-038>040-045-048>050-261200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T1200Z/ DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 1058 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...ESPECIALLY AT THE ONSET THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER AMOUNTS IF ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS SNOW. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$
000 WWUS43 KGRB 261038 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 438 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL DEEPEN AND LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD THE WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS BORDER BY THIS EVENING...THEN INTO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY IN THE FOX VALLEY. WIZ005-010>012-262200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T1200Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 438 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ013-018>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-262200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T1200Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO- MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ 438 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ022-038>040-045-048>050-262200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T1200Z/ DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 438 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. FROM WAUTOMA AND OSHKOSH AND MANITOWOC...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SNOW BY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH AROUND 6 INCHES IN THE SOUTH WHERE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL REDUCE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CRAVEN
000 WWUS43 KGRB 261252 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 652 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL DEEPEN AND LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD THE WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS BORDER BY THIS EVENING...THEN INTO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN FOX VALLEY. WIZ005-010>012-262100- /O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T0600Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 652 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ013-018>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-262100- /O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T0900Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO- MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ 652 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ022-038>040-045-048>050-262100- /O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T0900Z/ DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 652 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. FROM WAUTOMA TO OSHKOSH TO MANITOWOC...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH AROUND 6 INCHES IN THE SOUTH WHERE THE SLEET WILL REDUCE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$
000 WWUS43 KGRB 261747 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1147 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM QUICKLY APPROACHING THE REGION... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MIDWEST WILL DEEPEN AND LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD THE WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS BORDER BY THIS EVENING...THEN INTO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MARSHFIELD TO STURGEON BAY. WIZ005-010>012-270200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T0600Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 1147 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. MODERATE WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ013-018>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-270200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T0900Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO- MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ 1147 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ022-038>040-045-048>050-270200- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.090226T1800Z-090227T0900Z/ DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 1147 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTH WHERE THE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL REDUCE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ BERSCH
000 WWUS43 KGRB 262154 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 354 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...QUICK HITTING WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION... .LOW PRESSURE OVER IOWA WILL DEEPEN AND LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD THE WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS BORDER BY THIS EVENING...THEN INTO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MARSHFIELD TO STURGEON BAY. WIZ005-010>012-270600- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 354 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ013-018>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-270600- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0900Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO- MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-SOUTHERN MARINETTE- SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ 354 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVER SPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ022-038>040-045-048>050-270600- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0900Z/ DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY... ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 354 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FOX VALLEY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH WERE MORE MIXING IS EXPECTED. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ BERSCH
000 WWUS43 KGRB 270506 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1105 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LINGERS OVER EASTERN WISCONSIN... .SNOW HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING HOWEVER STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ020>022-031-038>040-048>050-073-074-270900- /O.CAN.KGRB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WW.Y.0008.090227T0505Z-090227T0900Z/ MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-SHAWANO-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 1105 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BETWEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL EARLIER TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER INCH POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT. MOST IMPACTED WILL BE EAST TO WEST ROADS IN RURAL LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ013-018-019-030-035>037-045-270615- /O.CAN.KGRB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0900Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA- WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA 1105 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW OVERNIGHT. $$ WIZ005-010>012-270615- /O.CAN.KGRB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090227T0600Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON 1105 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW OVERNIGHT. $$ TH
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 Feb 25, 3:03 PM CST, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 3:03 PM CST, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 303 PM CST WED FEB 25 2009 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. MAIN FOCUS IS ON DEVELOPING WINTER STORM APPROACHING THE AREA. CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING AS SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR BRIEFLY MOVES AND THE LOW CLOUDS CLEAR OUT. HIGH CLOUDS WILL INCREASE OUT AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. THE 12Z MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FAVORING THE SURFACE LOW TRACK FROM NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...TO NEAR MILWAUKEE...THEN INTO LOWER MICHIGAN. THIS IS A FAVORABLE TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. MODELS STILL SHOW GOOD DIVERGENCE AND FRONTOGENTIC FORCING MOVING INTO NORTHEAST WISCONSIN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CONCERNED ABOUT MIXING ACROSS THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AS MODELS SHOW WARM LAYER ALOFT REACHING GREEN BAY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BEST CHANCE FOR MIXING WILL BE ACROSS WINNEGABO...CALUMET...AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES...SO WILL REDUCE SNOWFALL TOTALS SLIGHTLY THERE. IF MODELS SHOW A NORTHWARD JOG WITH THE STORM...LIKE A FEW HAVE THIS WINTER...THE MIX LINE WILL HAVE TO BE SHIFTED NORTH AND SNOW TOTALS ACROSS THE SOUTH WILL NEED TO BE LOWERED. DID NOT ADD MUCH ACCUMULATION DUE TO LAKE ENHANCEMENT FOR THE LAKESHORE SINCE THE NORTHEAST WINDS DO NOT LAST FOR LONG. THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED THOUGH. JUST NORTH OF THE MIXING LINE IS WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND WILL SET UP. CURRENT THINKING THIS BAND WILL BE FROM MARSHFIELD TO MENOMINEE. AFTER COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES...WILL BE ISSUING A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE CWA FROM 18Z THURSDAY UNTIL 12Z FRIDAY. .LONG TERM...THU NGT THRU NXT WED. MAIN FCST CHALLENGES TO BE ENDING OF MAJOR SNOW EVENT THU NGT AND THEN MAINLY TEMPS AS THE PATN GOES SOMEWHAT QUIET. THE MEAN FLOW IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD TO GENERALLY CONSIST OF UPR TROFFING OFF THE WEST COAST...WEAK UPR RIDGING OVR THE ROCKIES AND EAST COAST UPR TROFFING. THIS PATN WOULD KEEP NE WI UNDER A GENERAL NW FLOW ALOFT...THEREBY KEEPING TEMPERATURES BLO NORMAL WITH NO BIG STORMS ON THE HORIZON. MODERATE TO HVY SNOW TO CONT THU EVENING AS THE SFC LOW TRACKS NE FROM NW IL TO THE ERN GREAT LKS BY 12Z FRI. HIGHEST AMTS TO BE OVR ERN WI WHERE AN ADDL 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE PSBL. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OVR THE ENTIRE FCST AREA SHOULD BE IN THE 5 TO 10 INCH RANGE WITH THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF SNOW RUNNING FROM EAU-CWA-MNM LINE. THE OTHER FACTOR WHICH MUST BE DEALT WITH WL BE THE STG/GUSTY NORTH WNDS WHICH MAY GUST AS HI AS 30 MPH INLAND...35 TO 40 MPH NEAR LK MI. EVEN AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES (LATE EVENING CNTRL/AFT MIDNGT EAST)... THESE WNDS WL PRODUCE A GOOD AMT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW. NEEDLESS TO SAY...ANY TRAVELING OVR NE WI THU NGT WL BE HAZARDOUS. AS COLDER AIR GETS WRAPPED INTO THE SYSTEM...TEMPS WL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS OR LWR TEENS AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THE STG WNDS...SEND WND CHILL VALUES ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 15 BLO ZERO BY DAYBREAK. A LRG AREA OF CANADIAN HI PRES TO SLIDE EAST ACROSS SRN ONTARIO ON FRI AND SEND SOME DRIER AIR INTO NE WI THRU N-NE WNDS. WE SHOULD SEE SOME PEEKS OF THE SUN...ESP BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HRS. PLENTY OF COOL AIR IN PLACE SUCH THAT TEMPS WL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE UPR TEENS/LWR 20S. CLDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE INCREASE FRI NGT AS A SHRTWV TROF PUSHES SE FROM THE NRN PLAINS INTO THE MIDWEST. A DRY E-NE WND SHOULD HELP KEEP ANY SNOW TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST...SO DO NOT EXPECT ANY PCPN FOR THE FCST AREA. EVEN WITH THE CLDS ARRIVING...TEMPS WL STILL MANAGE A GOOD DROP WITH READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABV OR BLO ZERO. MINOR DETAILS TO BE WORKED OUT ON SAT AS MDLS WANT TO BRING TWO SEPARATE (SOMEWHAT WEAK) SHRTWV TROFS SEWD. THE SRN UPR TROF TO MOV FROM THE MIDWEST SEWD TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...WHILE THE NRN UPR TROF HEADS TOWARD THE GREAT LKS. MSTR APRS TO BE IN SHORT SUPPLY AND NE WI MAY BE IN BETWEEN BOTH SYSTEMS ON SAT. PREFER TO ONLY MENTION A SLT CHC POP FOR THE NRN 2/3RDS OF THE FCST AREA AND LEAVE E-CNTRL WI DRY. THIS NRN UPR TROF IS PROGGED TO DEEPEN SAT NGT INTO SUNDAY AS A 110 KT UPR JET DIGS INTO THE BASE OF THE TROF. A MODERATELY STG SHRTWV WL ALSO ROTATE THRU NE WI AND WITH A WEAK SFC TROF TO ACT AS A FOCUS...EXPECT A CHC OF SNOW SHWRS SAT NGT AND PERHAPS SOME LINGERING FLURRIES OVR THE EAST ON SUNDAY AS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM MOVS EAST. AS WNDS TURN NORTH AND CAA TAKES OVR SAT NGT INTO SUNDAY...WL HAVE TO WATCH FOR LK EFFECT SNOW SHWRS TO DVLP AS 8H TEMPS OVR LK SUPERIOR CRASH TO -22C. IF TRAJS CAN REMAIN FAVORABLE...CURRENT CHC POPS FOR VILAS CNTY MAY NEED TO BE RAISED. ANY LINGERING LK EFFECT SNOWS WOULD COME TO AN ABRUPT END BY SUNDAY NGT AS HI PRES MOVS INTO THE WRN GREAT LKS. SUNDAY NGT SHOULD ALSO BE THE COLDEST NGT IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS SKIES CLR AND WNDS GO LGT. MON TO REMAIN QUIET AS THE HI STARTS TO SHIFT TO OUR EAST...BUT REMAIN IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER. THE GFS HAS NOW COME IN LINE WITH THE ECMWF WITH RESPECT TO KEEPING THE WEST COAST UPR TROF IN PLACE (AS OPPOSED TO BRINGING IT INLAND). THIS KEEPS NE WI UNDER A NW FLOW INTO MID-WEEK WITH A SHRTWV TROF MOVG THRU THE WRN GREAT LKS TUE. HAVE INCLUDED A SML CHC POP FOR STARTERS. && .AVIATION...IFR/MVFR CIGS WILL LINGER THIS AFTERNOON...THEN THE LOW CLOUDS WILL CLEAR OUT BY THIS EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT. CIGS WILL LOWER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A WINTER STORM APPROACHES. && .MARINE...WINDS WILL INCREASE AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO LOWER MICHIGAN. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE HOISTED FROM 21Z THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. MAY NEED TO UPGRADE TO A GALE WARNING LATE THURSDAY / EARLY FRIDAY. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074. && BERSCH/AK
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 6:17 AM CST, 9 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 617 AM CST WED FEB 25 2009 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-261230- 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- 617 AM CST WED FEB 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT...THE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE UNTREATED ROADS... BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLICK THIS MORNING. ANY MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION ON UNTREATED SURFACES SHOULD MELT BY MID AFTERNOON AS AIR AND GROUND TEMPERATURES WARM WELL ABOVE FREEZING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A WINTER STORM WILL BRING A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO CENTRAL... NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT STORM TRACK AND HOW MUCH WARM AIR WILL WRAP INTO NORTHEAST WISCONSIN WHICH COULD AFFECT THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY. LMZ521-522-541>543-261230- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 617 AM CST WED FEB 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY CONDITION HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT. ECKBERG/TE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 4:13 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 32 hr |
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