Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this winter storm warning at Feb 20, 2009, 2:46 PM CST for 17 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 20, 2009, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for 20 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
- Feb 20, 2009, 2:46 PM CST (20:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2009, 10:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2009, 5:50 PM CST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 21, 1:47 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Darlington, WI | |
| Feb 21, 4:39 AM CST | SNOW 2.1 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 0.10. |
| Feb 21, 4:43 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Monroe, WI | |
| Feb 21, 4:43 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Darlington, WI | |
| Feb 21, 4:50 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Dodgeville, WI | |
| Feb 21, 4:50 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Janesville, WI | |
| Feb 21, 5:52 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 2 Ne Sturtevant, WI | |
| Feb 21, 5:54 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Jackson, WI | |
| Feb 21, 5:55 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Brown Deer, WI | |
| Feb 21, 5:58 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 E Holy Hill, WI | |
| Feb 21, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Milwaukee International, WI | |
| Feb 21, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Nws Sullivan/Milwaukee, WI | |
| Feb 21, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Madison, WI | |
| Feb 21, 6:45 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 Ne Sturtevant, WI | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 Ese Waukesha, WI | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Beaver Dam, WI | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Black Earth, WI | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Monroe, WI | |
| Feb 21, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | |
| Feb 21, 7:22 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Menomonee Falls, WI | |
| Feb 21, 7:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Ne Sturtevant, WI | |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 2 Ene Grafton, WI | |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.2 | 3 Se Portage, WI | |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | New Glarus, WI | |
| Feb 21, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Waukesha, WI | |
| Feb 21, 8:39 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Janesville, WI | |
| Feb 21, 8:40 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Menomonee Falls, WI | |
| Feb 21, 8:45 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 Se Palmyra, WI | |
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Brown Deer, WI | |
| Feb 21, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Cottage Grove, WI | |
| Feb 21, 9:14 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Hartland, WI | |
| Feb 21, 9:15 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Cedarburg, WI | |
| Feb 21, 9:26 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | Middleton, WI | |
| Feb 21, 9:41 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Ne Sturtevant, WI | |
| Feb 21, 9:54 AM CST | SNOW 5.9 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | |
| Feb 21, 9:55 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Orfordville, WI | |
| Feb 21, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Pewaukee, WI | |
| Feb 21, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Jackson, WI | |
| Feb 21, 10:20 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Franksville, WI | |
| Feb 21, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Jefferson, WI | |
| Feb 21, 10:55 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Dousman, WI | |
| Feb 21, 10:55 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | |
| Feb 21, 11:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Se Palmyra, WI | |
| Feb 21, 11:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Beaver Dam, WI | |
| Feb 21, 11:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Brown Deer, WI | |
| Feb 21, 11:06 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Random Lake, WI | |
| Feb 21, 11:38 AM CST | SNOW 5.1 | 2 Ese Waukesha, WI | |
| Feb 21, 11:45 AM CST | SNOW 5.4 | Hartland, WI | |
| Feb 21, 11:50 AM CST | SNOW 5.1 | Oconomowoc, WI | |
| Feb 21, 11:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | Middleton, WI | |
| Feb 21, 11:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | |
| Feb 21, 11:56 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.3 | Menomonee Falls, WI | |
| Feb 21, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.9 | Milwaukee International, WI | |
| Feb 21, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | Nws Sullivan/Milwaukee, WI | |
| Feb 21, 12:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Madison, WI | |
| Feb 21, 12:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Cottage Grove, WI | |
| Feb 21, 12:11 PM CST | SNOW 5.2 | 6 Nnw Verona, WI | |
| Feb 21, 12:18 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Merton, WI | |
| Feb 21, 12:18 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 9 Wnw Beloit, WI | |
| Feb 21, 12:25 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | 3 Ene Grafton, 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 962 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 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 202046 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 246 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SINCE DECEMBER... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RETURN TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS ON SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BY 3 AM. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY BECOME LIGHTER IN THE AFTERNOON. GREATEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA AND THE WISCONSIN COUNTIES BORDERING ILLINOIS. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LIGHTER TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH BY NOON ON SATURDAY...CAUSING SOME OF THE SNOW TO BLOW AROUND AND DRIFT ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WHERE WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL SATURDAY NIGHT WITH ONLY AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES REMAINING. WIZ067-210500- /O.UPG.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.090221T0300Z-090222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0001.090221T0400Z-090221T2100Z/ LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DARLINGTON 246 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MID EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ WIZ068-069-210500- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0002.090221T0500Z-090222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0001.090221T0400Z-090221T2100Z/ GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 246 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MID TO LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ065-066-070>072-210500- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0002.090221T0500Z-090222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0001.090221T0900Z-090222T0000Z/ WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 246 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. $$ WIZ064-210500- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0002.090221T0500Z-090222T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.090221T0900Z-090222T0000Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS 246 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ046-047-210500- /O.EXB.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.090221T0400Z-090221T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN 246 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY. MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MID TO LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ056-057-062-063-210500- /O.EXT.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.090221T0400Z-090221T2100Z/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON 246 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY. MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MID TO LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ051-052-058>060-210500- /O.EXT.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.090221T0900Z-090222T0000Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON 246 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMKX 210120 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 720 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SINCE DECEMBER... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RETURN TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS ON SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER THIS EVENING AND SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BY 2 AM. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY BECOME LIGHTER IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA AND THE WISCONSIN COUNTIES BORDERING ILLINOIS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF TO 3 TO 4 INCHES FROM SHEBOYGAN WEST TO THE BARABOO AND WISCONSIN DELLS AREA. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH BY NOON ON SATURDAY...CAUSING SOME OF THE SNOW TO BLOW AROUND AND DRIFT...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WHERE WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL SATURDAY NIGHT WITH ONLY AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES REMAINING. WIZ067>069-210930- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.090221T0400Z-090221T2100Z/ LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 720 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SATURDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MID TO LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ065-066-070>072-210930- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.090221T0900Z-090222T0000Z/ WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 720 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-210930- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.090221T0400Z-090221T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON 720 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SATURDAY. MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MID TO LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ051-052-058>060-064-210930- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.090221T0900Z-090222T0000Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS 720 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 210520 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1120 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SINCE DECEMBER... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RETURN TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS ON SATURDAY. THE SNOW HAS BEGUN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND WILL REACH THE SOUTHEAST SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY BECOME LIGHTER IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA AND THE WISCONSIN COUNTIES BORDERING ILLINOIS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF TO 3 TO 4 INCHES FROM SHEBOYGAN WEST TO THE BARABOO AND WISCONSIN DELLS AREA. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH BY NOON ON SATURDAY...CAUSING SOME OF THE SNOW TO BLOW AROUND AND DRIFT...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WHERE WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL SATURDAY NIGHT WITH ONLY AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES REMAINING. WIZ067>069-211330- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 1120 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SATURDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ065-066-070>072-211330- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.090221T0900Z-090222T0000Z/ WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1120 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-211330- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON 1120 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SATURDAY. MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WIZ051-052-058>060-064-211330- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.090221T0900Z-090222T0000Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS 1120 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 210911 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 311 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SINCE DECEMBER... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AS A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. SOME LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY PICKED UP ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE FIRST WAVE OF SNOWFALL. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY BECOME LIGHTER IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF TO 4 TO 6 INCHES NORTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT SHEBOYGAN SOUTHWEST TO LONE ROCK. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH AND THEN NORTHWEST BY NOON TODAY...CAUSING SOME OF THE SNOW TO BLOW AROUND AND DRIFT...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WHERE WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT WITH ONLY AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES REMAINING. WIZ057-062-063-211715- /O.UPG.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON 311 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ WIZ051-052-058>060-064-211715- /O.UPG.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090222T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMKX.WS.W.0001.090221T0900Z-090222T0000Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS 311 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO THE AREA AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ WIZ067>069-211715- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 311 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ065-066-070>072-211715- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090222T0000Z/ WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 311 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. $$ WIZ046-047-056-211715- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO 311 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 211316 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 716 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SINCE DECEMBER... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS MORNING AS A SURFACE LOW MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS. MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN HAS ALREADY PICKED UP ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY DECREASE IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WILL OCCUR IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH AND BECOME NORTHWEST BY NOON TODAY...CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH ONLY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES REMAINING. WIZ057-062-063-067>069-212100- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 716 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING AND DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW 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. $$ WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-212130- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090222T0000Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 716 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO THE AREA AND PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ046-047-056-212100- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO 716 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING AND DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 211811 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1211 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SINCE DECEMBER... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AS A SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON BUT CONTINUE QUITE STEADY...MODERATE...TO AT TIMES HEAVY IN THE SOUTHEAST. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTH CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH ONLY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES REMAINING. WIZ057-062-063-067>069-212100- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1211 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY 3 PM. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IS EXPECTED BRINGING TOTALS TO 5 TO 7 INCHES. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-220000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090222T0000Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1211 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO THE AREA AND PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A 1/2 MILE OR LESS IN MANY AREAS. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL 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. $$ WIZ046-047-056-212100- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO 1211 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ONLY LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH 3 PM. ANOTHER INCH OR SO IS POSSIBLE...BUT THE MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A 1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 212100 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 300 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING AWAY AND MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO END BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER FAR EASTERN WISCONSIN. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INTO THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL END OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MID EVENING AND OVER EASTERN WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHTER...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND HAMPER CLEARING OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR THOSE TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIZ057-062-063-067>069-220300- /O.EXP.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090221T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.090221T2100Z-090222T0300Z/ COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 300 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WITH PERSISTENT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH. 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. $$ WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-220000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090222T0000Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 300 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING ALL LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHWEST TO 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGHOUT TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THIS EVENING AS SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ WIZ046-047-056-220300- /O.EXT.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090222T0300Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO 300 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WITH PERSISTENT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 212350 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 550 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING AWAY AND THE SNOWFALL IS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INTO THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL END OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MID EVENING AND OVER EASTERN WISCONSIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHTER...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND HAMPER CLEARING OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT. WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-220300- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090222T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090222T0300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 550 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT SNOW WITH PERSISTENT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 30 MPH AT TIMES. MANY ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067>069-220300- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-090222T0300Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT 550 PM CST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WITH PERSISTENT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. LESS THAN AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 30 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING IN OPEN AREAS. MANY ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. 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. $$ DAVIS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 20, 4:26 AM CST, 10 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 4:26 AM CST, 10 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
426 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2009
CURRENT SATELLITE DEPICTS MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS HAVE ALLOWED
TEMPERATURES TO FALL IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOW TEENS ONCE AGAIN.
EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDS LATER TODAY AHEAD OF A UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
DIGGING SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB
A LITTLE HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY AS THE AREA SHOULD SEE PLENTY OF
SUNSHINE EARLY IN THE DAY ALONG WITH WEAK RIDGING BETWEEN SYSTEMS.
FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY...WINTER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM IS POISED TO BRING
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN SMALL BUT
MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCES IN MODEL TRACKS OF THE SURFACE LOW AND THE
RESULTANT AREAS OF HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. THE NAM HAS TRENDED
THE SYSTEM FURTHER NORTH THAN THE GFS. ADDITIONALLY...THE NAM HAS
FORECAST THE A DEEPER SFC LOW AND HIGHER QPF AMOUNTS. THE LATEST
ECMWF RUN HAS COME A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH MORE ALONG THE LINES OF
THE NAM. NOT SURE WHICH SOLUTION WILL PAN OUT...SO HAVE GENERALLY
SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE. FORECAST QPF AMOUNTS AGREE FAIRLY WELL WITH
HPC NUMBERS. OVERALL...THIS SYSTEM LOOKS GOOD FOR A FLUFFY 3 TO 6
INCHES ACROSS THE AREA WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE TOWARD THE IL
BORDER. HAVE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR COUNTIES NEAR THE
IL BORDER...AS SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IS A POSSIBILITY.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WAS ISSUED FOR MOST OF THE REST OF THE
CWA.
SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...EXPECT BREEZY AND COLDER
CONDITIONS BEHIND THE SYSTEM WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO
DROP TO AROUND -16 BY SUNDAY MORNING. UNDERCUT MODELS A BIT WITH
TEMPERATURES AS MOS NUMBERS DID NOT SEEM COLD ENOUGH.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN TO THE AREA AND
THEN EVENTUALLY FLATTEN TO A MORE ZONAL FLOW. EXPECT GENERALLY
QUIET WEATHER WITH TEMPS RUNNING AROUND NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES TO THE SOUTHEAST
OF THE AREA. MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON IN
ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE CENTRAL
PLAINS.
THE LOW WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT...REACHING NORTHERN
ILLINOIS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS IT INTENSIFIES. CIGS AND VSBYS
WILL LOWER TO IFR CONDITIONS BY MIDNIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THEN IFR/LIFR IN SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
&&
.MARINE...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXIT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS AND WAVES
WILL SUBSIDE AS THE HIGH MOVES OVER THE REGION. A LOW WILL EXIT THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT...REACHING
NORTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS IT INTENSIFIES. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME EAST THEN NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT AS WINDS AND
WAVES INCREASE. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY
MORNING.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR WIZ064>066-068>072.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY FOR WIZ056-057-062-063-067.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY FOR WIZ051-052-058>060.
LM...NONE.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...07/VANCLEVE
AVIATION/MARINE...06/HENTZHazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 4:33 AM CST, 10 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 433 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-211045- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 433 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING FROM THE PLAINS TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY LATE TONIGHT...WILL BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT FROM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR MONROE TO WATERTOWN TO THE NORTHERN MILWAUKEE SUBURBS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST AREAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST EXCEPT FOR MARQUETTE AND GREEN LAKE COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER FROM JANESVILLE TO KENOSHA AND NEAR THE LAKE IN THE MILWAUKEE AREA WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS NORTHWEST TOWARD OXFORD AND BERLIN. SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW MEASUREMENTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED LATER TONIGHT. LMZ643>646-211045- 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- 433 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS AND WAVES WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND MAY APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT DUE TO BRISK NORTH THEN NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES. FREEZING SPRAY IS ALSO EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED ON TUESDAY. HENTZ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 4:00 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MKX | Green, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:00 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 40 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.