Alert archive / Wisconsin / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this blizzard warning at Dec 8, 2009, 2:00 PM CST for 14 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2009, 2:00 PM CST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2009, 3:07 PM CST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Washington County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 7:45 PM CST | SNOW 3.1 | 3 Wsw Madison, WI | SNOWFALL SINCE 5PM. CURRENT MODERATE SNOW, 3/4 MILE VIS. |
| Dec 8, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Oregon, WI | 3 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS....1 INCH THIS MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 8, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Madison, WI | MEASURED AT WISC-TV. |
| Dec 8, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | 3 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. TOTAL 0.27 INCH MELTED. |
| Dec 8, 8:32 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Beaver Dam, WI | |
| Dec 8, 8:55 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI | 2.8 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. |
| Dec 8, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Jackson, WI | HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 8, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.4 | Madison, WI | MEASURED AT TRUAX FIELD. |
| Dec 8, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.9 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | 0.35 LIQUID. |
| Dec 8, 9:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Oregon, WI | 2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR. |
| Dec 8, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Holy Hill, WI | WATER CONTENT - 0.3 INCHES. |
| Dec 8, 9:17 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Random Lake, WI | 2 INCHES IN THE PAST 2 HOURS. |
| Dec 8, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | Madison, WI | MEASURED AT WISC-TV |
| Dec 8, 9:47 PM CST | SNOW 5.8 | Mount Horeb, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:47 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 4 Wsw Middleton, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:55 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | LIQUID - .40 INCH. |
| Dec 8, 10:15 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | 2 E Holy Hill, WI | |
| Dec 8, 10:21 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Random Lake, WI | 1.5 INCH PER HOUR RATE CURRENTLY. |
| Dec 8, 10:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 1 Sw Madison, WI | |
| Dec 8, 10:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.6 | Madison, WI | MEASURED AT WISC-TV. |
| Dec 8, 10:35 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | West Bend, WI | |
| Dec 8, 10:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | 5 Wsw Middleton, WI | 1.5 INCHES IN PAST HOUR. |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 1 Nw Middleton, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Oregon, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | 2.5 IN THE LAST HOUR. |
| Dec 8, 11:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Random Lake, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:40 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | 3 Se Palmyra, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | Hartford, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Beaver Dam, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 4 Wsw Middleton, WI | 2.2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR. |
| Dec 9, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Oregon, WI | |
| Dec 9, 12:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.7 | 1 Sw Madison, WI | |
| Dec 9, 12:33 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Sw Sun Prairie, WI | |
| Dec 9, 12:35 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Madison, WI | HEAVY SNOW. WISC TV. WINDS GUST TO 25 TO 30 MPH. SOME DRIFTING SNOW BUT STILL FAIRLY WET SNOW. |
| Dec 9, 12:43 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.3 | Wsw Cross Plains, WI | |
| Dec 9, 1:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.1 | 5 Wsw Madison, WI | MEASURED AT WMTV MADISON |
| Dec 9, 1:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | THUNDERSNOW, 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW IN PAST HOUR. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW IN THE CITY OF MADISON. |
| Dec 9, 1:53 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 4 Ne Madison, WI | 2 INCHES IN PAST HOUR FOR EACH OF THE PAST 3 HOURS, FOR TOTAL OF 6 INCHES IN 3 HOURS. 0.48 INCH LIQUID IN PAST 3 HOURS, FOR SNOW-LIQUID RATIO OF 12.5 TO 1. TOTAL SNOW DEPTH 12 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 1:57 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 1 N Janesville, WI | POWER OUTAGES AND TREE BRANCHES DOWN. CARS STUCK ON ROADS. |
| Dec 9, 2:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 1 Ne Madison, WI | SNOW DEPTH 14 INCHES. A FEW LIMBS DOWN FROM WEIGHT OF WET SNOW. |
| Dec 9, 2:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | 3 INCHES IN PAST HOUR. WIRES DOWN ON HOUSES AND CARS...WITH POWER OUTAGES IN MADISON. WET SNOW STICKING TO TREES AND POWER LINES AND BRINGING THEM DOWN. |
| Dec 9, 2:25 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.7 | E Hartford, WI | 2 INCHES IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. MODERATE WET SNOW CONTINUES. VISIBILITY 3/8 TO 1/2 MILE. TOTAL SNOW DEPTH 11 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 2:25 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 4 Wsw Middleton, WI | 1.8 INCHES IN PAST 1.5 HOURS. MIDWEST SSTRC 166 375 RELAY |
| Dec 9, 2:36 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 1 Ese Middleton, WI | POWER FAILURES, SEVERAL IN LAST HOUR. FROM UW MADISON CIMSS METEOROLOGIST. |
| Dec 9, 3:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.2 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI | 1 INCH IN PAST 3 HOURS. VERY WET SNOW. |
| Dec 9, 3:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15.5 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | 0.5 INCH IN THE PAST HOUR. NUMEROUS PARAMEDIC AND FIRE TRUCKS STUCK IN HEAVY WET SNOW. DIFFICULT TO PLOW/MOVE SNOW, SO SEVERAL RAMPS ONTO BELTLINE AND INTERSTATE SYSTEM IMPASSIBLE. 30 TO 40 SEMI-TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKS STRANDED ON INTERSTATE 90/39/94. EMERGENCY |
| Dec 9, 3:25 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12.3 | 5 Wsw Madison, WI | 3.2 INCHES IN PAST 2.5 HOURS. WMTV MADISON. |
| Dec 9, 3:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 6 Wsw Madison, WI | WISC 3 TV MADISON. 3/8TH MILE VISIBILITY MODERATE SNOW, WITH WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH. LOTS OF DRIFTING ON THE WEST SIDE OF BUILDINGS AND CARS. |
| Dec 9, 4:17 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | Ene Hartford, WI | 6.2 INCHES OVER PAST 12 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH 8.5 INCHES. MOST ROADS NOT PLOWED. MAIN ROADS SNOW COVERED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, VISIBILITY 3/4 MILE. |
| Dec 9, 4:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Portage, WI | DRIFTING SNOW. LARGE PINE TREE LIMBS SNAPPED DUE TO WEIGHT OF HEAVY WET SNOW. |
| Dec 9, 4:51 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13.5 | 3 W Rio, WI | TOTAL SNOW DEPTH 15.0 INCHES. FEW TREE BRANCHES HEARD CRACKING IN THE WOODS. SNOW IS VERY HEAVY AND WET. |
| Dec 9, 4:52 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 6 Wsw Madison, WI | 2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR. WISC 3 TV MADISON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW, CURRENT VISIBILITY 3/8TH MILE. |
| Dec 9, 5:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | Oregon, WI | 8 INCHES OF SNOW PAST 5 HOURS. DRIFTING SNOW, WITH SNOW DEPTHS RANGING FROM 14 TO 28 INCHES. AVERAGE IS 18 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 9, 5:09 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 5 S Madison, WI | 12 INCHES IN THE PAST 11 HOURS. |
| Dec 9, 5:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.3 | 2 E Holy Hill, WI | 6.1 INCHES IN THE PAST 6 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH 11 INCHES. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING CURRENTLY. |
| Dec 9, 5:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 17.5 | Monona, WI | CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. CABLE KNOCKED OUT. MODERATE SIZED TREE IN FRONT YARD SNAPPED IN HALF. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BEGINNING TO BECOME A FACTOR. |
| Dec 9, 5:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Beloit, WI | OBSERVED TREE LIMBS SNAPPING AND FALLING. |
| Dec 9, 5:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13.3 | Beloit, WI | |
| Dec 9, 5:35 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13.8 | 4 Wsw Middleton, WI | SUBMITTED BY MIDWEST SSTRC 116 375 RELAY |
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 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 082000 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 200 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE STILL ON TRACK TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXCEED 10 INCHES IN MOST AREAS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING TONIGHT. RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM AROUND MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER...WITH LOWER OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THIS STORM...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-090400- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.091208T2000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 200 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... BECOMING HEAVY THIS EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...WITH THE BEST CHANCE THIS EVENING THROUGH AND THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 13 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...TURNING NORTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. THE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-090400- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 200 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING HEAVY THIS EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 5 TO 9 INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST AS RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...TURNING NORTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. THE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...PARTICULARLY BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AND THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ DDV
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMKX 082206 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 406 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY APPROACH A FOOT IN MANY AREAS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING TONIGHT. RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM AROUND MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER...WITH LOWER OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THIS STORM TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE. CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST OF THIS LINE ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-090615- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 406 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... BECOMING HEAVY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-090615- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 406 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... BECOMING HEAVY THIS EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 5 TO 9 INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST AS RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS IS POSSIBLE AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE WINDS WILL THEN TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM... PARTICULARLY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN THROUGH THE EVENING. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ DDV
000 WWUS43 KMKX 090105 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 705 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFYING OVER MISSOURI WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY APPROACH A FOOT IN MANY AREAS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING TONIGHT. RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM AROUND MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER...WITH LOWER OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THIS STORM TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE. CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST OF THIS LINE ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-090915- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 705 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WAS BECOMING HEAVY OVER FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH... THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-090915- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 705 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: THE SNOW WAS BECOMING HEAVY EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN TONIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 5 TO 9 INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST AS RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. THE LOWER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE KENOSHA AREA...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF WAUKESHA. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS IS POSSIBLE AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE WINDS WILL THEN TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM... PARTICULARLY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN THROUGH THE EVENING. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ HENTZ
000 WWUS43 KMKX 090321 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 921 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFYING OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY APPROACH A FOOT IN MANY AREAS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING TONIGHT. RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM AROUND MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER...WITH LOWER OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THIS STORM TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE. CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST OF THIS LINE ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-091130- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 921 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS: EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH... THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-091130- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 921 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: THE SNOW WAS HEAVY THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN TONIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW MAY DIMINISH FOR A TIME IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEAR RACINE AND KENOSHA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 5 TO 9 INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST AS RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. THE LOWER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE KENOSHA AREA...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF WAUKESHA. * WINDS: EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS IS POSSIBLE AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE WINDS WILL THEN TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM... PARTICULARLY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN THROUGH THE EVENING. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ HENTZ
000 WWUS43 KMKX 090523 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1123 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFYING OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY APPROACH A FOOT IN MANY AREAS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING TONIGHT. RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM AROUND MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER...TO EAST OF JANESVILLE WITH LOWER OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THIS STORM TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE. CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST OF THIS LINE ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-091330- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1123 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS: EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH... THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-091330- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1123 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE. SOME THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN TONIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO ALL SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION MAY DIMINISH FOR A TIME IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEAR RACINE AND KENOSHA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE. 5 TO 9 INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST AS THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING. THE LOWER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE KENOSHA AREA...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF WAUKESHA. * WINDS: EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THEN A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS IS EXPECTED AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE WINDS WILL THEN TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM... PARTICULARLY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN THROUGH THE EVENING TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ HENTZ
000 WWUS43 KMKX 091002 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 402 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM BRINGING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFYING OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN NEAR RACINE AROUND 6 AM THIS MORNING AND INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL EXCEED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO WEST BEND TO WAUKESHA TO ELKHORN. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL END EARLY THIS MORNING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND BY LATE MORNING OVER SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM. MUCH LOWER SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED RIGHT NEAR THE LAKE IN THIS AREA...BUT AMOUNTS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY INLAND IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF OZAUKEE...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...AND KENOSHA COUNTIES. 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES. A LULL IN THE STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED TOWARD DAYBREAK LASTING UNTIL MID MORNING. THEREAFTER...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL KICK IN AND SPREAD EAST...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THE MIDDAY HOURS INTO THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE. CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST OF THIS LINE...BUT LESS SNOW AND A MUCH WETTER SNOW SHOULD RESULT IN LESS BLOWING SNOW. THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN THIS SEASON...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-091600- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 402 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WIND DIMINISHING TEMPORARILY TO 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH MID MORNING. THE WINDS WILL THE TURN NORTHWEST BY LATE MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-091600- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 402 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE. RAIN ALONG THE LAKE SHORE FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO MILWAUKEE... RACINE...AND KENOSHA WILL TURN BACK TO SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE. 3 TO 6 INCHES IS LIKELY ALONG THE LAKE SHORE FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. THE CLOSER TO THE LAKE...THE LOWER THE AMOUNTS. THE FARTHER WEST INTO WAUKESHA AND WALWORTH COUNTY...THE HIGHER THE AMOUNTS. * WINDS: A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS IS EXPECTED AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE WINDS WILL THEN TURN NORTHWEST LATE THIS MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS ROADS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING FOR MANY AREAS. WET ROADS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN THE PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...AND KENOSHA AREAS WILL EVENTUALLY TURN SLUSHY AND THEN ICY AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 20S DURING THE DAY. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO BROOKFIELD TO BURLINGTON...PARTICULARLY AROUND MIDDAY AND THEN THROUGH THE EVENING. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CRAVEN
000 WWUS43 KMKX 091448 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 848 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES WITH SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVED ACROSS MILWAUKEE AT 6 AM AND CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL HAS EXCEEDED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO WEST BEND TO JEFFERSON AND BELOIT. AROUND 18 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED IN THE MADISON AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM GREEN LAKE TO PORTAGE TO DARLINGTON. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BUT STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO MEASURE WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING EXPECTED. HOWEVER...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS FROM SHEBOYGAN TO MADISON AND MONROE ON EAST. AREAS ALONG THE LAKE SHORE HAVE SEEN A CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOULD SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. THE LULL IN THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST. WINDS ARE ALREADY GUSTING TO 30 MPH IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAKING OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH. STRONG WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE LAKE SHORE AND WEST OF THE MADISON AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FROM THE MIDDAY HOURS INTO THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE. CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST OF THIS LINE...BUT LESS SNOW AND A MUCH WETTER SNOW SHOULD RESULT IN LESS BLOWING SNOW. BECAUSE THE SNOW WAS SO WET AND STUCK ON TREES OVERNIGHT...THE INCREASING WINDS TODAY MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TREE DAMAGE WITH LIGHTER WINDS THUS FAR. THE STRONG WINDS MAY BEGIN TO KNOCK THE SNOW OFF OF THE TREES...BUT THERE MAY BE QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE BEFORE THE SNOW IS COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-091830- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 848 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO WEST BEND TO JEFFERSON TO JANESVILLE. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-091830- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 848 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE LAKE SHORE SINCE WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO NORTHWEST AND TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE. 3 TO 6 INCHES IS LIKELY ALONG THE LAKE SHORE FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. THE CLOSER TO THE LAKE...THE LOWER THE AMOUNTS. THE FARTHER WEST INTO WAUKESHA AND WALWORTH COUNTY... THE HIGHER THE AMOUNTS. * WINDS: A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS WILL END BY LATE MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL NCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS ROADS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING FOR MANY AREAS. WET ROADS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN THE PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...AND KENOSHA AREAS WILL EVENTUALLY TURN SLUSHY AND THEN ICY AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 20S DURING THE DAY. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO BROOKFIELD TO BURLINGTON...PARTICULARLY AROUND MIDDAY AND THEN THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CRAVEN
000 WWUS43 KMKX 091750 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1150 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES WITH SNOW...STRONG WINDS... PLUNGING TEMPERATURES...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE NOW MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO HEAD NORTHEAST TOWARD LAKE HURON THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH. STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE WEST OF MADISON...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS OF IOWA AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED INTO THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE. CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST OF THIS LINE. BECAUSE THE SNOW WAS SO WET AND STUCK ON TREES OVERNIGHT...THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TREE DAMAGE WITH LIGHTER WINDS THUS FAR. THE STRONG WINDS MAY BEGIN TO KNOCK THE SNOW OFF OF THE TREES...BUT THERE MAY BE QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE BEFORE THE SNOW IS COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF. ARCTIC AIR WILL POUR INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...WITH LOWS TONIGHT BELOW ZERO IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND IN THE SINGLE DIGITS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. READINGS WILL STRUGGLE INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO TO THE LOWER TEENS THURSDAY. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. WIZ046-047-051-056>059-062>064-067>069-092100- /O.NEW.KMKX.WC.Y.0006.091210T0900Z-091210T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON- IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1150 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES BY THIS EVENING...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW ZERO IN MOST AREAS LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ WIZ052-092100- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEBOYGAN 1150 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ065-070-092100- /O.NEW.KMKX.WC.Y.0006.091210T0900Z-091210T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 1150 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. THE FARTHER WEST INTO WAUKESHA AND WALWORTH COUNTY...THE HIGHER THE AMOUNTS. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL NCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS ROADS ARE EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BRIEFING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ WIZ060-066-071-072-092100- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 1150 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND 12 INCHES IN NORTHWEST OZAUKEE COUNTY...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN EASTERN OZAUKEE...WESTERN MILWAUKEE...WESTERN RACINE...AND WESTERN KENOSHA COUNTIES. 3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE LAKE SHORE FROM MILWAUKEE TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS SHOULD BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS ROADS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING FOR INLAND AREAS. WET ROADS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN THE PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...AND KENOSHA AREAS WILL EVENTUALLY TURN SLUSHY AND THEN ICY AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 20S. * WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CRAVEN
000 WWUS43 KMKX 092107 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 307 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...THINGS ARE SETTLING DOWN... THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEVERE WINTER WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA IS MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST VERY QUICKLY AND WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT BEING MET. IN FACT...CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED ENOUGH THAT NO MORE SNOW RELATED WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES ARE NEEDED. HOWEVER...DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. MANY ROADS REMAIN SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY. ROADS THAT MAY JUST BE WET THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY SEE ICY STRETCHES FORM VERY RAPIDLY AS TEMPERATURES FALL WITH THE SETTING SUN AND COLD AIR ARRIVING. LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP TO AROUND ZERO...A BIT WARMER IN THE EAST... AND THIS WILL COMBINE WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 17 TO 25 BELOW LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WIZ046-047-051-056>059-062>064-067>069-100515- /O.CAN.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMKX.WC.Y.0006.091210T0900Z-091210T1700Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON- IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 307 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING: THE COLDEST CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT FROM AROUND 3 AM TO ABOUT 11 AM THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS WILL DROP TO ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO WITH WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING TO 18 TO 25 BELOW. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS: FROST BITE AND POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA. ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT DUE TO LINGERING SNOW AND ICE COVERAGE AND SOME DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ WIZ052-092215- /O.CAN.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEBOYGAN 307 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. HOWEVER...ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS IN MANY AREAS OVERNIGHT DUE CONTINUED DRIFTING IN OPEN AREAS. MANY ROADS REMAIN SNOW OR ICE COVERED. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. $$ WIZ065-070-100515- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMKX.WC.Y.0006.091210T0900Z-091210T1700Z/ WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 307 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING: THE COLDEST CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT FROM AROUND 3 AM TO ABOUT 11 AM THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS WILL DROP TO AROUND ZERO WITH WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING TO 17 TO 22 BELOW. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS: FROST BITE AND POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA. ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT DUE TO LINGERING SNOW AND ICE COVERAGE AND SOME DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ WIZ060-066-071-072-092215- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 307 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. HOWEVER...ROADS SHOULD REMAIN HAZARDOUS IN MANY AREAS OVERNIGHT DUE TO SNOW AND ICE COVERED CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. $$ DAVIS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Dec 8, 4:06 AM CST, 9 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 4:06 AM CST, 9 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
406 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
FORECAST FOCUS ON MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATED A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN USA...WITH DOWNSTREAM SOUTHWEST FLOW
OVER THE PLAINS BECOMING WEST SOUTHWEST INTO THE WESTERN GREAT
LAKES REGION.
.TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CONFIDENCE: HIGH
PESKY AREA OF LIGHT SNOW OVER IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TRYING
TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA. THIS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH RIGHT
REAR QUADRANT OF JET STREAK...AND MID LEVEL WARM AIR
ADVECTION/FRONTOGENESIS. LOCAL HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS TRY TO KEEP
MOST OF THE LIGHT SNOW WITH THIS FEATURE JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA
THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...GETTING A FEW SITES REPORTING LIGHT SNOW
ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES. WILL ADD LIKELY POPS TO THE FAR
SOUTHWEST COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH LOWER POPS TO THE
NORTHEAST TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS LIGHT SNOW. A DUSTING AT BEST IS
EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING.
ANOTHER CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATIONS WITH A LAKE
EFFECT SNOW BAND EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS SHEBOYGAN AND
OZAUKEE COUNTIES LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON.
FAVORABLE SOUTHEAST FETCH AND DELTA T VALUES EXIST...WITH LOCAL
HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS SHOWING A MESO LOW TYPE FEATURE MOVING INTO
THESE COUNTIES AFTER 15Z THIS MORNING. NEWEST RUNS TRY TAKING IT
FURTHER TO THE NORTH. FOR NOW...WILL ADD LIKELY POPS FOR LATER
THIS MORNING IN THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES...WITH THE HIGHER POPS THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS AREA COULD SEE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THIS
MESO LOW...THOUGH EXACT PATH WILL BE TRICKY TO PINPOINT. THIS WILL
HAVE TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY AS THE MORNING GOES ON.
NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES WITH RESPECT TO THE MAJOR WINTER STORM
THAT WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FOLLOWED THE GFS/ECMWF MODELS WITH THE EVOLUTION
OF THIS SYSTEM. THE LOW DEVELOPS IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TODAY...THEN QUICKLY MOVES NORTHEAST AND DEEPENS TO AROUND 980MB
BY 12Z WEDNESDAY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN PER THE ECMWF.
THE GFS IS A BIT FURTHER EAST OVER FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS BEGINS TO MOVE
INTO THE REGION. STRONG UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION FROM A STRONG MID
LEVEL FRONTOGENETIC BAND WITHIN THE DENDRITE SNOW CRYSTAL GROWTH
ZONE WILL THEN SWEEP INTO THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING...LASTING
THROUGH ABOUT 08Z TO 09Z WEDNESDAY. THIS LIFT ALSO CONFIRMED BY
STRONG Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE IN THE MID LEVELS. THE FRONTOGENESIS
WITHIN THE SNOW CRYSTAL GROWTH ZONE WILL BRING THE HEAVY SNOW
ACROSS THE AREA.
THE LOW WILL THEN PULL NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY...GRADUALLY BRINGING
MODERATE...THEN LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN
THE WAKE OF THE STRONG LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA...CAUSING
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION
REGIME. THESE WINDS SHOULD BRING THE BLOWING SNOW THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...THE DURATION OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING.
KEPT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FAIRLY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST.
GENERALLY EXPECT LIQUID EQUIVALENT VALUES OF AROUND 1.00 INCH IN
THE WEST TO AROUND 1.25 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST. GIVEN THE
STRONGER WINDS EXPECTED AND THE 1000/500MB THICKNESS FIELD SETUP
ACROSS THE AREA...WENT WITH A GENERAL 10 TO 1 SNOW TO LIQUID
RATIO. THICKNESSES NEAR 540DKM IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES COULD
YIELD LOWER RATIOS...THOUGH AM EXPECTING ALL SNOW GIVEN THE COLD
LOOK OF THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS. EXPECT A 5 TO 8 INCH AREA IN THE
FAR SOUTHEAST...TO AROUND 10 INCHES IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES...TO A
10 TO 14 INCH AREA IN THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES...DUE TO THE LAKE
EFFECT SNOW POTENTIAL TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL REMAIN
AS IS FOR NOW.
.THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
HIGH PRESSURE MOVING SOUTH OF THE REGION PER THE ECWMF WILL BRING
QUIET WEATHER TO THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA DURING THIS TIME...WITH
1000/500MB THICKNESSES HOVERING AROUND 505 TO 510 DKM. A COLD
FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY DOES NOT HAVE MUCH
MOISTURE OR UPWARD MOTION TO WORK WITH DESPITE THE ECMWF QPF
DEPICTION...SO LEFT THIS PERIOD DRY. THE VERY COLD AND DRY
CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&
.AVIATION....AVIATION...STRONG WINTER STORM AND HEAVY SNOW TO
AFFECT SRN WI TNT AND WED. LGT SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH AN INITIAL
BURST OF WARM ADVECTION WILL MOVE FROM NRN IL INTO SRN WI THIS AM.
MVFR CIGS WILL DEVELOP WITH MVFR TO IFR VSBYS.
STEADIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS
STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MOVES TO SRN LAKE MI
BY 12Z WED. MVFR CIGS AND IFR VSBYS WITH THE LGT SNOW LATE THIS
AFTERNOON WILL TRANSITION TO A HEAVY SNOW MUCH OF TNT WITH VLIFR
VSBYS AND IFR TO LIFR CIGS.
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW GUSTY ELY WINDS WILL PREVAIL TNT AND
BACK TO A NORTHERLY AND EVENTUALLY A WLY DIRECTION ON WED. THE
SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER ON WED AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY.
&&
.MARINE...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL REACH
SOUTHERN LAKE MI BY 12Z WED AND CONTINUE NEWD TO QUEBEC CANADA BY
12Z THU. THE LOW WILL BE UNSEASONABLY STRONG WITH ELY GALES TNT
FOLLOWED BY WNWLY GALES WED AND WED NT. VERY HIGH WAVES ARE FCST.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072.
LM...GALE WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR
LMZ643>646.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...08/WOOD
AVIATION/MARINE...20/GEHRINGHazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 5:59 AM CST, 8 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 559 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-091200- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 559 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MOVES TOWARD THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. LIGHT SNOW WILL PREVAIL MOST OF THE DAY BUT BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO BRISK WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT STRONG WEST WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL STILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. VERY COLD AIR WILL PLUNGE INTO THE REGION AS THE WINTER STORM DEPARTS WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL AND WIND GUST REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. LMZ643>646-091200- 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- 559 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. EASTERLY GALES WILL GENERATE VERY HIGH WAVES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE GALE WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL TURN WEST TO NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN STRONG. HIGH WAVES WILL CONTINUE ESPECIALLY TOWARD OPEN WATER. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THURSDAY FOR BRISK WESTERLY WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE WINTER STORM. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX GEHRING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 8:54 PM CST | Gale Warning | MKX | 55 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.