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Freeze Watch 3, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 22, 20125 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this freeze watch at Sep 22, 2012, 4:17 AM CDT for 5 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 23, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2012, 4:17 AM CDT (09:17 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 23, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 22, 2012, 2:49 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Portage County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze watch went out at Sep 22, 3:47 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 3:47 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 3:09 PM CDT, 13 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
309 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-222015-
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-
309 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY EVENING. ANY STORMS
THAT FORM WILL PROBABLY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. SMALL HAIL IS EVEN
POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER SHOWERS THAT DEVELOP...EVEN IF
THEY DO NOT GENERATE ANY LIGHTNING AND THUNDER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT.

LMZ521-522-541>543-222015-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
309 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF WATERSPOUTS
TONIGHT. THE MOST FAVORABLE CONDITIONS WILL BE FARTHER EAST OVER
THE OPEN WATERS OF THE LAKE...BUT WATERSPOUTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE
OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO
SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE
FOR THE FORMATION OF WATERSPOUTS THROUGH SATURDAY...MAINLY OVER
THE OPEN WATERS.

WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BECOME SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY AND INCREASE
THROUGH THE DAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL
CRAFT.

BERSCH/AK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 2:49 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryGRBBrown, Calumet, Florence, Forest, Marinette, Oconto and 2 more14 hr
Sep 22, 2:49 PM CDTFreeze WarningGRBLanglade, Lincoln, Marathon, Menominee, Oneida, Portage and 5 more17 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Wisconsin, 2012Every freeze watch in 2012

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.