Alert archive / Wisconsin / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this blizzard warning at Dec 11, 2010, 1:56 PM CST for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 11, 2010, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 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 11, 2010, 1:56 PM CST (19:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 11, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2010, 3:07 PM CST
- In force
- 21 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 19:56 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 11, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Berlin, WI | 2-3 INCHES. |
| Dec 11, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Darlington, WI | 3-4 INCHES OF HEAVY/WET SNOW. |
| Dec 11, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Montello, WI | 3-4 INCHES. |
| Dec 11, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Dodgeville, WI | SEVERAL ACCIDENTS/SPIN-OUTS IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS SINCE THE CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW. |
| Dec 11, 6:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Reedsburg, WI | 6-7 INCHES. 2 INCHES IN THE PAST 1.5 HOURS. |
| Dec 11, 6:20 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 8 Sw Madison, WI | MOSTLY IN THE LAST HOUR. MEASURED AT WISC. |
| Dec 11, 6:25 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Lomira, WI | ROADS VERY SLIPPERY. MANY CARS OFF ROAD ON HWY 41 BTWN HWY 23 AND HWY 28. |
| Dec 11, 6:35 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Monroe, WI | |
| Dec 11, 6:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 7 Wnw Portage, WI | BETWEEN PORTAGE AND WISCONSIN DELLS. |
| Dec 11, 6:59 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 7 Sw Madison, WI | MEASURED AT WMTV. |
| Dec 11, 7:11 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 W Beaver Dam, WI | |
| Dec 11, 7:11 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Blue Mounds, WI | SNOWFALL IN 4 HOURS. |
| Dec 11, 7:40 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 8 Sw Madison, WI | MEASURED AT WISC-TV. SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY. VISIBILITY AROUDN 1/4MI. ROADS BECOMING VERY SLICK. |
| Dec 11, 8:04 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Fall River, WI | OBSERVED THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. POWER OUTAGES IN VILLAGE OF FALL RIVER. |
| Dec 11, 8:15 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Mount Horeb, WI | |
| Dec 11, 8:21 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Taycheedah, WI | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CURRENTLY. |
| Dec 11, 8:32 PM CST | SNOW 2 | West Bend, WI | |
| Dec 11, 8:32 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Sheboygan, WI | FALLING ABOUT 1 INCH PER HOUR. |
| Dec 11, 8:48 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Oregon, WI | |
| Dec 11, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Blue Mounds, WI | ACCUMULATED IN 6 HOURS. |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Sheboygan, WI | |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 N Watertown, WI | |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Janesville, WI | |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Lodi, WI | WISC-TV |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Rubicon, WI | |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Sun Prairie, WI | WISC-TV |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Knowles, WI | 3 TO 4 INCHES. |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Wayne, WI | |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | West Bend, WI | MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW FOR THE PAST 4 HOURS. |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 5 Sw Madison, WI | WISC-TV |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Berlin, WI | 4-5 INCHES. |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Fond Du Lac, WI | 4 TO 5 INCHES. |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Montello, WI | 4-5 INCHES. |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Random Lake, WI | 1.5 INCHES IN PAST HOUR. |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Baraboo, WI | DIFFICULT TO MEASURE. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Lake Delton, WI | WISC-TV |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Random Lake, WI | |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Elkhart Lake, WI | |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | La Valle, WI | WISC-TV |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Lomira, WI | WISC-TV |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Montello, WI | WISC-TV |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Wisconsin Dells, WI | WISC-TV |
| Dec 11, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Westfield, WI | WISC-TV |
| Dec 11, 9:48 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Oregon, WI | |
| Dec 11, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 W Beaver Dam, WI | LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN. POWER OUTAGES. |
| Dec 11, 10:11 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 3 S Berlin, WI | HEAVY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY AS LOW AS 1/8TH MILE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. |
| Dec 11, 10:23 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Nw Middleton, WI | BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 11, 10:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Fond Du Lac, WI | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 11, 10:34 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Random Lake, WI | 1 INCH IN THE PAST HOUR. |
| Dec 11, 10:50 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Oregon, WI | 0.75 INCH IN PAST HOUR. WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 11, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.4 | 1 Sw Sheboygan, WI | 0.85 INCH OF MELTED LIQUID. |
| Dec 11, 11:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 8 Sw Madison, WI | VISIBILITY 1/4 MILE...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND SOME DRIFTING SNOW. WISC-TV. |
| Dec 11, 11:38 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Random Lake, WI | 1 INCH IN PAST HOUR. |
| Dec 11, 11:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | West Bend, WI | THUNDERSNOW WITH VERY HEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY. 7 INCHES IN PAST 7 HOURS. TREES AND POWER LINES COATED BY HEAVY WET SNOW. TREE SNAPPED IN YARD. POWER OUTAGES. |
| Dec 12, 12:11 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Janesville, WI | 1.5 INCHES IN ONE HOUR. |
| Dec 12, 12:46 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 W Beaver Dam, WI | 7 INCHES TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 12, 12:46 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Random Lake, WI | 1 INCH IN PAST HOUR. ROADS SNOWCOVERED. TREES AND POWERLINES ARE NOW WEIGHTED DOWN WITH THE WET SNOW. |
| Dec 12, 1:15 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 2 Sw Oconomowoc, WI | MEASURED 1.7 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Dec 12, 1:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Middleton, WI | MADISON TV-15 METEOROLOGIST MEASURED 7 INCHES WITH LOTS OF DRIFTING. VISIBILITY CONSISTENTLY BELOW 1/3 MILE AND OCCASIONALLY BELOW 1/8 MILE. TERRIBLE RIDE HOME. NORMAL 10-MINUTE RIDE TOOK 45 MINUTES. |
| Dec 12, 1:36 AM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Janesville, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3.2 INCHES. |
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, 7.9 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
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
557 WWUS43 KMKX 111956 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 156 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT NOT UNTIL MIDNIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME AREAS NORTH OF A MILWAUKEE TO MADISON LINE LIKELY RECEIVING 12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW. OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE POWERFUL NORTH WIND THAT WILL ARRIVE BY MIDNIGHT NORTHWEST OF MADISON...AND TOWARD MORNING IN THE SOUTHEAST. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CRIPPLING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITH MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE. EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. BITTERLY COLD AIR...WITH WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO...WILL FOLLOW THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM IOWA...ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT...WHICH IS A FAVORED TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW. AS THE LOW PASSES TO THE EAST...A VERY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL GENERATE THE SUSTAINED WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE TRAVELING LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. WIZ062-063-067-068-120400- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0003.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON... MONROE 156 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MIXED PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE... MAINLY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SNOW COVERED...DRIFTED ROADS ARE EXPECTED. MANY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ WIZ051-052-058-059-064-069-120400- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0003.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 156 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN WILL OCCUR AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES NORTH OF A MILWAUKEE TO MADISON LINE...AND 6 TO 10 INCHES TO THE SOUTH. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-120400- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0003.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PORT WASHINGTON 156 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN WILL OCCUR AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 14 INCHES. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ WIZ065-066-070>072-120400- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0003.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 156 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA MAY SEE THE SNOW HOLD OFF UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THEN LOOK FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ONCE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY AROUND 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING...LIKELY CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN WAUKESHA COUNTY. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP EARLY ON SUNDAY...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-120400- /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS 156 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOP THIS EVENING...CREATING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW TONIGHT. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING...AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ DAVIS/WOOD
8 follow-up statements
524 WWUS43 KMKX 112147 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 347 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT NOT UNTIL MIDNIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME AREAS NORTH OF A MILWAUKEE TO MADISON LINE LIKELY RECEIVING 12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW. OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE POWERFUL NORTH WIND THAT WILL ARRIVE BY MIDNIGHT NORTHWEST OF MADISON...AND TOWARD MORNING IN THE SOUTHEAST. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CRIPPLING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITH MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE. EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. BITTERLY COLD AIR...WITH WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO...WILL FOLLOW THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM IOWA...ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT...WHICH IS A FAVORED TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW. AS THE LOW PASSES TO THE EAST...A VERY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL GENERATE THE SUSTAINED WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE TRAVELING LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. WIZ046-047-056-057-120600- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS 347 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOP THIS EVENING...CREATING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING...AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ WIZ062-063-067-068-120600- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON... MONROE 347 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MIXED PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...8 TO 13 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF MADISON...LOWEST NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SNOW COVERED...DRIFTED ROADS ARE EXPECTED. MANY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ WIZ051-052-058-059-064-069-120600- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 347 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN WILL OCCUR AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES NORTH OF A MILWAUKEE TO MADISON LINE...AND 6 TO 10 INCHES TO THE SOUTH. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-070>072-120600- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 347 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA MAY SEE THE SNOW HOLD OFF UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THEN LOOK FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ONCE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY AROUND 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING...LIKELY CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF WAUKESHA...THE LOWEST AMOUNTS DOWN NEAR RACINE AND KENOSHA. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP EARLY ON SUNDAY...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ DAVIS/WOOD
241 WWUS43 KMKX 120046 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 646 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT NOT UNTIL MIDNIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME AREAS NORTH OF A MILWAUKEE TO MADISON LINE LIKELY RECEIVING 12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW. OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE POWERFUL NORTH WIND THAT WILL ARRIVE BY MIDNIGHT NORTHWEST OF MADISON...AND TOWARD MORNING IN THE SOUTHEAST. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CRIPPLING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITH MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE. EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. BITTERLY COLD AIR...WITH WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO...WILL FOLLOW THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM IOWA...ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT...WHICH IS A FAVORED TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW. AS THE LOW PASSES TO THE EAST...A VERY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL GENERATE THE SUSTAINED WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE TRAVELING LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-120900- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ 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 646 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THE MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN HAS CHANGED OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES NORTH OF A MILWAUKEE TO MADISON LINE...AND 6 TO 10 INCHES TO THE SOUTH. THE LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER WHERE THE SNOW WILL LIGHTEN UP FOR A WHILE. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. 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>072-120900- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 646 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...MAINLY RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA MAY SEE THE SNOW HOLD OFF UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THEN LOOK FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ONCE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY AROUND 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING...LIKELY CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF WAUKESHA...THE LOWEST AMOUNTS DOWN NEAR RACINE AND KENOSHA AND NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP EARLY ON SUNDAY...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$
196 WWUS43 KMKX 120251 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 851 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING AND WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR CHICAGO WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AS THE LOW PASSES TO THE EAST...A VERY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL GENERATE STRONG NORTH WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE TRAVELING LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE POWERFUL NORTH WIND THAT WILL ARRIVE BY MIDNIGHT NORTHWEST OF MADISON...AND TOWARD MORNING IN THE SOUTHEAST. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CRIPPLING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITH MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE. EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. BITTERLY COLD AIR...WITH WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO...WILL FOLLOW THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIZ066-070>072-121100- /O.CAN.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0004.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA... RACINE...KENOSHA 851 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR |SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...MAINLY RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA MAY SEE THE SNOW HOLD OFF UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEN LOOK FOR MODERATE SNOW ONCE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY AROUND 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING...LIKELY CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF WAUKESHA...THE LOWEST AMOUNTS DOWN NEAR RACINE AND KENOSHA AND NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP EARLY ON SUNDAY...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-121100- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ 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 851 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY LATER TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES NORTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO MADISON LINE...AND 3 TO 8 INCHES TO THE SOUTH. THE LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER WHERE THE SNOW HAS DIMINISHED FOR A WHILE. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ WIZ060-065-121100- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD 851 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...MAINLY RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA MAY SEE THE SNOW HOLD OFF UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THEN LOOK FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ONCE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY AROUND 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING...LIKELY CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF WAUKESHA. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP EARLY ON SUNDAY...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ HENTZ
263 WWUS43 KMKX 120416 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1016 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING AND WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR CHICAGO WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AS THE LOW PASSES TO THE EAST...A VERY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL GENERATE STRONG NORTH WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE TRAVELING LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE POWERFUL NORTH WIND THAT WILL ARRIVE BY MIDNIGHT NORTHWEST OF MADISON...AND TOWARD MORNING IN THE SOUTHEAST. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CRIPPLING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITH MANY ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE. EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. BITTERLY COLD AIR...WITH WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO...WILL FOLLOW THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-121215- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ 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 1016 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY LATER TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES NORTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO MADISON LINE...AND 3 TO 8 INCHES TO THE SOUTH. THE LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER WHERE THE SNOW HAS DIMINISHED FOR A WHILE. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ WIZ060-065-121215- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD 1016 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...A SNOW RAIN MIX IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. THEN LOOK FOR MODERATE SNOW ONCE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY AROUND 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING...LIKELY CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF WAUKESHA. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP EARLY ON SUNDAY...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ066-070>072-121215- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/ MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA... RACINE...KENOSHA 1016 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...MAINLY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA MAY SEE THE SNOW HOLD OFF UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEN LOOK FOR MODERATE SNOW ONCE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY AROUND 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING...LIKELY CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE...WITH THE LOWEST AMOUNTS DOWN NEAR RACINE AND KENOSHA AND NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP EARLY ON SUNDAY...AND LAST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING 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
608 WWUS43 KMKX 121001 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 401 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING AND WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUE TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR MOSTLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS AND OTHER EXPOSED LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM JANESVILLE TO WAUKESHA TO PORT WASHINGTON. VISIBILITIES OF 1/4 MILE OR LESS WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. DUE TO A LATER SWITCH FROM RAIN TO SNOW IN THE MILWAUKEE TO KENOSHA TO LAKE GENEVA AREA...THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WISCONSIN WILL REMAIN IN A WINTER STORM WARNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THE THIS AREA. HOWEVER...SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING...PLUS THE FREEZING OF THE RAIN WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. BITTERLY COLD AIR...WITH WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO...WILL FOLLOW THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-121815- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ 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 401 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM WILL GENERALLY BE 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS WET OF STATE HIGHWAY 51. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO AROUND 45 MPH. HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOMING IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ WIZ060-065-121815- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD 401 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS THE CLOSER YOU GET TO LAKE MICHIGAN. * WINDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 45 MPH. HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOMING IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ WIZ066-070>072-121815- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA... RACINE...KENOSHA 401 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE IN STRENGTH DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND REMAIN STRONG UNTIL 6 PM. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP BY 9 AM AND COMBINE WITH THE SYSTEM SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM WILL RANGE FROM 1.5 INCHES IN WESTERN WALWORTH COUNTY TO ALMOST 4 INCHES IN FAR EASTERN RACINE COUNTY. THE GREATER SNOW AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN ARE DUE TO LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ON TOP OF SYSTEM SNOW. * WINDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO AROUND 45 MPH. HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KAPELA
124 WWUS43 KMKX 121527 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 927 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING AND WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUE TODAY... .THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS MOVED TO NEAR WESTERN LAKE ERIE...WHILE AN ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS BUILDING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA. THIS IS CREATING A VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...RESULTING VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. LOOK FOR NORTHERLY WINDS TO BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA...MOSTLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM JANESVILLE TO WAUKESHA TO PORT WASHINGTON. VISIBILITIES OF 1/4 MILE OR LESS WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE TRAVELING. SNOW HAS FINALLY INCREASED ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. VISIBILITIES THERE WILL BE REDUCED TO 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. ALL OF THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. BITTERLY COLD AIR...WITH WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO...WILL FOLLOW THE STORM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>059-062>064-067>069-122330- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ 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 927 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 51. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO AROUND 45 MPH. HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOMING IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ WIZ060-065-122330- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD 927 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS THE CLOSER YOU GET TO LAKE MICHIGAN. * WINDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 45 MPH. HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOMING IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ066-070>072-122330- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA... RACINE...KENOSHA 927 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS AND SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1.5 INCHES IN WESTERN WALWORTH COUNTY TO ALMOST 4 INCHES IN FAR EASTERN RACINE COUNTY. THE GREATER SNOW AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN ARE DUE TO LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ON TOP OF SYSTEM SNOW. * WINDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO AROUND 45 MPH. HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH TODAY. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING 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. && $$ DAVIS
912 WWUS43 KMKX 121724 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1124 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING AND WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUE TODAY... .THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS MOVED TO NEAR WESTERN LAKE ERIE...WHILE AN ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS BUILDING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA. THIS IS CREATING A VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...RESULTING VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. LOOK FOR NORTHERLY WINDS TO BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA...MOSTLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM JANESVILLE TO WAUKESHA TO PORT WASHINGTON. VISIBILITIES OF 1/4 MILE OR LESS WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE TRAVELING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW INTO THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CONFINED TO FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. VISIBILITIES THERE WILL BE REDUCED TO 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO THE FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. ALL OF THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. BITTERLY COLD AIR...WITH WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO...WILL FOLLOW THE STORM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WIZ046-056-062-067-121830- /O.CAN.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-SAUK-IOWA-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE... DARLINGTON 1124 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA AND CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND SOME RESTRICTION OF VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. $$ WIZ047-051-052-057>059-063-064-068-069-130000- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON-DANE- JEFFERSON-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN... PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...MADISON... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1124 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE UP TO 1 INCH...WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 51. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO AROUND 45 MPH. HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...LIGHT SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOMING IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ WIZ060-065-130000- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD 1124 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS THE CLOSER YOU GET TO LAKE MICHIGAN. * WINDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 45 MPH. HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. SOME ROADS MAY BECOMING IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ066-070>072-130000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA... RACINE...KENOSHA 1124 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS AND SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 INCH IN WESTERN WALWORTH COUNTY TO ALMOST 1 TO 3 INCHES IN FAR EASTERN RACINE COUNTY. THE GREATER SNOW AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN ARE DUE TO LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ON TOP OF SYSTEM SNOW. * WINDS...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO AROUND 45 MPH. HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH TODAY. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING 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. && $$
737 WWUS43 KMKX 122107 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 307 PM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BITTERLY COLD TONIGHT...BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING... .BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...RESULTING IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO OVER ALL BUT FAR EASTERN WISCONSIN NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL STILL GUST TO NEAR 40 MPH THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY IN EXPOSED RURAL AREAS WILL DROP TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. MANY ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. TRAVEL IS STILL VERY HAZARDOUS. THE LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA...WHILE AN ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS SOUTH OUT CANADA. SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIZ051-058-059-064-065-130515- /O.CAN.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.101212T2107Z-101213T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WC.Y.0002.101213T0600Z-101213T1700Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD 307 PM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN EXPOSED AREAS TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW ZERO EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 11 AM MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...20 BELOW ZERO. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH THIS EVENING. HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. BITTER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT COULD LEAD TO FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ WIZ052-060-130515- /O.CAN.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.101212T2107Z-101213T0600Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON 307 PM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING... FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN EXPOSED AREAS TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH THIS EVENING. HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ047-057-063-068-069-130515- /O.CAN.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WC.Y.0002.101213T0600Z-101213T1700Z/ GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DANE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... MADISON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 307 PM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM CST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 11 AM MONDAY * WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * WINDS...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...BITTER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT COULD LEAD TO FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ WIZ070-130515- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.101212T2107Z-101213T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WC.Y.0002.101213T0600Z-101213T1700Z/ WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 307 PM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN EXPOSED AREAS TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW ZERO EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 11 AM MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...20 BELOW ZERO. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH THIS EVENING. HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. BITTER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT COULD LEAD TO FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-130515- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0007.101212T2107Z-101213T0600Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 307 PM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING... FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN EXPOSED AREAS TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH THIS EVENING. HIGHEST GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ046-056-062-067-130515- /O.NEW.KMKX.WC.Y.0002.101213T0600Z-101213T1700Z/ MARQUETTE-SAUK-IOWA-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE... DARLINGTON 307 PM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 11 AM MONDAY * WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * WINDS...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...BITTER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT COULD LEAD TO FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. && $$ DAVIS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 11, 10:58 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 10:58 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1058 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010
.UPDATE...
NEW 12Z CYCLE DATA NOT OFFERING ANY REASONS FOR A CHANGE OF
COURSE. PRECIP TAKING ITS TIME GETTING INTO THE EASTERN 2/3 OF THE
CWA. THE FAR WEST HAS SEEN A MIXTURE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.
MOSTLY SNOW UP AROUND THE DELLS WITH PERSISTENT 1/2 VSBYS. THAT
AREA COULD STAY ALL SNOW THROUGH THE EVENT...BUT IF THEY DO SEE A
MIX...IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BEFORE 2-3 PM. OTHERWISE...TEMPS ARE
EXPECTED TO STEADILY COLLAPSE THEREAFTER. ANY MIX WILL GRADUALLY
CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FAR
SOUTHEAST MAY TAKE UNTIL MIDNIGHT TO 3 AM TO COMPLETELY CHANGE
OVER. THE WARM LAKE INFLUENCE IS STRONG.
DESPITE THIS...HAVE DECIDED TO THROW THE SOUTHEAST INTO A WINTER
STORM WARNING. WE ARE STILL GETTING NEAR 1/2 OF QPF THAT WOULD BE
ALL SNOW IN THE MILWAUKEE/KENOSHA AREAS. THIS ACCUMULATION ON TOP
OF WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH VERY LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL
MAKE FOR QUICKLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS.
OTHERWISE NO CHANGES TO THE HEADLINES. SFC LOW STILL TRACKING
ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS/CHICAGO AREA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
EXPECTED ON SUNDAY.
DAVIS/WOOD
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 443 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010/
UPDATED SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE
MEDIUM.
MODELS IN MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT TAKING SFC LOW...CURRENTLY OVER WRN
IA...ACROSS NRN IL INTO NRN IN TNT. STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO
BECOME CLOSED OFF BY LATER THIS MORNING AND MOVE SEWD TO FAR SRN IL
BY 12Z SUN WITH AN INVERTED UPPER TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING TO THE NORTH
INTO WI. MEANWHILE IN THE LOW-MID LEVELS A TROWAL WILL DEVELOP
BRINGING GOOD WAA/THETAE ADVECTION AND EVENTUALLY FRONTOGENESIS TO
THE REGION. DEEP AND STRONG Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE IS PROGGED.
ISSUED A WINTER WX ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR
DANE...IOWA...LAFAYETTE...AND GREEN COUNTIES TO ACCOUNT FOR MIXED
PCPN...ESPECIALLY THE FREEZING RAIN THIS AM. THIS AREA OF PCPN IS
ASSOICATED WITH INITIAL WAA AT 700 MB BUT WILL HAVE A HARD TIME
MOVING INTO ERN WI UNTIL THE TROWAL APPROACHES THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE
THUS DELAYED WINTER STORM WARNING IN EAST CENTRAL WI UNTIL 00Z AND
EXPANDED THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO COVER ALL OF THE CWA EXCEPT FAR
SE WI...WHERE A WINTER WX ADVISORY WILL GO INTO EFFECT TONIGHT.
MIXED PCPN OR RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW WEST OF KMSN EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON...AT KMSN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...AND NOT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
OR POSSIBLY LATER FROM KMKE TO KENW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM
TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES IN FAR SE WI TO 5 TO 9
INCHES IN THE SRN CWA...AND 9 TO 13 INCHES IN THE NORTH.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 420 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010/
SHORT TERM...
TODAY AND TONIGHT...CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM.
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND 500MB RUC ANALYSIS SHOW DIGGING SHORTWAVE
OVER NEBRASKA AND KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG TEMPERATURE
GRADIENT AND COLD AIR ADVECTION AT 500MB OVER EASTERN DAKOTAS/NE
WITH THE UPPER LOW...SHOWING GOOD POTENTIAL FOR RAPID DEEPENING. SFC
LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER WESTERN IOWA...AND RADAR SHOWING PRECIP
ASSOCIATED WITH INITIAL SURGE OF WARM AIR ADVECTION SPREADING ACROSS
CENTRAL MN...SE MN...AND WESTERN WI. WELL-DEFINED SPIRAL SHAPE IN
RADAR REFLECTIVITY OVER THE NE/IA BORDER WITH THE CENTER OF THE
LOW...AND ADDITIONAL POCKETS OF HEAVIER PRECIP ACROSS MUCH OF IOWA
AND MO. IMPRESSIVE TEMP GRADIENT WITH THE SFC COLD FRONT ACROSS
EASTERN NE. SPC MESOANAYSIS DEPICTING STRONG 850MB OVER SE
MN/EASTERN IA.
BAND OF HEAVIER PRECIP FALLING ALONG WESTERN CWA BORDER NEARLY
STATIONARY OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS WAS PRODUCING MAINLY SNOW
ACCORDING TO OBSERVERS AND ASOS. AHEAD OF THAT BAND...SOME OBSERVERS
REPORTED LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE PRODUCING SOME
LIGHTLY GLAZED SURFACES WITHIN POCKETS OF THE LIGHTER RADAR RETURNS.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING BETWEEN 8 AND 11 AM FOR
MUCH OF THE CWA THIS MORNING...THUS CUTTING OFF POTENTIAL FOR
FREEZING RAIN. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AS THE SFC LOW MOVES ACROSS
NORTHERN IL...SLOWER TO CHANGE OVER IN THE SOUTHEAST CWA. MOST
CONFIDENCE IN ALL SNOW AFTER 00Z TONIGHT.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR THE NW CWA AND ADVISORIES FOR FAR
SOUTHEAST CWA. CHANGED TIMING TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS INITIAL FREEZING
RAIN/SNOW IN NORTHEAST CWA...AND LATER CHANGE OF SNOW TO RAIN FOR
CENTRAL CWA.
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.
THE 500MB UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS ACROSS IL
AND INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY ON SUNDAY. SFC PRESSURE IS EXPECTED
TO DEEPEN AS WELL DURING THIS TIME. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THE SFC LOW WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER SOUTHERN
WI AROUND 12Z SUN. MODEL SNDGS SHOW MIXING TO AROUND 925MB/1500 FT
AT 18Z...ALLOWING 45 KT AT MSN AND 55KT AT MKE WINDS TO MIX DOWN. OF
COURSE THOSE WINDS WILL NOT REACH THE SFC...BUT THE GUST POTENTIAL
IS THERE. NORTHERLY WINDS 25 KT AT MSN AND 35 KT AT MKE WITH HIGHER
GUSTS LIKELY MIDDAY SUN.
THE SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE SLOWING DOWN...EACH MODEL RUN GETS SLOWER AND
THERE IS DECENT AGREEMENT ON ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW. UP TO 2
INCHES IN NORTHEAST CWA AND AROUND AN INCH CENTRAL DURING THE
MORNING HOURS. SNOW TAPERING OF QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON.
WITH SNOW STILL FALLING AND VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS...BLOWING
SNOW WILL BRING VISIBILITIES DOWN TO DANGEROUS LEVELS AT TIMES. NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. HOWEVER...WILL
NOT GO WITH BLIZZARD WATCH OR WARNING AT THIS TIME...AS IT LOOKS
LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA SHOULD NOT REACH FULL BLIZZARD
CRITERIA CONDITIONS. WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL BE ABLE TO COVER
THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO LATEST WSW FOR DETAILS.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL STEADILY THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THEN DROP
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO OVER THE WEST HALF OF THE CWA SUN
NIGHT AND THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO OVER THE EAST HALF. 925MB
TEMPS WILL DROP INTO THE -15 TO -17C RANGE...COLDEST TEMPS OVERHEAD
FOR THE SEASON THUS FAR. WITH THE STRONGER PRESSURE GRADIENT
OVERHEAD...WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DOWN TO
MONDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.
WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN PLACE. BOTH 850MB AND 925MB TEMPS WILL BE
AROUND -15C OVER THE CWA. MON HIGHS WILL GET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
ABOVE ZERO WEST AND LOWER TEENS EAST. WINDS WILL BE GRADUALLY
DIMINISHING THROUGHOUT THE DAY...STRONGER NEAR THE LAKESHORE. WIND
CHILLS WILL BE A CONCERN ONCE AGAIN.
LONG TERM...
TUESDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.
QUIET AND COLD WEATHER WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD. LIGHT WINDS AND
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM.
AN UPPER LOW WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS EARLY IN THE WEEK. A
SERIES OF SHORTWAVES AHEAD OF AND SURROUNDING THE UPPER LOW WITHIN
THE ZONAL FLOW PATTERN WILL CAUSE SOME WEAK FORCING TO PRODUCE SOME
POSSIBLE LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE MIDWEST ON WED AND THU. GFS AND ECMWF
ARE IN REMARKABLE AGREEMENT DURING THE EXTENDED PERIODS DESPITE
THEIR DISAGREEMENTS IN THE SHORT TERM.
MODEL SOLUTIONS DIVERGE TOWARD FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND...SO STILL
PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY IN PRECIP CHANCES FOR THAT TIME. EITHER
WAY...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 20S WITH A WARM AIR ADVECTION
REGIME WED INTO FRIDAY.
AVIATION...MIXED PCPN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WI WILL HAVE A HARD TIME
MOVING INTO SE WI THIS AM AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM THE SYNOPTIC LIFT
AND INTO DRIER AIR. SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW EXPECTED AT KMSN
UNTIL SFC TEMP WARMS ABOVE FREEZING AROUND 16Z...THEN RAIN UNTIL
LATE AFTERNOON. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING WARM AND MOIST
ADVECTION WILL BRING A LARGE SWATH OF PCPN TO SRN WI. THE RAIN WILL
CHANGE TO SNOW LATE AFTERNOON FOR KMSN WHILE THE RAIN WILL ARRIVE IN
SE WI BY MID AFTERNOON. THE CHANGE OVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW IN SE WI
IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE BUT WILL OCCUR SOME TIME BTWN THE MID
EVENING AND THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. IFR TO MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS THIS AM
WILL TRANSITION TO LIFR CIGS AND VSBYS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TNT.
MARINE...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS IOWA TODAY. AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
INCREASES...GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS WILL BE LIKELY...ALONG WITH BUILDING
WAVES. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.
VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL TAKE HOLD OF THE AREA
AFTER THE LOW PASSES EAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND
STRENGTHENS LATER TONIGHT. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL GET VERY TIGHT
BY 12Z SUNDAY AND LAST THROUGH 12Z MONDAY BEFORE SLOWLY WEAKENING.
BOTH GFS AND NAM FORECAST SOUNDINGS AT KMKE INDICATED LOW LEVEL
MIXING UP TO 925 MB WITH 55 KT WINDS. SUSTAINED WINDS AT THE SFC ARE
EXPECTED TO BE 35 TO 40 KNOTS...WITH FREQUENT STORM FORCE GUSTS TO
45 TO 50 KNOTS LIKELY. THESE WINDS WILL GENERATE VERY HIGH
WAVES...ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. STORM FORCE WINDS WOULD
LIKELY BE FOUND BY 12Z SUNDAY...THROUGH 12Z MONDAY. START OF STORM
WATCH IS AT 06Z SUNDAY...TO BLEND WITH THE NEIGHBORING OFFICES
AND TO AVOID MULTIPLE RAMPING UP HEADLINES. THUS...THE STORM WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 06Z SUNDAY UNTIL 12Z MONDAY.
THE STRONG WINDS AND COOLING WATERS WILL ALSO BRING MODERATE TO
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY DURING THIS PERIOD. A HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY
WARNING MAY BE NEEDED...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
NORTHWEST GALES WILL LINGER THROUGH MONDAY...WITH SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...AS THE
STRONG LOW SLOWLY MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. HIGH WAVES SHOULD
LINGER TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS DURING THIS TIME.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIZ062-
063-067-068.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY
FOR WIZ051-052-058>060-062>064-067>069.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY
FOR WIZ065-066-070>072.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY FOR WIZ046-047-056-
057.
LM...STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR
LMZ643>646.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR LMZ643>646.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...05
AVIATION/MARINE...08Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 11, 11:52 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1152 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-121200- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 1152 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW...ALONG WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CAUSE SLIPPERY ROADS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SAUK...COLUMBIA...MARQUETTE AND GREEN LAKE COUNTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY...MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A JANESVILLE...TO OCONOMOWOC...TO MEQUON LINE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL GATHER STRENGTH AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS BORDER TODAY...THEN EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE REST OF THE AREA WILL SEE A PERIOD OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF SUNDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE WINDS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL BRING WIND CHILLS OF 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO TO INLAND LOCATIONS AT TIMES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL AND WIND REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LMZ643>646-121200- 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- 1152 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES WILL REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS TODAY...AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES TOWARD THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO PASS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIP OF LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...THEN SLOWLY MOVE EAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP...WITH FREQUENT STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL GENERATE VERY HIGH WAVES UP TO 14 TO 18 FEET...WITH MUCH HIGHER WAVES TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS. A STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGH WINDS AND WAVES WILL LINGER MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...AS THE STRONG WINDS OCCUR WITH COOLING TEMPERATURES OVER THE WATERS. WOOD WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 11, 8:43 AM CST, 5 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
843 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010
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0700 AM SNOW WISCONSIN DELLS 43.63N 89.78W
12/11/2010 E4.0 INCH SAUK WI AMATEUR RADIO
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KUHLMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 9:01 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 27 hr | |
| Dec 10, 9:51 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock | 4 hr |
| Dec 11, 5:37 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Kenosha, Lafayette, Milwaukee and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:52 PM CST | Storm Warning | MKX | 36 hr | |
| Dec 11, 3:52 PM CST | Heavy Freezing Spray Watch | MKX | 12 hr |
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Blizzard Warnings in Wisconsin, 2010Every blizzard warning in 2010
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.