Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 7, 2009, 3:21 PM CST for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 8, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 27 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2009, 3:21 PM CST (21:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2009, 3:07 PM CST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 7:42 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Burlington, WI | |
| Dec 8, 7:45 PM CST | SNOW 3.1 | 3 Wsw Madison, WI | SNOWFALL SINCE 5PM. CURRENT MODERATE SNOW, 3/4 MILE VIS. |
| Dec 8, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 S La Grange, WI | FELL BETWEEN 4PM AND 8PM. |
| Dec 8, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Oregon, WI | 3 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS....1 INCH THIS MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 8, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Madison, WI | MEASURED AT WISC-TV. |
| Dec 8, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | 3 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. TOTAL 0.27 INCH MELTED. |
| Dec 8, 8:26 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Eagle, WI | |
| Dec 8, 8:32 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Beaver Dam, WI | |
| Dec 8, 8:55 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI | 2.8 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. |
| Dec 8, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 3 W Racine, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Jackson, WI | HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 8, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | West Allis, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.4 | Madison, WI | MEASURED AT TRUAX FIELD. |
| Dec 8, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Waterford, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 S Waukesha, WI | VIS LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. WIND GUST TO 32MPH LAST HOUR. |
| Dec 8, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.9 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | 0.35 LIQUID. |
| Dec 8, 9:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Oregon, WI | 2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR. |
| Dec 8, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Holy Hill, WI | WATER CONTENT - 0.3 INCHES. |
| Dec 8, 9:17 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Random Lake, WI | 2 INCHES IN THE PAST 2 HOURS. |
| Dec 8, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.4 | Madison, WI | MEASURED AT WISC-TV |
| Dec 8, 9:33 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Burlington, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:44 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | 1 W Waukesha, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:47 PM CST | SNOW 5.8 | Mount Horeb, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:47 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 4 Wsw Middleton, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:55 PM CST | SNOW 3 | West Allis, WI | HEAVY SNOW. TRANSFORMER SHORTING AT TIMES WITH BRIEF POWER OUTAGES. |
| Dec 8, 9:55 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 E Greenfield, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:55 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 7 Nw Milwaukee, WI | |
| Dec 8, 9:55 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | LIQUID - .40 INCH. |
| Dec 8, 9:55 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 S La Grange, WI | 3 INCHES IN THE PAST 2 HOURS. |
| Dec 8, 10:15 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | 2 E Holy Hill, WI | |
| Dec 8, 10:15 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Hartland, WI | 2.5 INCHES IN THE PAST 2 HOURS. |
| Dec 8, 10:21 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Random Lake, WI | 1.5 INCH PER HOUR RATE CURRENTLY. |
| Dec 8, 10:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 1 Sw Madison, WI | |
| Dec 8, 10:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.6 | Madison, WI | MEASURED AT WISC-TV. |
| Dec 8, 10:35 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | West Bend, WI | |
| Dec 8, 10:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | 5 Wsw Middleton, WI | 1.5 INCHES IN PAST HOUR. |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 E Waukesha, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 1 Nw Middleton, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | Burlington, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Oregon, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | 2.5 IN THE LAST HOUR. |
| Dec 8, 11:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Random Lake, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:40 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | 3 Se Palmyra, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | Hartford, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Beaver Dam, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Waukesha, WI | |
| Dec 8, 11:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 4 Wsw Middleton, WI | 2.2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR. |
| Dec 9, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Oregon, WI | |
| Dec 9, 12:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.7 | 1 Sw Madison, WI | |
| Dec 9, 12:33 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Sw Sun Prairie, WI | |
| Dec 9, 12:35 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Madison, WI | HEAVY SNOW. WISC TV. WINDS GUST TO 25 TO 30 MPH. SOME DRIFTING SNOW BUT STILL FAIRLY WET SNOW. |
| Dec 9, 12:43 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.3 | Wsw Cross Plains, WI | |
| Dec 9, 1:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Pewaukee, WI | AT WMTJ 4 TV METEOROLOGIST HOME. |
| Dec 9, 1:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.1 | 5 Wsw Madison, WI | MEASURED AT WMTV MADISON |
| Dec 9, 1:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | THUNDERSNOW, 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW IN PAST HOUR. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW IN THE CITY OF MADISON. |
| Dec 9, 1:40 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 2 Sw Oconomowoc, WI | SOME TRIM LIMBS DOWN. |
| Dec 9, 1:53 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 4 Ne Madison, WI | 2 INCHES IN PAST HOUR FOR EACH OF THE PAST 3 HOURS, FOR TOTAL OF 6 INCHES IN 3 HOURS. 0.48 INCH LIQUID IN PAST 3 HOURS, FOR SNOW-LIQUID RATIO OF 12.5 TO 1. TOTAL SNOW DEPTH 12 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 1:57 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 1 N Janesville, WI | POWER OUTAGES AND TREE BRANCHES DOWN. CARS STUCK ON ROADS. |
| Dec 9, 2:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 1 Ne Madison, WI | SNOW DEPTH 14 INCHES. A FEW LIMBS DOWN FROM WEIGHT OF WET SNOW. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 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 072121 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 321 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE STILL ON TRACK TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY...AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WOULD RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXCEED 8 INCHES IN MOST AREAS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TUESDAY EVENING...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SLIGHT VARIATIONS OF THIS TRACK ARE STILL POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD CHANGE SNOW AMOUNTS INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AND NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. HOWEVER IT IS LOOKING LIKELY THAT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL EXPERIENCE SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-080530- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0006.091209T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0005.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 321 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY...AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH 6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH ON TUESDAY...TURNING NORTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY EVENING...AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. * WHILE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TO BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING IF THE STORM INTENSIFIES MORE THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ DDV
12 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KMKX 080314 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 914 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE STILL ON TRACK TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY...AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WOULD RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXCEED 8 INCHES IN MOST AREAS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TUESDAY EVENING...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SLIGHT VARIATIONS OF THIS TRACK ARE STILL POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD CHANGE SNOW AMOUNTS INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AND NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. HOWEVER IT IS LOOKING LIKELY THAT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL EXPERIENCE SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-081115- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 914 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY...AND ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY 6PM TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH 6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST. LESSER AMOUNTS WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST IF THE STORM TRACKS A BIT FARTHER NORTH RESULTING IN A RAIN SNOW MIX AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH ON TUESDAY...TURNING NORTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY EVENING...AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WHILE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TO BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING IF THE STORM INTENSIFIES MORE THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ HENTZ
000 WWUS43 KMKX 081025 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 425 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE STILL ON TRACK TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY...AND MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WOULD RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXCEED 8 INCHES IN MOST AREAS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING TONIGHT. RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER BUT INLAND LOCATIONS WILL SEE ALL SNOW. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-081830- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 425 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING BUT NOT BECOME HEAVY UNTIL EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY 6 PM TODAY WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER TOTALS IN SHEBOYGAN AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES DUE TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH 6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST. LESSER AMOUNTS WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST IF THE STORM TRACKS A BIT FARTHER NORTH RESULTING IN A RAIN SNOW MIX AT TIMES. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...TURNING NORTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. THE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WHILE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TO BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING IF THE STORM INTENSIFIES MORE THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WOOD/GEHRING
000 WWUS43 KMKX 081758 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1158 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE STILL ON TRACK TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WOULD RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXCEED 8 INCHES IN MOST AREAS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING TONIGHT. RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER...WITH POSSIBLY LOWER OVERALL ACCUMULATIONS...BUT INLAND LOCATIONS WILL SEE ALL SNOW. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS BEING STRONGLY CONSIDERED FOR PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BEGINNING THIS EVENING. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-090200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 1158 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY...BECOMING HEAVY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH 6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST. EVEN LESSER AMOUNTS WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST IF THE STORM TRACKS A BIT FARTHER NORTH RESULTING IN A RAIN SNOW MIX AT TIMES. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...TURNING NORTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. THE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * THERE IS AN INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR A PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TO BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVLILLE. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ DDV
000 WWUS43 KMKX 082000 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 200 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE STILL ON TRACK TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXCEED 10 INCHES IN MOST AREAS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING TONIGHT. RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM AROUND MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER...WITH LOWER OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THIS STORM...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-090400- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.091208T2000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 200 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... BECOMING HEAVY THIS EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...WITH THE BEST CHANCE THIS EVENING THROUGH AND THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 13 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...TURNING NORTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. THE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-090400- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 200 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING HEAVY THIS EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 5 TO 9 INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST AS RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...TURNING NORTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. THE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...PARTICULARLY BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AND THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ DDV
000 WWUS43 KMKX 082206 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 406 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY APPROACH A FOOT IN MANY AREAS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING TONIGHT. RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM AROUND MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER...WITH LOWER OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THIS STORM TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE. CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST OF THIS LINE ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-090615- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 406 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... BECOMING HEAVY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-090615- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 406 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... BECOMING HEAVY THIS EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 5 TO 9 INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST AS RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS IS POSSIBLE AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE WINDS WILL THEN TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM... PARTICULARLY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN THROUGH THE EVENING. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ DDV
000 WWUS43 KMKX 090105 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 705 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFYING OVER MISSOURI WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY APPROACH A FOOT IN MANY AREAS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING TONIGHT. RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM AROUND MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER...WITH LOWER OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THIS STORM TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE. CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST OF THIS LINE ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-090915- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 705 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WAS BECOMING HEAVY OVER FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH... THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-090915- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 705 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: THE SNOW WAS BECOMING HEAVY EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN TONIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 5 TO 9 INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST AS RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. THE LOWER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE KENOSHA AREA...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF WAUKESHA. * WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS IS POSSIBLE AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE WINDS WILL THEN TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM... PARTICULARLY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN THROUGH THE EVENING. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ HENTZ
000 WWUS43 KMKX 090321 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 921 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFYING OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY APPROACH A FOOT IN MANY AREAS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING TONIGHT. RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM AROUND MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER...WITH LOWER OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THIS STORM TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE. CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST OF THIS LINE ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-091130- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 921 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS: EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH... THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-091130- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 921 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: THE SNOW WAS HEAVY THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN TONIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW MAY DIMINISH FOR A TIME IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEAR RACINE AND KENOSHA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 5 TO 9 INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST AS RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. THE LOWER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE KENOSHA AREA...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF WAUKESHA. * WINDS: EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS IS POSSIBLE AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE WINDS WILL THEN TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM... PARTICULARLY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN THROUGH THE EVENING. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ HENTZ
000 WWUS43 KMKX 090523 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1123 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFYING OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY APPROACH A FOOT IN MANY AREAS WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING TONIGHT. RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM AROUND MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER...TO EAST OF JANESVILLE WITH LOWER OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THIS STORM TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE. CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST OF THIS LINE ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-091330- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1123 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WINDS: EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH... THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-091330- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1123 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE. SOME THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN TONIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO ALL SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION MAY DIMINISH FOR A TIME IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEAR RACINE AND KENOSHA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE. 5 TO 9 INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST AS THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING. THE LOWER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE KENOSHA AREA...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF WAUKESHA. * WINDS: EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THEN A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS IS EXPECTED AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE WINDS WILL THEN TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM... PARTICULARLY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN THROUGH THE EVENING TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ HENTZ
000 WWUS43 KMKX 091002 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 402 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM BRINGING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFYING OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN NEAR RACINE AROUND 6 AM THIS MORNING AND INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL EXCEED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO WEST BEND TO WAUKESHA TO ELKHORN. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL END EARLY THIS MORNING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND BY LATE MORNING OVER SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM. MUCH LOWER SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED RIGHT NEAR THE LAKE IN THIS AREA...BUT AMOUNTS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY INLAND IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF OZAUKEE...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...AND KENOSHA COUNTIES. 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES. A LULL IN THE STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED TOWARD DAYBREAK LASTING UNTIL MID MORNING. THEREAFTER...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL KICK IN AND SPREAD EAST...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THE MIDDAY HOURS INTO THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE. CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST OF THIS LINE...BUT LESS SNOW AND A MUCH WETTER SNOW SHOULD RESULT IN LESS BLOWING SNOW. THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN THIS SEASON...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-091600- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 402 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 16 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WIND DIMINISHING TEMPORARILY TO 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH MID MORNING. THE WINDS WILL THE TURN NORTHWEST BY LATE MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-091600- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 402 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE. RAIN ALONG THE LAKE SHORE FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO MILWAUKEE... RACINE...AND KENOSHA WILL TURN BACK TO SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE. 3 TO 6 INCHES IS LIKELY ALONG THE LAKE SHORE FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. THE CLOSER TO THE LAKE...THE LOWER THE AMOUNTS. THE FARTHER WEST INTO WAUKESHA AND WALWORTH COUNTY...THE HIGHER THE AMOUNTS. * WINDS: A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS IS EXPECTED AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE WINDS WILL THEN TURN NORTHWEST LATE THIS MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS ROADS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING FOR MANY AREAS. WET ROADS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN THE PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...AND KENOSHA AREAS WILL EVENTUALLY TURN SLUSHY AND THEN ICY AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 20S DURING THE DAY. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO BROOKFIELD TO BURLINGTON...PARTICULARLY AROUND MIDDAY AND THEN THROUGH THE EVENING. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CRAVEN
000 WWUS43 KMKX 091448 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 848 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES WITH SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVED ACROSS MILWAUKEE AT 6 AM AND CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL HAS EXCEEDED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO WEST BEND TO JEFFERSON AND BELOIT. AROUND 18 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED IN THE MADISON AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM GREEN LAKE TO PORTAGE TO DARLINGTON. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BUT STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO MEASURE WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING EXPECTED. HOWEVER...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS FROM SHEBOYGAN TO MADISON AND MONROE ON EAST. AREAS ALONG THE LAKE SHORE HAVE SEEN A CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOULD SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. THE LULL IN THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST. WINDS ARE ALREADY GUSTING TO 30 MPH IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS MORNING...PEAKING OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH. STRONG WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE LAKE SHORE AND WEST OF THE MADISON AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FROM THE MIDDAY HOURS INTO THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE. CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST OF THIS LINE...BUT LESS SNOW AND A MUCH WETTER SNOW SHOULD RESULT IN LESS BLOWING SNOW. BECAUSE THE SNOW WAS SO WET AND STUCK ON TREES OVERNIGHT...THE INCREASING WINDS TODAY MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TREE DAMAGE WITH LIGHTER WINDS THUS FAR. THE STRONG WINDS MAY BEGIN TO KNOCK THE SNOW OFF OF THE TREES...BUT THERE MAY BE QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE BEFORE THE SNOW IS COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-091830- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 848 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO WEST BEND TO JEFFERSON TO JANESVILLE. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-091830- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 848 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE LAKE SHORE SINCE WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO NORTHWEST AND TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE. 3 TO 6 INCHES IS LIKELY ALONG THE LAKE SHORE FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. THE CLOSER TO THE LAKE...THE LOWER THE AMOUNTS. THE FARTHER WEST INTO WAUKESHA AND WALWORTH COUNTY... THE HIGHER THE AMOUNTS. * WINDS: A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS WILL END BY LATE MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL NCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS ROADS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING FOR MANY AREAS. WET ROADS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN THE PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...AND KENOSHA AREAS WILL EVENTUALLY TURN SLUSHY AND THEN ICY AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 20S DURING THE DAY. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO BROOKFIELD TO BURLINGTON...PARTICULARLY AROUND MIDDAY AND THEN THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CRAVEN
000 WWUS43 KMKX 091750 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1150 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES WITH SNOW...STRONG WINDS... PLUNGING TEMPERATURES...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE NOW MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO HEAD NORTHEAST TOWARD LAKE HURON THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH. STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE WEST OF MADISON...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS OF IOWA AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED INTO THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE. CONDITIONS MAY APPROACH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST OF THIS LINE. BECAUSE THE SNOW WAS SO WET AND STUCK ON TREES OVERNIGHT...THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TREE DAMAGE WITH LIGHTER WINDS THUS FAR. THE STRONG WINDS MAY BEGIN TO KNOCK THE SNOW OFF OF THE TREES...BUT THERE MAY BE QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE BEFORE THE SNOW IS COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF. ARCTIC AIR WILL POUR INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...WITH LOWS TONIGHT BELOW ZERO IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND IN THE SINGLE DIGITS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. READINGS WILL STRUGGLE INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO TO THE LOWER TEENS THURSDAY. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. WIZ046-047-051-056>059-062>064-067>069-092100- /O.NEW.KMKX.WC.Y.0006.091210T0900Z-091210T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON- IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1150 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES BY THIS EVENING...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW ZERO IN MOST AREAS LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ WIZ052-092100- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEBOYGAN 1150 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ065-070-092100- /O.NEW.KMKX.WC.Y.0006.091210T0900Z-091210T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 1150 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. THE FARTHER WEST INTO WAUKESHA AND WALWORTH COUNTY...THE HIGHER THE AMOUNTS. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL NCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS ROADS ARE EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BRIEFING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ WIZ060-066-071-072-092100- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 1150 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND 12 INCHES IN NORTHWEST OZAUKEE COUNTY...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN EASTERN OZAUKEE...WESTERN MILWAUKEE...WESTERN RACINE...AND WESTERN KENOSHA COUNTIES. 3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE LAKE SHORE FROM MILWAUKEE TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS SHOULD BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS ROADS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING FOR INLAND AREAS. WET ROADS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN THE PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...AND KENOSHA AREAS WILL EVENTUALLY TURN SLUSHY AND THEN ICY AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 20S. * WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CRAVEN
000 WWUS43 KMKX 092107 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 307 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...THINGS ARE SETTLING DOWN... THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEVERE WINTER WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA IS MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST VERY QUICKLY AND WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT BEING MET. IN FACT...CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED ENOUGH THAT NO MORE SNOW RELATED WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES ARE NEEDED. HOWEVER...DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. MANY ROADS REMAIN SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY. ROADS THAT MAY JUST BE WET THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY SEE ICY STRETCHES FORM VERY RAPIDLY AS TEMPERATURES FALL WITH THE SETTING SUN AND COLD AIR ARRIVING. LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP TO AROUND ZERO...A BIT WARMER IN THE EAST... AND THIS WILL COMBINE WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 17 TO 25 BELOW LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WIZ046-047-051-056>059-062>064-067>069-100515- /O.CAN.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMKX.WC.Y.0006.091210T0900Z-091210T1700Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON- IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 307 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING: THE COLDEST CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT FROM AROUND 3 AM TO ABOUT 11 AM THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS WILL DROP TO ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO WITH WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING TO 18 TO 25 BELOW. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS: FROST BITE AND POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA. ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT DUE TO LINGERING SNOW AND ICE COVERAGE AND SOME DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ WIZ052-092215- /O.CAN.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEBOYGAN 307 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. HOWEVER...ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS IN MANY AREAS OVERNIGHT DUE CONTINUED DRIFTING IN OPEN AREAS. MANY ROADS REMAIN SNOW OR ICE COVERED. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. $$ WIZ065-070-100515- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMKX.WC.Y.0006.091210T0900Z-091210T1700Z/ WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 307 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING: THE COLDEST CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT FROM AROUND 3 AM TO ABOUT 11 AM THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS WILL DROP TO AROUND ZERO WITH WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING TO 17 TO 22 BELOW. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS: FROST BITE AND POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA. ROADS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT DUE TO LINGERING SNOW AND ICE COVERAGE AND SOME DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ WIZ060-066-071-072-092215- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/ OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 307 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. HOWEVER...ROADS SHOULD REMAIN HAZARDOUS IN MANY AREAS OVERNIGHT DUE TO SNOW AND ICE COVERED CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. $$ DAVIS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 Dec 7, 3:40 AM CST, 11 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 3:40 AM CST, 11 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED MARINE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
340 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
.DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS SQUARELY ON THE MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. WE ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE SNOW THIS
MORNING. LASTLY THE COLD BLAST IN THE WAKE OF THE BIG STORM.
TODAY- CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM
WATER VAPOR/RUC COMBO SHOWS MAIN 22 UNIT VORT CENTER SHIFTING
NORTHEAST FROM EASTERN IOWA. SURFACE LOW CENTER NE MO WITH INVERTED
TROUGH AXIS INTO SE WI. MODEL QPF AXIS ACROSS CENTRAL/NORTHERN CWA
ALIGNS WITH WHERE DEFORMATION ZONE PRECIP SHIELD IS LAYING OUT PER
88-D MOSAIC. VERTICAL MOTION ASSOICATED WITH UPPER WAVE CLEARS THE
CWA BY 18Z. LAKE ENHANCEMENT VICINITY SOUTHERN SHEBOYGAN/NORTHERN
OZAUKEE AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN FAVORED 1000-850
CONVERGENCE ZONE. DELTA T VALUES FROM THE NAM ARE 15C. WILL HOIST AN
EARLY ADVISORY FOR THOSE 3 COUNTIES WITH AMOUNTS LOCALLY GETTING UP
TO 5 INCHES. WILL THEN LEAN MORE TOWARDS HPC WITH NO MEASURABLE
AFTER 18Z. SOUNDINGS SHOW MUCH OF THE COLUMN DRYING...THOUGH LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE AND WEAK SURFACE TROUGHINESS SUGGEST SOME FLURRIES
WILL LINGER.
TONIGHT- CONFIDENCE...LOW TO MEDIUM
UPPER LEVELS SUGGEST WEAK RIDGING HOWEVER THE GFS IS RATHER
AGGRESSIVE WITH WARM AIR ADVECTION LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING. IN FACT
THERE IS A FAVORABLE DELTA T OF AROUND 15C WITH ONSHORE COMPONENT.
GFS HAS 0.01 COVERING THE WHOLE CWA WHILE THE NAM HOLDS THINGS OFF.
WILL GO DRY FOR NOW.
TUESDAY- CONFIDENCE...LOW TO MEDIUM
UPPER SYSTEM MOVES OUT INTO THE PLAINS AND THE ISENTROPIC COMPONENT
OF THIS STORM KICKS IN WITH EARNEST. IMPRESSIVE ADIABATIC OMEGA WITH
WIDESPREAD QPF DEVELOPING ACROSS ALL OF THE CWA.
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY- CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM
MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN. CONFIDENCE INTO THE HIGH CATEGORY THAT MUCH OF THE CWA
WILL SEE CLOSE TO A FOOT OF SNOW. WHERE THE CONFIDENCE IS STILL A
SMIDGE LOWER IS IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER NEAR THE LAKE WHERE
QUESTIONABLE THERMAL PROFILE COMES INTO PLAY. THE NAM IS THE WARMEST
SOLUTION AT THE MOMENT WITH THE 850 LOW TRACKING OVER MILWAUKEE. AM
DISCOUNTING THIS THOUGH AND LEANING TOWARDS THE GFS/ECMWF WHICH HAS
THE 850 LOW TRACKING THROUGH NORTHERN CHICAGO SUBURBS AND OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST WITH THE ECWMF SOUNDING IN THE FAR SE CORNER STILL
SHOWING ALL SNOW FOR THE EVENT. 700 LOW TRACK FROM THE ECMWF AND
GFS PUTS MUCH OF THE CWA IN THE FAVORED NORTHERN HALF OF THE 700
CLOSED CONTOUR. INGREDIENTS CHARTS ARE SHOWING SOME WEAK
CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. INSTABILITY LOOKS LIMITED BUT IMPRESSIVE 30
TO 50 UNITS OF Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE IN THE 700-500 MILLIBAR LAYER.
GETTING ANYWHERE FROM 0.90 TO 1.10 INCHES OP LIQUID AND USING A
COMBINATION OF THICKNESS TECHNIQUE AND ROEBBER TECHNIQUE WILL LEAN
TOWARDS LOWER RATIOS CLOSER TO 10:1 ...ESPECIALLY IN THE
SOUTHEAST. CAN SEE WHERE THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN CWA MAY SEE
HIGHER RATIOS. THE COBB RATIOS LOOK A BIT ON THE HIGH SIDE. FOR
NOW...THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT A GOOD 8-12 INCHES CWA WIDE. THE 925
WINDS REALLY RAMP UP AHEAD OF THE LOW TUESDAY EVENING WITH SOME
SUGGESTION THAT BLIZZARD CRITERIA COULD BE MET OR CLOSE TO BEING
MET FOR A TIME. THEN WINDS EASE A BIT AS LOW GETS CLOSER. THE
STRONGEST WINDS ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY WHEN LOW PULLS OFF TO THE EAST
A BIT BUT THEN HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION RATE NOT COINCIDENT WITH
THESE WINDS. SO OVERALL CONFIDENCE IN COVERAGE AND DURATION OF
TRUE BLIZZARD TYPE CONDITIONS LOW AT THIS POINT...BUT SOMETHING TO
MONITOR.
THURSDAY- CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM
STRONG LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA BUT GRADIENT STILL
FAIRLY TIGHT. BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...1000-500
MILLIBAR THICKNESSES AROUND 500DM AND 925 TEMPS OF -13 TO -16C. A
REAL TASTE OF WINTERLIKE COLD SETTING UP HERE.
FRIDAY- CONFIDENCE...LOW TO MEDIUM
START TO SEE SOME WARM AIR ADVECTION AS RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS OFF TO THE
EAST. 925 TEMPS AND THICKNESSES MODIFY
&&
.AVIATION...MVFR/IFR CIGS/VSBYS ASSOCD WITH AREAS OF SNOW TO EASE TO
MAINLY MVFR CIGS LATER THIS MRNG AS SNOW ENDS. CIGS MAY BRIEFLY
RETURN TO VFR LATE TODAY OR TNGT BEFORE -SN RETURNS TUE MRNG.
&&
.MARINE...SMALL AREA OF 1830Z MODIS SEA SURFACE TEMP SHOWS NEARSHORE
TEMPS AROUND 5C. WL WATCH CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE SMALL CRAFT ADVY NRN
ZONES FOR EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO STRONG LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
NORTH OF STATIONARY BOUNDARY FARTHER SOUTH. OTHERWISE...FOCUS ON
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS ON TUE AND
MOVE ACROSS LOWER LK MI EARLY WED MRNG. STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES
MAY ALLOW WIND GUSTS TO REACH 35KTS AS LOW DEEPENS TO THE SOUTH.
WINDS DIMINISH BRIEFLY BTWN 10Z AND 14Z WED AS LOW MOVES NEARS
REGION...BEFORE STRONG W TO NW WNDS RAPIDLY DEVELOP AS LOW MOVES
FARTHER NE. BETTER POTENTIAL FOR GALE WARNING CRITERIA TO BE MET
WED INTO WED NGT. WL POST GALE WATCH FROM TUE NGT THRU WED NGT AT
THIS TIME.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR WIZ052-
059-060.
LM...GALE WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
FOR LMZ643>646.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...PC
AVIATION/MARINE...MBKHazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 1:00 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 100 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-081145- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 100 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY...AND THEN TRACK NORTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN HEAVY ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. STRONG EAST WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SEVERAL HOURS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA ON WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WOULD SEVERELY RESTRICT THE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. THERE IS STILL A POTENTIAL SOME WARMER AIR MAY SURGE INTO FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST AND ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN. THIS WOULD CUT DOWN SLIGHTLY ON SNOW AMOUNTS IN THESE AREAS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL AND WIND GUST REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. PLEASE REMEMBER TO REPORT THE EXACT LOCATION AND TIME OF THE OBSERVATION. LMZ643>646-081145- 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- 100 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WINDS MAY REACH GALE FORCE CRITERIA FOR A TIME TUESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS DEEP LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PERIOD. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX MRC
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 7, 11:06 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1106 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1106 AM SNOW PLYMOUTH 43.75N 87.97W
12/07/2009 M3.0 INCH SHEBOYGAN WI TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
ZABELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 3:32 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington | 8 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:04 AM CST | Gale Watch | MKX | 17 hr | |
| Dec 7, 5:31 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 3 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.