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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI

December 7, 200920 counties in Wisconsin

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 8, 7:42 PM CSTSNOW 3Burlington, WI
Dec 8, 7:45 PM CSTSNOW 3.13 Wsw Madison, WISNOWFALL SINCE 5PM. CURRENT MODERATE SNOW, 3/4 MILE VIS.
Dec 8, 8:00 PM CSTSNOW 42 S La Grange, WIFELL BETWEEN 4PM AND 8PM.
Dec 8, 8:00 PM CSTSNOW 4Oregon, WI3 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS....1 INCH THIS MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
Dec 8, 8:00 PM CSTSNOW 4.1Madison, WIMEASURED AT WISC-TV.
Dec 8, 8:00 PM CSTSNOW 4.55 Sw Madison, WI3 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. TOTAL 0.27 INCH MELTED.
Dec 8, 8:26 PM CSTSNOW 5.5Eagle, WI
Dec 8, 8:32 PM CSTSNOW 4.2Beaver Dam, WI
Dec 8, 8:55 PM CSTSNOW 3.83 Se Sullivan, WI2.8 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS.
Dec 8, 9:00 PM CSTSNOW 2.33 W Racine, WI
Dec 8, 9:00 PM CSTSNOW 3Jackson, WIHEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
Dec 8, 9:00 PM CSTSNOW 3West Allis, WI
Dec 8, 9:00 PM CSTSNOW 3.4Madison, WIMEASURED AT TRUAX FIELD.
Dec 8, 9:00 PM CSTSNOW 4.8Waterford, WI
Dec 8, 9:00 PM CSTSNOW 53 S Waukesha, WIVIS LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. WIND GUST TO 32MPH LAST HOUR.
Dec 8, 9:00 PM CSTSNOW 5.95 Sw Madison, WI0.35 LIQUID.
Dec 8, 9:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6Oregon, WI2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR.
Dec 8, 9:15 PM CSTSNOW 3.2Holy Hill, WIWATER CONTENT - 0.3 INCHES.
Dec 8, 9:17 PM CSTSNOW 4Random Lake, WI2 INCHES IN THE PAST 2 HOURS.
Dec 8, 9:30 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.4Madison, WIMEASURED AT WISC-TV
Dec 8, 9:33 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6Burlington, WI
Dec 8, 9:44 PM CSTSNOW 4.61 W Waukesha, WI
Dec 8, 9:47 PM CSTSNOW 5.8Mount Horeb, WI
Dec 8, 9:47 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.24 Wsw Middleton, WI
Dec 8, 9:55 PM CSTSNOW 3West Allis, WIHEAVY SNOW. TRANSFORMER SHORTING AT TIMES WITH BRIEF POWER OUTAGES.
Dec 8, 9:55 PM CSTSNOW 3.51 E Greenfield, WI
Dec 8, 9:55 PM CSTSNOW 47 Nw Milwaukee, WI
Dec 8, 9:55 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.85 Sw Madison, WILIQUID - .40 INCH.
Dec 8, 9:55 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 72 S La Grange, WI3 INCHES IN THE PAST 2 HOURS.
Dec 8, 10:15 PM CSTSNOW 4.22 E Holy Hill, WI
Dec 8, 10:15 PM CSTSNOW 4.5Hartland, WI2.5 INCHES IN THE PAST 2 HOURS.
Dec 8, 10:21 PM CSTSNOW 5.5Random Lake, WI1.5 INCH PER HOUR RATE CURRENTLY.
Dec 8, 10:30 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.31 Sw Madison, WI
Dec 8, 10:30 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7.6Madison, WIMEASURED AT WISC-TV.
Dec 8, 10:35 PM CSTSNOW 4.5West Bend, WI
Dec 8, 10:45 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7.85 Wsw Middleton, WI1.5 INCHES IN PAST HOUR.
Dec 8, 11:00 PM CSTSNOW 5.52 E Waukesha, WI
Dec 8, 11:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.21 Nw Middleton, WI
Dec 8, 11:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.8Burlington, WI
Dec 8, 11:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 85 Sw Madison, WI
Dec 8, 11:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8Oregon, WI
Dec 8, 11:00 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 10.55 Sw Madison, WI2.5 IN THE LAST HOUR.
Dec 8, 11:30 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7Random Lake, WI
Dec 8, 11:40 PM CSTSNOW 4.63 Se Palmyra, WI
Dec 8, 11:40 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.7Hartford, WI
Dec 8, 11:40 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7.5Beaver Dam, WI
Dec 8, 11:45 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7Waukesha, WI
Dec 8, 11:45 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 104 Wsw Middleton, WI2.2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR.
Dec 9, 12:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 10Oregon, WI
Dec 9, 12:10 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8.71 Sw Madison, WI
Dec 9, 12:33 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8Sw Sun Prairie, WI
Dec 9, 12:35 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 10.5Madison, WIHEAVY SNOW. WISC TV. WINDS GUST TO 25 TO 30 MPH. SOME DRIFTING SNOW BUT STILL FAIRLY WET SNOW.
Dec 9, 12:43 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8.3Wsw Cross Plains, WI
Dec 9, 1:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6Pewaukee, WIAT WMTJ 4 TV METEOROLOGIST HOME.
Dec 9, 1:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 9.15 Wsw Madison, WIMEASURED AT WMTV MADISON
Dec 9, 1:10 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 125 Sw Madison, WITHUNDERSNOW, 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 CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.52 Sw Oconomowoc, WISOME TRIM LIMBS DOWN.
Dec 9, 1:53 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 104 Ne Madison, WI2 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 CSTHEAVY SNOW 151 N Janesville, WIPOWER OUTAGES AND TREE BRANCHES DOWN. CARS STUCK ON ROADS.
Dec 9, 2:15 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 121 Ne Madison, WISNOW 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2009-12-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2009-12-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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...MBK
Hazardous 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

&&

ZABEL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 7, 3:32 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMKXOzaukee, Sheboygan, Washington8 hr
Dec 7, 4:04 AM CSTGale WatchMKX17 hr
Dec 7, 5:31 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX3 hr

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Sources

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