Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this winter storm warning at Mar 28, 2009, 4:04 AM CDT for 10 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 28, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 6 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
- Mar 28, 2009, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2009, 3:46 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha 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), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 10:02 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Franksville, WI | |
| Mar 28, 10:02 PM CDT | SNOW 2.2 | 2 E Holy Hill, WI | |
| Mar 28, 10:02 PM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Caledonia, WI | |
| Mar 29, 12:21 AM CDT | SNOW 2.1 | West Allis, WI | STORM SNOW TOTAL. SNOW IS BLOWING AND DRIFTING...WITH SLUSHY SNOW-COVERED ROADS. EVENT BEGAN AT 5 PM CDT WITH SLEET THEN CHANGED OVER TO SNOW. |
| Mar 29, 1:07 AM CDT | SNOW 2.7 | Random Lake, WI | SNOW TOTAL FOR STORM. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS SNOW COVERED ROADS. |
| Mar 29, 2:17 AM CDT | SNOW 3.7 | 2 N Milwaukee, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM JUST EAST OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE CAMPUS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 280904 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 404 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...EARLY SPRING WET SNOWSTORM EXPECTED TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM GATHERING STRENGTH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BY EARLY THIS EVENING...REACHING LOWER MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY MORNING. A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO THE LEFT...OR WEST...OF THE STORM TRACK FROM KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...NORTH TO WISCONSIN AND LOWER MICHIGAN. THE SNOW SHOULD BE HEAVIEST OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. WIZ059-060-064-065-069-070-281715- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.090329T0000Z-090329T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0004.090329T0000Z-090329T1500Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 404 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT. A SWATH OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. 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. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-281715- /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0004.090329T0000Z-090329T1500Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 404 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY. WHILE A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT...THE BRUNT OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ063-067-068-281715- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.090329T0000Z-090329T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.090329T0000Z-090329T1200Z/ DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 404 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ WIZ051-052-058-281715- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.090329T0000Z-090329T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.090329T0000Z-090329T1500Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM 404 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY FOR A TIME. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PC/REM
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMKX 281656 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1156 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...EARLY SPRING WET SNOWSTORM EXPECTED TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM GATHERING STRENGTH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BY EARLY THIS EVENING...REACHING LOWER MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY MORNING. A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO THE WEST OF THE STORM TRACK FROM KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...NORTH TO WISCONSIN AND LOWER MICHIGAN. THE SNOW SHOULD BE HEAVIEST OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. WIZ059-060-064>066-069>072-290100- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.090329T0000Z-090329T1500Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK-WALWORTH- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1156 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. A SWATH OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS ANTICIPATED. 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. && $$ WIZ063-067-068-290100- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.090329T0000Z-090329T1200Z/ DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 1156 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ051-052-058-290100- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.090329T0000Z-090329T1500Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM 1156 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY FOR A TIME. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MRC
000 WWUS43 KMKX 281909 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 209 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...EARLY SPRING WET SNOWSTORM IMMINENT FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO CENTRAL INDIANA BY LATE THIS EVENING...AND TO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING...AND WILL BECOME HEAVY LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW TRACKS AWAY FROM THE AREA. STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 35 OR 40 MPH OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT AS A RESULT. WIZ052-290400- /O.UPG.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.090329T0000Z-090329T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMKX.WS.W.0004.090329T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEBOYGAN 209 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WHICH WOULD PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES OF AT LEAST 2 INCHES AN HOUR. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS AWAY FROM THE AREA. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES LATE SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH NEAR THE LAKE. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW 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. && $$ WIZ059-060-064>066-069>072-290400- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0004.090329T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK-WALWORTH- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 209 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW IN THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREA THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WHICH WOULD PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES OF AT LEAST 2 INCHES AN HOUR. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS AWAY FROM THE AREA. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES LATE SUNDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IF HEAVY BANDS OR THUNDERSTORMS SIT OVER AN AREA FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH NEAR THE LAKE. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW 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. && $$ WIZ047-057-062-290400- /O.EXA.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.090329T0000Z-090329T1200Z/ GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-IOWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE 209 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MID EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ051-058-290400- /O.EXT.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.090329T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 209 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MID EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ WIZ063-067-068-290400- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.090329T0000Z-090329T1200Z/ DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 209 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MID EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BORGHOFF/GEHRING
000 WWUS43 KMKX 282038 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 338 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...EARLY SPRING WET SNOWSTORM IMMINENT FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO CENTRAL INDIANA BY LATE THIS EVENING...AND TO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING...AND WILL BECOME HEAVY LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS AT THE ONSET...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENHANCING THE SNOWFALL ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW TRACKS AWAY FROM THE AREA. STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 35 OR 40 MPH OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT AS A RESULT. WIZ052-059-060-064>066-069>072-290445- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.090329T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 338 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW DURING THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENHANCING THE SNOWFALL ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WHICH WOULD PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS AWAY FROM THE AREA. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH NEAR THE LAKE. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW 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. && $$ WIZ047-057-062-063-067-068-290445- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.090329T0000Z-090329T1200Z/ GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 338 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN AND SLEET AT THE ONSET BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MID EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ051-058-290445- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.090329T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 338 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AT THE ONSET. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MID EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MBK/BB/MG
000 WWUS43 KMKX 282311 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 611 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...EARLY SPRING SNOWSTORM HITING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO CENTRAL INDIANA BY LATE THIS EVENING...AND TO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING...AND WILL GRADUALLY BECOME HEAVY THROUGH THE EVENING...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS OCCURING IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST...AROUND KENOSHA AND MILWAUKEE AND FAR SOUTHERN WALWORTH AND ROCK COUNTIES. THIS MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW QUICKLY EARLY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENHANCING THE SNOWFALL ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW TRACKS AWAY FROM THE AREA. STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 35 OR 40 MPH OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT AS A RESULT. WIZ052-059-060-064>066-069>072-290715- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.090329T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 611 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY. SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD THE AREA AND WILL JUST GET HEAVIER THROUGH THE EVENING. THERE IS A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST...AROUND MILWAUKEE TO KENOSHA AND SOUTH OF JANESVILLE AND LAKE GENEVA. THIS MIXTURE WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY SUNDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENHANCING THE SNOWFALL ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WHICH WOULD PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS AWAY FROM THE AREA. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH NEAR THE LAKE. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW 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. && $$ WIZ047-057-062-063-067-068-290715- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.090329T0000Z-090329T1200Z/ GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 611 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER TONIGHT. ROADS ARE ALREADY BECOMING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY WITH VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS DOWN TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ WIZ051-058-290715- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.090329T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 611 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MID EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 282357 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 657 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...EARLY SPRING SNOWSTORM HITTING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO CENTRAL INDIANA BY LATE THIS EVENING...AND TO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING...AND WILL GRADUALLY BECOME HEAVY THROUGH THE EVENING...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS OCCURRING IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST...FROM MILWAUKEE TO NEAR FORT ATKINSON AND SOUTH TO BELOIT...AND POINTS SOUTHEAST OF THERE. THIS MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MID EVENING OR SO. THE STORM IS IN THE FORMATIVE STAGE EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL BE A BIT UNORGANIZED WITH RESPECT TO WHERE AND WHAT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION IS FALLING. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...LOOK FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO BECOME FOR SOLID IN COVERAGE AND TURN TO ALL SNOW. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENHANCING THE SNOWFALL ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW TRACKS AWAY FROM THE AREA. STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 35 OR 40 MPH OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT AS A RESULT. WIZ052-059-060-064>066-069>072-290800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.090329T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 657 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY. SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD THE AREA AND WILL JUST GET HEAVIER THROUGH THE EVENING. THERE IS A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST...FROM MILWAUKEE TO NEAR FORT ATKINSON TO BELOIT AND POINTS SOUTHEAST. THIS MIXTURE WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MID EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THE STORM IS IN THE FORMATIVE STAGE EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL BE A BIT UNORGANIZED WITH RESPECT TO WHERE AND WHAT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION IS FALLING. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...LOOK FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO BECOME FOR SOLID IN COVERAGE AND TURN TO ALL SNOW. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENHANCING THE SNOWFALL ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WHICH WOULD PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS AWAY FROM THE AREA. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH NEAR THE LAKE. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW 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. && $$ WIZ047-057-062-063-067-068-290800- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.090329T0000Z-090329T1200Z/ GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 657 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER TONIGHT. ROADS ARE ALREADY BECOMING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY WITH VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS DOWN TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ051-058-290800- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.090329T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 657 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MID EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ DAVIS
000 WWUS43 KMKX 290117 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 817 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...EARLY SPRING SNOWSTORM HITTING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE NIGHT. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST PART OF WISCONSIN. THIS MIX SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BEFORE 10 PM. ROADS ARE VERY SLICK DUE TO THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENHANCING THE SNOWFALL ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW TRACKS AWAY FROM THE AREA. STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 35 OR 40 MPH OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT AS A RESULT. WIZ052-059-060-064>066-069>072-290930- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 817 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY. SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD THE AREA AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE NIGHT. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST...BUT THIS SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 10 PM. ROADS ACROSS THE AREA ARE SNOW AND ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENHANCING THE SNOWFALL ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WHICH WOULD PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS AWAY FROM THE AREA. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH NEAR THE LAKE. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW 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. && $$ WIZ047-057-062-063-067-068-290930- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090329T1200Z/ GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 817 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...THEN TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT. ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ WIZ051-058-290930- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 817 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MID EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 290219 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 919 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...EARLY SPRING SNOWSTORM HITTING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA TO LOWER MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT DIMINISH AROUND THE MADISON AREA AND POINTS WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THERE IS A BIT OF A LULL DEVELOPING...HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENHANCING THE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN LATER ON. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW TRACKS AWAY FROM THE AREA. STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 35 OR 40 MPH OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT AS A RESULT. WIZ052-059-060-064>066-069>072-291030- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 919 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY. SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD THE AREA AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE NIGHT. ROADS ACROSS THE AREA ARE SNOW AND ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENHANCING THE SNOWFALL ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WHICH WOULD PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS AWAY FROM THE AREA. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW 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. && $$ WIZ047-057-062-063-067-068-291030- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090329T1200Z/ GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 919 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH. ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ051-058-291030- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 919 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH. ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ DAVIS
000 WWUS43 KMKX 290447 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1147 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...EARLY SPRING SNOWSTORM HITTING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND INDIANA TO LOWER MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT IT IS ALREADY DIMINISHING AROUND THE MADISON AREA AND POINTS WEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THERE IS A BIT OF A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION RIGHT NOW...HOWEVER...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW SHOULD SPREAD INTO FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. BUT...IT LOOKS LIKE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LOWER. IT DOESN/T APPEAR AS MUCH MOISTURE IS GETTING UP INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW TRACKS AWAY FROM THE AREA. STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT AS A RESULT. WIZ052-059-060-064>066-069>072-291300- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1147 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD BE IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST...AROUND MILWAUKEE...RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES. ROADS ACROSS THE AREA ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE NOW EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTING AT TIMES TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW 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. && $$ WIZ047-057-062-063-067-068-291200- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090329T1200Z/ GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 1147 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS THE AREA...BUT IT HAS BEGUN TO SHOW A DIMINISHING TREND. THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ WIZ051-058-291300- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 1147 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH. ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS43 KMKX 290846 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 346 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION TO STAY SOUTH OF THE BADGERLAND... .WHILE SOME SNOW WILL LINGER EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL REMAIN SOUTHEAST OF THE STATE. UP TO AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING FROM MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. WIZ052-059-060-064>066-069>072-291000- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 346 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOWFALL OF AN INCH OR TWO IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MILWAUKEE TO LAKE GENEVA....HOWEVER THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTHEAST OF THE STATE. $$ WIZ047-057-062-063-067-068-291000- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090329T1200Z/ GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 346 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ONLY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES IS EXPECTED FOR THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. $$ WIZ051-058-291000- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090329T1700Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 346 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ONLY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES IS EXPECTED FOR THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. $$
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 Mar 27, 4:14 PM CDT, 11 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 4:14 PM CDT, 11 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
414 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
UPDATED TO ADD MARINE HEADLINES TO END OF PRODUCT
FORECAST FOCUS ON WINTER STORM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATED A DEEP UPPER LOW CENTERED
OVER FAR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...WITH WEST SOUTHWEST UPPER FLOW
THE SOUTHEAST STATES. WEAKER WEST NORTHWEST FLOW WAS FOUND OVER
THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WITH A WEAK TROUGH CROSSING THE LAKE
SUPERIOR.
AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW WAS
ORGANIZING ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS. MAJOR WINTER STORM AFFECTING
TEXAS PANHANDLE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHERN KANSAS...AND HEADING THIS
WAY.
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...
QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT...AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES NORTH
OF THE AREA.
MAIN ISSUE IS WINTER STORM FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
NAM/GFS/ECMWF IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH DEEP SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING
TONIGHT OVER ARKANSAS...THEN MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST
INDIANA/FAR SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS BY 00Z SUNDAY. THE LOW THEN
MOVES TO NEAR DETROIT BY 12Z SUNDAY...BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE
NORTH NORTHEAST THEREAFTER.
MAIN PLAYER IN BRINGING POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO THE FORECAST
AREA IS THE STRONG 600MB FRONTOGENESIS BAND ORIENTED SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS
BAND COINCIDES WITH DENDRITE SNOW CRYSTAL GROWTH ZONE...ESPECIALLY
FROM LATE SATURDAY THROUGH MOST OF SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS
FRONTOGENESIS ALSO HAS POTENTIAL UPPER LEVEL INSTABILITY TO TAP
INTO...THOUGH LAPSE RATES NOT AS STEEP AS PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS.
OTHER FEATURES INCLUDE POTENTIAL UPPER JET DIVERGENCE COUPLING
SATURDAY EVENING.
AS FOR SNOW AMOUNTS FOR THIS STORM...LIQUID EQUIVALENT QPF
EXPECTED TO HAVE A WIDE RANGE...FROM AROUND 0.10 INCHES IN THE
FAR NORTHWEST COUNTIES...TO AROUND 1.00 INCH IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST
COUNTIES. GIVEN THE ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE AVAILABLE WITH THIS
SYSTEM...AND THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURES/WINDS...AGREE WITH ROEBBER
NEURAL NETWORK OF HEAVY SNOW TO LIQUID RATIOS IN THE 8 TO 1 TO 10
TO 1 RANGE LATE SATURDAY THROUGH MOST OF SATURDAY NIGHT. THE
RATIOS MAY RISE SOME...ESPECIALLY INLAND TOWARD SUNDAY MORNING.
WOULD EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SWATH OF 4 TO 8 INCHES FROM FOND DU LAC
AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES SOUTHWEST TO ROCK AND WALWORTH
COUNTIES...WHERE WINTER STORM WATCH WAS PLACED. EXPECT LOWER
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MILWAUKEE TO KENOSHA COUNTY AREA
DUE TO RAIN OCCURRING AT TIMES WITH THE SNOW LATE SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY EVENING. LOWER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WOULD BE EXPECTED
WEST OF THE MAIN BAND. IN CASE THE SYSTEM DEEPENDS MORE AND TRACKS
SLIGHTLY WESTWARD...INCLUDED DANE...LAFAYETTE AND GREEN COUNTIES.
QUIET WEATHER THEN EXPECTED LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA.
.LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...
GFS 500MB MEAN STILL SHOWS PERSISTENT LONG WAVE TROF OVER THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN CONUS THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH INTO THE
FIRST PART OF APRIL. THERE IS SOME INDICATION FROM THE ECMWF OF A
PATTERN SHIFT LATE NEXT WEEK...WITH MORE ZONAL FLOW OR EVEN SLIGHT
RIDGING IN THE PLAINS.
THE PATTERN REMAINS ACTIVE IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS. AFTER THE
WEEKEND SYSTEM MOVES OUT...THERE WILL BE A TEMPORARY LULL ON
MONDAY...BEFORE ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TAKES AIM ON TUESDAY.
THE TRAJECTORY OF THIS LOW IS FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND ACROSS
CENTRAL WISCONSIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS PRETTY GOOD
CONSENSUS AMONG THE GFS AND ECMWF THAT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION
WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. CRITICAL THICKNESSES
ARE A BIT DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE MODEL SOLUTION.
HOWEVER...IT APPEARS AS THE PRECIP BEGINS THERE COULD BE RAIN SNOW
MIXTURE IN SOUTH CENTRAL WI...WHILE THE SOUTHEAST SHOULD BE NEARLY
ALL RAIN AT THE ONSET. DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...AIDED BY AT
LEAST SOME SOLAR RADIATION THROUGH THE CLOUDS AND A SURGE OF LOW
AND MID LEVEL WAA...IT APPEARS MOST OF SOUTHERN WI WILL SEE ALL
RAIN.
EVENTUALLY AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH LATER IN THE DAY AND THE FLOW
CHANGES TO THE WEST...CRITICAL THICKNESSES COLLAPSE AND 850MB
TEMPS COOL BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL PRODUCE A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW
SHOWERS THAT LINGER UNTIL WEDNESDAY. THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT QPF
EVERY FEW DAYS IN THE SHORT TERM AND THE EXTENDED...WILL KEEP US
ON HEIGHTENED ALERT FOR WORSENING OF EXISTING RIVER FLOODING.
&&
.AVIATION...NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME NW OVERNIGHT AND INCREASE EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE PLAINS AND
APPROACHES WI. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL WRAP UP AND AROUND THE
NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS IT TRACKS ACROSS
INDIANA AND LOWER MICHIGAN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. PRECIP COULD
START AS EARLY AS SAT AFTERNOON AS A VERY WET SNOW AT MSN AND A MIX
OF RAIN AND SNOW AT MKE/ENW. RAIN EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AT
MKE/ENW AROUND MIDNIGHT SAT NIGHT. FORECAST TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF AROUND 5 INCHES AT MSN AND UP TO 5 AT MKE/ENW AT THIS TIME.
POTENTIAL FOR SOME VERY HEAVY BANDS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 03Z
AND 06Z SUNDAY.
&&
.MARINE...STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER ARKANSAS TONIGHT. AS
PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS WINDS/WAVES WILL APPROACH SMALL CRAFT
CRITERIA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED. WINDS HAVE POTENTIAL TO REACH GALE FORCE...OR AT LEAST
FREQUENT GALE FORCE GUSTS FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME...LATE SAT
NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE TWO FAR SOUTHEAST WI
NEARSHORE ZONES...SO GALE WATCH POSTED.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR WIZ051-052-058>060-063>065-067>070.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR LMZ643-644.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MID SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR LMZ645-646.
GALE WATCH FROM MID SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR LMZ645-646.
&&
SHORT TERM...08/WOOD
LONG TERM...24/FRANKS
AVIATION/MARINE...13/MRCHazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 6:00 PM CDT, 10 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 600 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-280915- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 600 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PORTIONS OF THE ROCK...CRAWFISH...AND SUGAR RIVERS WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. SEVERAL OTHER RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE RISES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE ROCK...CRAWFISH AND SUGAR RIVERS...ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER RIVERS NEAR FLOOD. A STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...BRINGING A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. RAIN MAY CONTINUE TO MIX WITH SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF WET SNOW...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MINERAL POINT TO MADISON TO FOND DU LAC. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SATURDAY NIGHT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. LMZ643>646-280915- 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- 600 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO LOWER MICHIGAN ON SUNDAY. WINDS AND WAVES WILL REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR GALE FORCE WINDS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:49 AM CDT | Gale Warning | MKX | 32 hr | |
| Mar 28, 4:04 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 3 more | 24 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.