Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this winter storm warning at Feb 1, 2011, 5:09 AM CST for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. 3 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
- Feb 1, 2011, 5:09 AM CST (11:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2011, 8:50 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Sauk County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 7:10 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 3 S Berlin, WI | 14 HOUR TOTAL |
| Feb 2, 7:24 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 6 Nnw Prairie Du Sac, WI | |
| Feb 2, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12.2 | 3 Se Portage, WI | 24 HOUR TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT 0.61 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH 25 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 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
645 WWUS43 KMKX 011110 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 509 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD TAKING AIM AT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .A BLIZZARD WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FOND DU LAC TO MADISON TO DODGEVILLE. HEAVY SNOW...AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE OUTDOORS OR TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE BLIZZARD WILL RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO. LOW PRESSURE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER TEXAS THIS MORNING WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO INDIANA AND OHIO TONIGHT. A LARGE SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER ILLINOIS...MICHIGAN AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THIS STORM IS SIMILAR TO THE EARLY JANUARY 1999 BLIZZARD...WHICH PRODUCED 14 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WITH 4 TO 8 FOOT DRIFTS EAST OF A LINE FROM FOND DU LAC TO JANESVILLE. THIS BLIZZARD WILL BE CAPABLE OF PARALYZING PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WIZ051-058-011915- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T2100Z/ /O.UPG.KMKX.BZ.A.0002.110201T2100Z-110202T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 509 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR MUCH LESS WITH 3 TO 5 FOOT DRIFTS. 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. && $$ WIZ063-067-068-011915- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T2100Z/ /O.UPG.KMKX.BZ.A.0002.110201T2100Z-110202T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T1800Z/ DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 509 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR MUCH LESS WITH 3 TO 5 FOOT DRIFTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ062-011915- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T2100Z/ /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T1800Z/ IOWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DODGEVILLE 509 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR MUCH LESS WITH 3 TO 5 FOOT DRIFTS. 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. && $$ WIZ064-069-070-011915- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 509 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES WITH 3 TO 5 FOOT DRIFTS. TRAVEL TO BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE WITH LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-011915- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T2100Z/ /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS 509 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND DIMINISH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 2 TO 3 FOOT DRIFTS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ059-060-065-066-071-072-011915- /O.EXT.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T2100Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 509 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...INTERMITTENT LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO 16 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO KENOSHA. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...RESULTING IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NEAR ZERO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTS OF 4 TO 8 FEET POSSIBLE. TRAVEL TO BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. POTENTIAL FOR PARALYZING BLIZZARD WITH LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ052-011915- /O.EXT.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110201T2100Z/ SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEBOYGAN 509 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH SNOW INTENSIFYING TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 11 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...RESULTING IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NEAR ZERO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTS OF 4 TO 8 FEET POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ GEHRING
8 follow-up statements
220 WWUS43 KMKX 011656 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1056 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD TAKING AIM AT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .A BLIZZARD WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FOND DU LAC TO MADISON TO DODGEVILLE. HEAVY SNOW...AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE OUTDOORS OR TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE BLIZZARD WILL RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO. INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE IN ARKANSAS AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO INDIANA AND OHIO TONIGHT. A LARGE SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER ILLINOIS...MICHIGAN AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THIS STORM IS SIMILAR TO THE EARLY JANUARY 1999 BLIZZARD...WHICH PRODUCED 14 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WITH 4 TO 8 FOOT DRIFTS EAST OF A LINE FROM FOND DU LAC TO JANESVILLE. THIS BLIZZARD WILL BE CAPABLE OF PARALYZING PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WIZ059-060-065-066-071-072-020100- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T2100Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 1056 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO 16 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO KENOSHA. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...RESULTING IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NEAR ZERO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTS OF 4 TO 8 FEET POSSIBLE. TRAVEL TO BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. POTENTIAL FOR PARALYZING BLIZZARD WITH LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ WIZ052-020100- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110201T2100Z/ SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEBOYGAN 1056 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH SNOW INTENSIFYING TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 11 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...RESULTING IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NEAR ZERO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTS OF 4 TO 8 FEET POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ WIZ062>064-067>070-020100- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T1800Z/ IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 1056 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR MUCH LESS WITH 3 TO 5 FOOT DRIFTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ051-058-020100- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 1056 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR MUCH LESS WITH 3 TO 5 FOOT DRIFTS. 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. && $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-020100- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS 1056 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND DIMINISH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. 2 TO 3 FOOT DRIFTS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COLLAR
442 WWUS43 KMKX 012115 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 315 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A BLIZZARD WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE OUTDOORS OR TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE BLIZZARD WILL RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO. INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE IN WESTERN TENNESSEE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO INDIANA AND OHIO TONIGHT. A LARGE SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS STORM IS SIMILAR TO THE EARLY JANUARY 1999 BLIZZARD...WHICH PRODUCED 14 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ059-060-065-066-071-072-020515- /O.EXP.KMKX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 315 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 18 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO KENOSHA. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...RESULTING IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL TO BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ WIZ052-020515- /O.EXP.KMKX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110201T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEBOYGAN 315 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW ARRIVING AFTER 6 PM. THE SNOW WILL END BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...RESULTING IN TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ062>064-067>070-020515- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 315 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW SPREADING IN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 13 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ WIZ051-058-020515- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 315 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR MUCH LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-020515- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS 315 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND DIMINISH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND HIGH WINDS 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. && $$ COLLAR
375 WWUS43 KMKX 020119 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 719 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .A BLIZZARD WILL CONTINUE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 55 MPH...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE OUTDOORS OR TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE BLIZZARD WILL RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO. INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE IN FAR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO INDIANA AND OHIO TONIGHT. A LARGE SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS STORM IS SIMILAR TO THE EARLY JANUARY 1999 BLIZZARD...WHICH PRODUCED 14 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ052-059-060-062>072-020930- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 719 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 13 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ WIZ051-058-020930- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 719 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR MUCH LESS. 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. && $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-020930- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS 719 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND DIMINISH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ HENTZ
545 WWUS43 KMKX 020353 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 953 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD AFFECTING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS INDIANA TONIGHT AND REACH NORTHERN OHIO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 55 MPH...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE OUTDOORS OR TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE BLIZZARD WILL RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO. THIS STORM IS SIMILAR TO THE EARLY JANUARY 1999 BLIZZARD...WHICH PRODUCED 14 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ052-059-060-062>072-021200- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 953 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL TO BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. POTENTIAL FOR PARALYZING BLIZZARD WITH LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. DRIFTS SEVERAL FEET HIGH ON MANY RURAL OPEN ROADS. 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. && $$ WIZ051-058-021200- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 953 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL TO BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. POTENTIAL FOR PARALYZING BLIZZARD WITH LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. DRIFTS SEVERAL FEET HIGH ON MANY RURAL OPEN ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-021200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS 953 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT AND DIMINISH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND HIGH WINDS 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
684 WWUS43 KMKX 020417 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1017 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD AFFECTING SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS INDIANA TONIGHT AND REACH NORTHERN OHIO WEDNESDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 55 MPH...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE OUTDOORS OR TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE BLIZZARD WILL RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO. THIS STORM IS SIMILAR TO THE EARLY JANUARY 1999 BLIZZARD...WHICH PRODUCED 14 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ057-021230- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS 1017 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TIMING...MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS IN SOUTHEAST COLUMBIA COUNTY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL TO BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. POTENTIAL FOR PARALYZING BLIZZARD WITH LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. DRIFTS SEVERAL FEET HIGH ON MANY RURAL OPEN ROADS. 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. && $$ WIZ052-059-060-062>072-021230- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1017 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL TO BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. POTENTIAL FOR PARALYZING BLIZZARD WITH LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. DRIFTS SEVERAL FEET HIGH ON MANY RURAL OPEN ROADS. 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. && $$ WIZ051-058-021230- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 1017 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL TO BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. POTENTIAL FOR PARALYZING BLIZZARD WITH LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. DRIFTS SEVERAL FEET HIGH ON MANY RURAL OPEN ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ046-047-056-021230- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO 1017 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT AND DIMINISH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH FOR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND HIGH WINDS 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
201 WWUS43 KMKX 020847 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 247 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...HISTORIC BLIZZARD PARALYZING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS INDIANA OVERNIGHT AND REACH NORTHERN OHIO LATER THIS MORNING. SEVERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 60 MPH...CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE OUTDOORS OR TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. MANY PRIMARY ROADS ARE EITHER CLOSED OR IMPASSIBLE. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE BLIZZARD WILL RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT BLIZZARDS IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN HISTORY...ESPECIALLY FOR THE MILWAUKEE...WALWORTH...RACINE...AND KENOSHA COUNTY AREAS. ALSO HARD HIT HAVE BEEN WESTERN DANE...LAFAYETTE...EASTERN IOWA...AND WESTERN GREEN COUNTIES. NEW STORM TOTALS SO FAR TONIGHT HAVE LIKELY RANGED FROM 12 TO 16 INCHES IN THE ABOVE COUNTIES. WIZ052-059-060-062>072-021130- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 247 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST MOST OF THE NIGHT AND THEN DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION... WITH 18 TO 24 INCHES FROM SOUTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST WALWORTH COUNTY INTO RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH FOR TONIGHT. GUSTS TO ABOUT 60 MPH ALONG THE LAKE SHORE. * IMPACTS...SEVERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE FROM INTERSTATE 43 ON SOUTH. PARALYZING BLIZZARD WITH LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. DRIFTS 5 TO 10 FEET ON MANY RURAL OPEN ROADS. 10 TO 15 FOOT DRIFTS IN OPEN RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BELOIT TO MILWAUKEE. 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. && $$ WIZ051-057-058-021130- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-COLUMBIA-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM 247 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS IN SOUTHERN COLUMBIA AND WESTERN DODGE COUNTIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. POTENTIAL FOR PARALYZING BLIZZARD WITH LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. DRIFTS SEVERAL 4 TO 8 FEET ON MANY RURAL OPEN ROADS. 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. && $$ WIZ046-047-056-021130- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO 247 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT AND DIMINISH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTHEAST SAUK AND SOUTHEAST GREEN LAKE COUNTIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH FOR TONIGHT...DIMINISHING LATER THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE. DRIFTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CRAVEN
422 WWUS43 KMKX 021250 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 650 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...HISTORIC GROUNDHOG BLIZZARD PARALYZING SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE IS RACING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND SHOULD CROSS NEW YORK STATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARD MIDDAY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 TO 45 MPH FOR A FEW MORE HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING. MANY PRIMARY ROADS ARE EITHER CLOSED OR IMPASSIBLE. SIDE ROADS ARE IMPASSIBLE AND MANY MOTORISTS ARE STRANDED. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE BLIZZARD WILL RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO. THIS STORM WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT BLIZZARDS IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN HISTORY...ESPECIALLY FOR THE MILWAUKEE...WALWORTH...RACINE...AND KENOSHA COUNTY AREAS. ALSO HARD HIT HAVE BEEN DANE...LAFAYETTE...IOWA...AND GREEN COUNTIES. NEW STORM TOTALS SO FAR TONIGHT HAVE LIKELY RANGED FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE ABOVE COUNTIES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 2 FEET IN RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES. WIZ052-059-060-062>072-021800- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 650 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 8 AM IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY...10 AM IN RACINE COUNTY...AND 11 AM IN KENOSHA COUNTY AS THE FINAL HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND MOVES THROUGH WITH 1 INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES. LIGHT SNOW TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING ELSEWHERE WITH HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 0.25 TO 0.50 INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION... WITH 18 TO 24 INCHES FROM SOUTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST WALWORTH COUNTY INTO RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WITH WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...SEVERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM MILWAUKEE ON SOUTH EARLY THIS MORNING. TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE FROM INTERSTATE 43 ON SOUTH. PARALYZING BLIZZARD WITH LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. DRIFTS 5 TO 10 FEET ON MANY RURAL OPEN ROADS. 10 TO 15 FOOT DRIFTS IN OPEN RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BELOIT TO MILWAUKEE. 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. && $$ WIZ051-057-058-021800- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-COLUMBIA-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM 650 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOWS WILL EVENTUALLY DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS IN SOUTHERN COLUMBIA AND WESTERN DODGE COUNTIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PARALYZING BLIZZARD IN RURAL AREAS WITH LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. DRIFTS SEVERAL 4 TO 8 FEET ON MANY RURAL OPEN ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ046-047-056-021800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO 650 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTHEAST SAUK AND SOUTHEAST GREEN LAKE COUNTIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH DIMINISHING LATER THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE ESPECIALLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. DRIFTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW AND HIGH WINDS 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. && $$ CRAVEN
798 WWUS43 KMKX 021450 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 850 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...HISTORIC GROUNDHOG BLIZZARD FINALLY WINDING DOWN IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE IS PULLING AWAY FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND WILL RACE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE THIS AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER MILWAUKEE... RACINE...AND KENOSHA COUNTIES THIS MORNING AS SNOW LETS UP AND WINDS CONTINUE TO DIE DOWN. MANY ROADS REMAIN IMPASSIBLE DUE TO 10 TO 15 FOOT DRIFTS ESPECIALLY FROM THE INTERSTATE 43 CORRIDOR ON SOUTH TO ILLINOIS BORDER. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE BLIZZARD WILL RANGE FROM 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO. THIS STORM WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT BLIZZARDS IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN HISTORY...ESPECIALLY FOR THE MILWAUKEE... WALWORTH...RACINE...AND KENOSHA COUNTY AREAS. ALSO HARD HIT HAVE BEEN DANE...LAFAYETTE...IOWA...AND GREEN COUNTIES. NEW STORM TOTALS IN THE PAST 24 HOURS HAVE RANGED FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE ABOVE COUNTIES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 2 FEET IN RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES. WIZ051-052-057>060-062>065-067>070-021600- /O.CAN.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE- JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 850 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. LINGERING LIGHT SNOWS WILL BRING AN INCH OR LESS ACCUMULATION THE REST OF TODAY AND WINDS HAVE DROPPED INTO 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. ALTHOUGH DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON THE WORST OF THE STORM IS OVER. $$ WIZ046-047-056-021600- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO 850 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LINGERING LIGHT SNOWS WILL BRING LESS THAN AN INCH THIS MORNING BEFORE ENDING. WINDS HAVE DROPPED INTO 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. ALTHOUGH DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON THE WORST OF THE STORM IS OVER. $$ WIZ066-071-072-021800- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 850 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS OVER. LINGERING SNOWS WILL DROP ANOTHER INCH OR SO BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IN PAST 24 HOURS... WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 2 FEET IN RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...DRIFTS 5 TO 10 FEET ON MANY RURAL OPEN ROADS. 10 TO 15 FOOT DRIFTS IN OPEN RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE. MANY ROADS IMPASSIBLE INCLUDING PRIMARY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CRAVEN
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 Feb 1, 4:50 AM CST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 4:50 AM CST, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
450 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011
FORECAST FOCUS ON BLIZZARD LATER TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY.
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE HIGH.
BLIZZARD WARNING GOES INTO EFFECT LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR MOST
OF THE CWA EXCEPT A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MQT...GREEN
LAKE...COLUMBIA...AND SAUK COUNTIES. LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH WILL
CONTINUE FOR TNT AND WED.
LIGHT SNOW THIS AM IS DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST BUT RADAR
DOES SHOW LAKE EFFECT BANDS OVER FAR ERN WI SO WILL KEEP THE
WINTER WX ADVISORY IN EFFECT THERE UNTIL 3 PM.
A 140 KT JET STREAK AND STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER TX
WILL MOVE TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TODAY AND TNT. A DOUBLE JET
STRUCTURE WILL DEVLOP OVER THE REGION WITH WI IN THE RIGHT
ENTRANCE REGION OF A 140-160 KT JET OVER SRN CANADA AND THE LEFT
EXIT REGION OF THE 140 JET ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING
NEGATIVE TILT UPPER TROUGH. CONSENSUS OF MODELS IS TO TRACK
INTENSIFYING CYCLONE INTO FAR WRN KY BY 00Z AND ACROSS IN/OHIO
TNT. SOME MODELS ARE SHOWING A DOUBLE BARREL LOW STRUCTURE ACROSS
IN/OHIO WITH THE WRN MOST SFC LOW IN WRN IN AT 12Z WED. THIS MAY
OCCUR DUE TO MAXIMUM PVA AND UPPER LVL DIVERGENCE FROM STRONG
NEGATIVE TILT UPPER TROUGH OVER IN/NRN IL/SE WI. STRONG SLOPING
MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS AND PVA TO AFFECT SE WI AND WEAKEN TOWARD
THE NW CWA.
TOOK A CONSENSUS APPROACH TO QPF AND AFTER ADDING ON 4-6 INCHES OF
SNOW FOR LAKE ENHANCEMENT...CAME UP WITH AROUND 15 INCHES FROM MKE
SWD TO ENW. 8 INCHES OR MORE ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
DODGEVILLE TO MADISON TO JUST EAST OF FOND DU LAC. ALONG AND SOUTH
OF THIS LINE...CONFIDENT ENOUGH WITH HEAVY SNOW TOTALS AND HIGH
WINDS THAT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. STRONG PRESSURE
GRADIENT AND STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT 40 MPH WIND
GUSTS FOR MOST INLAND LOCATIONS WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH OVER
THE LAKE COUNTIES. COLD AND DRY AIR ADVECTION TO END THE SNOW BY
WED AFTERNOON WITH BLOWING SNOW IN A DIMINISHING TREND.
.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE
MEDIUM.
QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...AS
HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE MID
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. GFS SWINGS A VORTICITY MAXIMUM THROUGH THE
AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT FORECAST SOUNDINGS FAIRLY DRY SO KEPT
FORECAST AS SUCH.
CLEARING SKIES WITH FRESH SNOWPACK AND SLIGHT COLD AIR ADVECTION
SHOULD BRING LOWS BELOW ZERO ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. GRADUAL WARM
AIR ADVECTION THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD BRING MODERATING BUT
STILL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS
MAY BRING WIND CHILLS INTO ADVISORY CRITERIA
ECMWF/GFS DIVERGE MORE FOR FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH TIMING OF
VARIOUS VORTICITY MAXIMA AND SHORTWAVE TROUGHS THROUGH THE REGION.
HPC BLENDED FIELDS PREFER THE 00Z ECMWF/12Z MONDAY ECMWF ENSEMBLE
RUN/00Z CANADIAN BLEND FOR THIS PERIOD. THEY GENERALLY SHOW A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT...WITH ANOTHER VORTICITY MAXIMUM ON ITS BACKSIDE FOR SATURDAY.
KEPT GENERALLY LOW POPS IN THE FORECAST FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
BROAD UPPER TROUGH THEN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK. KEPT POPS IN FOR MOST OF THIS PERIOD...WITH TEMPERATURES
MODERATING TO NEAR NORMAL. MODELS TRY TO DEVELOP A LOW IN THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOVE IT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI
AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. WILL HAVE TO WATCH
TRENDS WITH THIS SYSTEM TO SEE IF IT WILL SHIFT FURTHER NORTH. STAY
TUNED.
&&
.AVIATION...SNOW WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE MOST AREAS TODAY...WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE MODERATE SNOW AT TIMES TOWARD THE LAKE.
SHOULD SEE PREVAILING MVFR CIGS DURING THE DAY...WITH VFR TO MVFR
CIGS MOST PLACES...POSSIBLY IFR AT TIMES IN MODERATE LAKE EFFECT
SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EVENING AS THE SNOW FROM THE MAJOR WINTER STORM ARRIVES FROM THE
SOUTH AND WINDS PICK UP.
WINDS WILL GO FROM NORTHEAST THIS EVENING TO NORTH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 30 KT RANGE ACROSS THE
EAST THIS EVENING THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING...WITH GUSTS IN THE 35 TO
45 KNOT RANGE. THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE TO
PRODUCE VSBYS OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS FOR MUCH OF THE
NIGHT...PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTH AND EAST.
&&
.MARINE...STILL EXPECTING VERY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT THIS EVENING
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A MAJOR WINTER STORM ROLLS THROUGH THE
GREAT LAKES. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY.
KEPT GALE WARNING ACROSS ALL ZONES BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
DECIDED TO UPGRADE TO STORM WARNING FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT SOUTH
BEGINNING MID EVENING. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR
GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS IN THIS AREA. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FROM
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY STILL LOOKS ON TRACK AS WELL.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY
FOR WIZ052-059-060-062>072.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIZ052-
059-060-065-066-071-072.
LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR WIZ052-060-066-071-072.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
WEDNESDAY FOR WIZ046-047-056-057.
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY
FOR WIZ051-058.
LM...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
CST WEDNESDAY FOR LMZ643>646.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
LMZ643>646.
STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR
LMZ645-646.
GALE WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING
FOR LMZ645-646.
GALE WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR
LMZ643-644.
&&
SHORT TERM...20/GEHRING/07/DDV
LONG TERM...08/WOOD
AVIATION/MARINE...07/DDVHazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 4:22 PM CST, 12 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 422 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-011100- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 422 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PERSIST TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH...DRIFTS OF 4 TO 8 FEET...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...AND AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE LAKE RISES ABOUT 6 INCHES AND WAVES TO 14 FEET POUND THE SHORELINE. BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY FROM SHEBOYGAN TO JANESVILLE ON EAST. BLIZZARD WATCHES ARE POSTED FROM FOND DU LAC TO MADISON AND DARLINGTON. WINTER STORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL...WIND GUST...AND REPORTS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE APPRECIATED. LMZ643>646-011100- 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- 422 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN WINDS REACHING SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS TONIGHT. WAVES WILL INCREASE TO 5 TO 8 FEET TONIGHT IN ICE FREE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PASS SOUTH OF LAKE MICHIGAN TUESDAY NIGHT. FURTHER TIGHTENING OF THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE LAKE WILL RESULT IN WIND SPEEDS REACHING GALE LEVELS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. WIND GUSTS WILL APPROACH STORM FORCE LEVELS FOR A TIME TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A GALE WARNING AND HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WAVE HEIGHTS WILL REACH 10 TO 14 FEET TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY IN ICE FREE AREAS. THE STRONG WINDS AND SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RESULT IN HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX CRAVEN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 31, 11:53 PM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1153 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1151 PM SNOW NWS SULLIVAN/MILWAUKEE 42.97N 88.55W
01/31/2011 M3.7 INCH JEFFERSON WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
1153 PM SNOW MIDDLETON 43.10N 89.51W
01/31/2011 M4.1 INCH DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
HENTZLocal storm report, Feb 1, 12:21 AM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1221 AM CST TUE FEB 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM SNOW 5 SW MADISON 43.03N 89.45W
02/01/2011 M5.0 INCH DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR SNOWFALL AS OF MIDNIGHT.
1203 AM SNOW JANESVILLE 42.68N 89.02W
02/01/2011 M2.0 INCH ROCK WI TRAINED SPOTTER
1207 AM SNOW 2 SW FOND DU LAC 43.76N 88.48W
02/01/2011 M3.0 INCH FOND DU LAC WI CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
WOODLocal storm report, Feb 1, 1:08 AM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
108 AM CST TUE FEB 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM SNOW MADISON TRUAX AIRPORT 43.14N 89.33W
02/01/2011 M4.4 INCH DANE WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0.26 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT AS OF MIDNIGHT.
1200 AM SNOW MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL 42.94N 87.90W
02/01/2011 M2.2 INCH MILWAUKEE WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0.14 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT AS OF MIDNIGHT.
1239 AM SNOW RANDOM LAKE 43.56N 87.96W
02/01/2011 M4.5 INCH SHEBOYGAN WI TRAINED SPOTTER
1239 AM SNOW MIDDLETON 43.10N 89.51W
02/01/2011 M4.8 INCH DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
1245 AM SNOW 3 W BEAVER DAM 43.46N 88.90W
02/01/2011 M5.0 INCH DODGE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
WOODLocal storm report, Feb 1, 1:15 AM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
115 AM CST TUE FEB 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0114 AM SNOW 2 SW OCONOMOWOC 43.09N 88.53W
02/01/2011 M3.2 INCH WAUKESHA WI NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
WOODLocal storm report, Feb 1, 2:51 AM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
251 AM CST TUE FEB 01 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0144 AM SNOW RANDOM LAKE 43.56N 87.96W
02/01/2011 M6.0 INCH SHEBOYGAN WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0239 AM SNOW BROWN DEER 43.17N 87.97W
02/01/2011 M2.6 INCH MILWAUKEE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
WOODThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 4:38 AM CST | Storm Warning | MKX | 28 hr | |
| Feb 1, 9:23 AM CST | Lakeshore Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine | 24 hr |
| Feb 1, 9:23 AM CST | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan | 22 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.