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Winter Storm Watch 6, NWS Green Bay, WI

December 2, 20118 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter storm watch at Dec 2, 2011, 3:10 PM CST for 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 3, 2011, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 2, 2011, 3:10 PM CST (21:10 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 3, 2011, 9:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 3, 2011, 3:58 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 2, 2:43 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 2:43 PM CST, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 2, 6:13 AM CST, 8 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
613 AM CST FRI DEC 2 2011

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-031215-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
613 AM CST FRI DEC 2 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT SNOW MAY ARRIVE IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT AND MAKE
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL
FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL APPEARS LIKELY TO BE ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE STORM TRACK AND ITS TIMING
REMAIN SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...SO SNOWFALL TOTALS AND THE LOCATION OF
THE HEAVIEST SNOW COULD CHANGE. BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS
FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER
STORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

LMZ521-522-541>543-031215-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
613 AM CST FRI DEC 2 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE
MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

RDM/RE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 2, 10:26 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	GRB		42 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Wisconsin, 2011 Every winter storm watch in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.