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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Green Bay, WI

December 18, 201219 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 18, 2012, 2:50 PM CST for 19 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 20, 2012, 3:00 AM 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 18, 2012, 2:50 PM CST (20:50 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 20, 2012, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 21, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 20, 4:25 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 3.4Wausau, WIMODERATE SNOWFALL CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE.
Dec 20, 6:09 AM CSTSNOW 5Wausau, WI
Dec 20, 6:33 AM CSTSNOW 4.5Chilton, WISTILL SNOWING
Dec 20, 6:38 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6Wausau, WIWSAW-TV
Dec 20, 6:45 AM CSTSNOW 2.5Plover, WI
Dec 20, 6:45 AM CSTSNOW 3Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Dec 20, 6:49 AM CSTSNOW 3.1Bellevue, WI
Dec 20, 6:52 AM CSTSNOW 3Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Dec 20, 6:56 AM CSTSNOW 2De Pere, WI
Dec 20, 6:56 AM CSTSNOW 2.53 Wsw Howard, WI
Dec 20, 7:13 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.3Oshkosh, WI
Dec 20, 7:15 AM CSTSNOW 5Oshkosh, WI
Dec 20, 7:25 AM CSTSNOW 4.5King, WI
Dec 20, 7:51 AM CSTSNOW 5.3Winneconne, WI
Dec 20, 7:51 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8Rothschild, WI
Dec 20, 8:02 AM CSTSNOW 4Nekoosa, WI
Dec 20, 8:10 AM CSTSNOW 4Neenah, WITOTAL SO FAR. SNOW STARTED TO ACCUMULATE AROUND 1145 PM LAST NIGHT.
Dec 20, 8:16 AM CSTSNOW 4Pittsville, WI
Dec 20, 8:40 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8Marshfield, WICOURTESY OF WAOW-TV.
Dec 20, 8:58 AM CSTSNOW 4.1Tigerton, WINEW SNOW OVER THE PAST 9 HOURS.
Dec 20, 9:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7King, WI2.5 INCHES FELL IN 1.5 HOURS
Dec 20, 9:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8Neenah, WICOURTSEY OF NBC26
Dec 20, 9:15 AM CSTSNOW 4Green Bay, WINEW SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 7 HOURS ON THE EAST SIDE OF GREEN BAY.
Dec 20, 9:58 AM CSTSNOW 5Clintonville, WI
Dec 20, 10:00 AM CSTSNOW 5Nekoosa, WISTORM TOTAL SO FAR. 1.0 INCH FELL IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.
Dec 20, 10:08 AM CSTSNOW 6.12 Nne Oshkosh, WISNOW TOTAL OVER THE PAST 10 HOURS IN OSHKOSH, WITHIN A MILE OF LAKE WINNEBAGO.
Dec 20, 10:15 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.5Darboy, WI
Dec 20, 10:20 AM CSTSNOW 3.83 Wsw Howard, WI
Dec 20, 10:25 AM CSTSNOW 53 Sw Suamico, WI
Dec 20, 10:35 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8.5Wausau, WISNOW TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING
Dec 20, 10:37 AM CSTSNOW 3Shawano Lake, WIREPORTED FROM WFRV SPOTTER.
Dec 20, 10:56 AM CSTSNOW 4Stevens Point, WISTORM TOTAL SO FAR. SNOW IS HEAVY AND WET.
Dec 20, 11:00 AM CSTSNOW 5.2New London, WISNOW TOTAL SO FAR. WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AROUND 30 MPH.
Dec 20, 11:03 AM CSTSNOW 6Appleton, WISTORM TOTAL SO FAR IN GRAND CHUTE.
Dec 20, 11:15 AM CSTSNOW 43 Ne Lena, WI
Dec 20, 11:16 AM CSTSNOW 3.5Mountain, WI
Dec 20, 11:30 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 73 Se Hortonville, WI
Dec 20, 11:36 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 9Darboy, WI
Dec 20, 11:45 AM CSTSNOW 5.35 S Stevens Point, WIPLOW3 STORM TOTAL 5.3 INCHES, LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.43 INCH.
Dec 20, 11:45 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 10Rothschild, WIUPDATED FOR HEAVY SNOW.
Dec 20, 11:50 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7.2Knowlton, WI
Dec 20, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 2.2Peshtigo, WISTORM TOTAL SO FAR.
Dec 20, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 3.510 W Marinette, WILESLIE ROAD EAST OF CR-W. STORM TOTAL SO FAR.
Dec 20, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 6.5Nekoosa, WISTORM TOTAL SO FAR.
Dec 20, 12:04 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8.5Oshkosh, WI
Dec 20, 12:05 PM CSTSNOW 53 N New London, WI
Dec 20, 12:10 PM CSTSNOW 1Sturgeon Bay, WI
Dec 20, 12:10 PM CSTSNOW 5.5Appleton, WI
Dec 20, 12:19 PM CSTSNOW 8Clintonville, WI
Dec 20, 12:20 PM CSTSNOW 3.5Allouez, WI
Dec 20, 1:01 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 8Stockbridge, WI
Dec 20, 1:10 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7.5Appleton, WIMIXED WITH SLEET THIS MORNING FOR A BRIEF TIME.
Dec 20, 1:17 PM CSTSNOW 5.5Clintonville, WI
Dec 20, 1:26 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 9.7Oshkosh, WI
Dec 20, 1:30 PM CSTSNOW 6.55 S Armstrong Creek, WIMODERATE SNOW FALLING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION.
Dec 20, 1:34 PM CSTSNOW 6.3Clintonville, WITOTAL OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS.
Dec 20, 1:50 PM CSTSNOW 9.5Oshkosh, WI
Dec 20, 2:00 PM CSTSNOW 6Ashwaubenon, WI1/2 INCH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION SINCE NOON. MEASURED AT THE NWS GREEN BAY.
Dec 20, 2:07 PM CSTSNOW 4.53 Wsw Howard, WI
Dec 20, 2:20 PM CSTSNOW 7.8Tigerton, WITOTAL SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 14 HOURS.

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 48 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2012-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2012-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

180 
WWUS43 KGRB 182050
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
250 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

...HEAVY SNOW POTENTIAL INCREASING FOR EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY...
THEN TRACK ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS TO PORTIONS OF THE REGION. THE TRAVEL IMPACTS
GENERATED BY THE STORM COULD LINGER INTO FRIDAY.

SINCE THE STORM IS STILL 36 HOURS AWAY...THE EXACT PATH OF THE
STORM IS STILL UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER A HIGH POTENTIAL EXISTS THAT AT
LEAST AREAS EAST OF LINE FROM GREEN BAY TO WAUTOMA WILL BE IMPACTED
BY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. 

ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN WISCONSIN SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
LATER FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS DEVELOPING
WINTER STORM.

WIZ038-039-048-049-190500-
/O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0005.121220T0300Z-121221T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0600Z-121221T0600Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...OSHKOSH...
CHILTON
250 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY
NIGHT. 

* HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

* A TOTAL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING COULD
  PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WITH NEAR
  WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD
CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ022-040-050-190500-
/O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0005.121220T0300Z-121221T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0600Z-121221T0600Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
250 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY
NIGHT. 

* HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
  EVENING.

* A TOTAL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT COULD
  PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD
CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ045-190500-
/O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0005.121220T0300Z-121221T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0600Z-121221T0000Z/
WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAUTOMA
250 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. 

* HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

* A TOTAL OF 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING COULD
  PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD
CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ013-019>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-190500-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WS.A.0005.121220T0600Z-121221T0000Z/
NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-
SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ
250 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

* HEAVY SNOW COULD OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 
  THROUGH THURSDAY. 

* A TOTAL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST
  AMOUNTS LIKELY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM IRON MOUNTAIN TO ANTIGO
  TO MARSHFIELD.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING COULD
  PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN VERY 
  DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW. CLOSELY MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR
UPDATED INFORMATION.

&&

$$
11 follow-up statements
431 
WWUS43 KGRB 190324
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
924 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY...
THEN TRACK ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE
TRAVEL IMPACTS GENERATED BY THE STORM WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY.

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY FROM SOUTH-CENTRAL THROUGH
EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SO A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED
FOR THESE AREAS. LOCATIONS FARTHER TO THE NORTHWEST...SUCH AS
CENTRAL...NORTH-CENTRAL...AND FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THE STORM AS WELL. BUT THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY
ABOUT JUST HOW SIGNIFICANT OF AN IMPACT IT WILL HAVE IN THESE AREAS.

BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON
THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM.

WIZ022-038>040-048>050-191100-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0600Z-121221T0600Z/
DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...
ALGOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
924 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

* HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. 

* A STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED.
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. 

* WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING COULD 
  PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WITH 
  NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD
CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ045-191100-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0600Z-121221T0000Z/
WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAUTOMA
924 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY...

* HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

* A STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED.
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING COULD 
  PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. 

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD
CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ013-019>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-191100-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.A.0005.121220T0600Z-121221T0000Z/
NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-
SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ
924 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

* HEAVY SNOW COULD OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 
  THROUGH THURSDAY. 

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...WITH
  THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS LIKELY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM IRON
  MOUNTAIN TO ANTIGO TO MARSHFIELD.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING COULD 
  PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. 

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN VERY 
  DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. BE SURE TO CLOSELY MONITOR
LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.

&&

$$

SKOWRONSKI
036 
WWUS43 KGRB 191037
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
437 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE TODAY...
THEN TRACK NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN BY THURSDAY
EVENING. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE TRAVEL IMPACTS GENERATED BY THE STORM
WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO FRIDAY.

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TWO-THIRDS
OF WISCONSIN. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR NORTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...WITH WINTER STORM WARNINGS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY APPROACH A FOOT
IN THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS...ALONG WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON
THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM.

WIZ020-031-035>037-191845-
/O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0005.121220T0600Z-121221T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0300Z/
MENOMINEE-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT
437 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  COULD PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ013-021-073-074-191845-
/O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0005.121220T0600Z-121221T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0600Z/
NORTHERN MARINETTE-NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-
SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRIVITZ
437 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 7 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  COULD PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ045-191845-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0300Z/
WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAUTOMA
437 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST
THURSDAY...

* HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 11 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  COULD PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ038-039-048-049-191845-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0600Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...OSHKOSH...
CHILTON
437 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

* HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
  EVENING.

* A STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
  SNOW...WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD
CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ022-040-050-191845-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0900Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
437 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 3 AM
CST FRIDAY...

* HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING.

* A STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
  SNOW...WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD
CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ019-030-191845-
/O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0005.121220T0600Z-121221T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.121220T0900Z-121221T0300Z/
LANGLADE-MARATHON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANTIGO...WAUSAU
437 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL
  PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS
  DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ005-010>012-018-191845-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.121220T0900Z-121221T0300Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK
437 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY.

* MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS
  DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

&&

$$
TSK/AK
499 
WWUS43 KGRB 191643
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1043 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE TODAY...
THEN TRACK NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN BY THURSDAY
EVENING. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE TRAVEL IMPACTS GENERATED BY THE STORM
WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO FRIDAY.

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TWO-
THIRDS OF WISCONSIN. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED
FOR NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH WINTER STORM WARNINGS ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS MAY APPROACH A FOOT IN THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE
AREAS...ALONG WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT.

BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON
THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM.

WIZ011-012-019-030-200045-
/O.UPG.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.121220T0900Z-121221T0300Z/
/O.EXA.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0600Z/
FOREST-FLORENCE-LANGLADE-MARATHON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...WAUSAU
1043 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW....WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL
  PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ020-031-035>037-045-200045-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0600Z/
MENOMINEE-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
1043 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

* HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 13 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING 
  COULD PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. 

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ013-021-073-074-200045-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0600Z/
NORTHERN MARINETTE-NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-
SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRIVITZ
1043 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

* HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 7 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING 
  COULD PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. 

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ038-039-048-049-200045-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0600Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...OSHKOSH...
CHILTON
1043 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

* HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY 
  EVENING. 

* A STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 15 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE 
  SNOW... WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD
CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ022-040-050-200045-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0900Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
1043 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
3 AM CST FRIDAY...

* HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING.

* A STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 13 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE 
  SNOW... WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD
CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ005-010-018-200045-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.121220T0900Z-121221T0300Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK
1043 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM
CST THURSDAY...

* MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. 

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

&&

$$
153 
WWUS43 KGRB 192051
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
251 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT...

.A MAJOR WINTER STORM ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE TO
NEAR CHICAGO BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN INTO CANADA ON FRIDAY.
THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO A
LARGE PORTION OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE TRAVEL IMPACTS GENERATED BY THE STORM 
WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TWO-
THIRDS OF WISCONSIN. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED
FOR NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH WINTER STORM WARNINGS ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE IN THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE
AREAS...ALONG WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT.

BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON
THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM.

WIZ011-012-019-030-200500-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0600Z/
FOREST-FLORENCE-LANGLADE-MARATHON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...WAUSAU
251 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
  THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL
  RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ON THURSDAY.

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING WILL
  PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD  
  CAUSE SOME SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ020-031-035>037-045-200500-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0600Z/
MENOMINEE-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA
251 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
  EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND
  THURSDAY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 13 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING
  COULD PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD
  CAUSE SOME SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ013-021-073-074-200500-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0600Z/
NORTHERN MARINETTE-NORTHERN OCONTO-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-
SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CRIVITZ
251 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
  THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON THURSDAY
  WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING
  COULD PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW COULD CAUSE SOME SPORADIC TREE
  DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ038-039-048-049-200500-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0600Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...OSHKOSH...
CHILTON
251 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
  EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND
  THURSDAY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

* A STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 15 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING
  WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...
  WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ALSO CAUSE SPORADIC
  TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD
CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ022-040-050-200500-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0900Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
251 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
3 AM CST FRIDAY...

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
  THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND
  THURSDAY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.

* A STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING
  WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...
  WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME SPORADIC
  TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD
CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ005-010-018-200500-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.121220T0900Z-121221T0300Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK
251 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM
CST THURSDAY...

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP TOWARDS DAY BREAK AND CONTINUE THROUGH
  THURSDAY EVENING. 

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. 

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

&&

$$
ECKBERG/MG
344 
WWUS43 KGRB 200250
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
850 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE PLAINS WILL PUSH ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES REGION DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS. THE STORM WILL BRING
HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE GREAT LAKES
REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS
GENERATED BY THE STORM WILL LINGER WELL INTO INTO FRIDAY.

WIZ038-039-045-048-049-201030-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.121220T0900Z-121221T0600Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...WAUTOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON
850 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...BECOME HEAVY LATE...AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
  EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 15 INCHES IS EXPECTED. 

* THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW
  VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
  AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN VERY POOR
VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL EXCEPT IN
THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...REMAIN WITH YOUR
VEHICLE. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ022-040-050-201030-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.121220T0900Z-121221T0900Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
850 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST
FRIDAY.

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BE BE A MIX
  OR RAIN AND SNOW...OR JUST RAIN AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY
  MORNING...ESPECIALLY FROM KEWAUNEE SOUTH ALONG THE LAKESHORE.

* ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MID-DAY
  THURSDAY...AND THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

* WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
  EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS TO
  AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE OVER DOOR COUNTY.

* A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH
  THE LOWER TOTALS SOUTH OF MANITOWOC ALONG THE LAKESHORE. 

* THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW
  VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
  AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN VERY POOR
VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL EXCEPT IN
THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...REMAIN WITH YOUR
VEHICLE. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ011>013-019>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-201030-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.121220T0900Z-121221T0600Z/
FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-
NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ
850 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

* SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT
  TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

* TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES FROM
  WAUSAU NORTHWARD...TO 8 TO 13 INCHES TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF
  WAUSAU.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING
  WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ005-010-018-201030-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.121220T0900Z-121221T0300Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK
850 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM
CST THURSDAY...

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP TOWARDS DAY BREAK AND CONTINUE THROUGH 
  THURSDAY EVENING. 

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. 

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

&&

$$

SKOWRONSKI
350 
WWUS43 KGRB 201028
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
428 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT WISCONSIN TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN MISSOURI WILL PUSH ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES REGION DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS. THE STORM WILL BRING HEAVY
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS GENERATED BY THE STORM
WILL LINGER WELL INTO FRIDAY.

WIZ038-039-045-048-049-201830-
/O.CON.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...WAUTOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON
428 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE
  HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE PERIOD.

* WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
  EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
  PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

* A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 15 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW
  VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
  AREAS. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE
  TO TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.
  PERSONS WITH HEART PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO SHOVEL THE
  DENSE...MOISTURE-LADEN SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN VERY POOR
VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL EXCEPT IN
THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...
AND WATER. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...REMAIN WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE
LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ022-040-050-201830-
/O.CON.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
428 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF
  OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY
  OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH RAIN LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH MID-
  AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH OF TWO RIVERS.

* WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
  EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH
  ARE POSSIBLE OVER DOOR COUNTY TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
  PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

* A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH
  SLIGHTLY LOWER TOTALS POSSIBLE ALONG THE LAKESHORE SOUTH OF TWO
  RIVERS.

* THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW
  VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
  AREAS. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE
  TO TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.
  PERSONS WITH HEART PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO SHOVEL THE
  DENSE...MOISTURE-LADEN SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN VERY POOR
VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL EXCEPT IN
THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...
AND WATER. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...REMAIN WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE
LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ011>013-019>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-201830-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-
NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ
428 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE
  HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY.

* TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH
  THE LOWEST AMOUNTS FROM WAUSAU TO CRANDON. SNOW TOTALS AROUND A
  FOOT ARE ANTICIPATED FROM WAUPACA TO MARINETTE.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL
  PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW
  VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
  AREAS. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE
  TO TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.
  PERSONS WITH HEART PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO SHOVEL THE
  DENSE...MOISTURE-LADEN SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ005-010-018-201830-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T0300Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK
428 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE
  SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS
  DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

&&

$$
KIECKBUSCH
878 
WWUS43 KGRB 201444
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
844 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO IMPACT WISCONSIN TODAY THROUGH
FRIDAY...

.A STRONG STORM ACROSS IOWA WILL MOVE INTO LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. 
THE STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO A LARGE PORTION
OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS
GENERATED BY THE STORM WILL LINGER WELL INTO FRIDAY.

WIZ038-039-045-048-049-202245-
/O.CON.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...WAUTOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON
844 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE 
  HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE PERIOD. 

* WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH 
  EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL 
  PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT 
  CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. 

* A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 15 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW 
  VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN 
  AREAS. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE 
  DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN SOME POWER 
  OUTAGES. PERSONS WITH HEART PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO 
  SHOVEL THE DENSE...MOISTURE-LADEN SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN VERY POOR
VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL EXCEPT IN
THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...
AND WATER. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...REMAIN WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING
511.

&&

$$

WIZ022-040-050-202245-
/O.CON.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
844 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER 
  OFF OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY 
  OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH RAIN LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH MID- 
  AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH OF TWO RIVERS. 

* WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH 
  EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH 
  ARE POSSIBLE OVER DOOR COUNTY TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL 
  PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT 
  CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. 

* A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED... WITH
  SLIGHTLY LOWER TOTALS POSSIBLE ALONG THE LAKESHORE SOUTH OF
  KEWAUNEE.

* THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW 
  VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN 
  AREAS. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE 
  DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN SOME POWER 
  OUTAGES. PERSONS WITH HEART PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO 
  SHOVEL THE DENSE...MOISTURE-LADEN SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN VERY POOR
VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL EXCEPT IN
THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...
AND WATER. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...REMAIN WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING
511.

&&

$$

WIZ011>013-019>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-202245-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-
NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ
844 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL 
  BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY. 

* TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 13 INCHES.
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN A FEW SPOTS. 

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL
  PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW 
  VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN 
  AREAS. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE 
  DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN SOME POWER 
  OUTAGES. PERSONS WITH HEART PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO 
  SHOVEL THE DENSE...MOISTURE-LADEN SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ005-010-018-202245-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T0300Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK
844 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

* A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL 
  PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. 

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

&&

$$
ECKBERG
005 
WWUS43 KGRB 202111
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
311 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO IMPACT WISCONSIN TODAY THROUGH
FRIDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS WILL MOVE INTO LOWER MICHIGAN
TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY COME TO END OR DIMINISH FROM WEST TO
EAST TONIGHT. 

WIZ038-039-045-048-049-210515-
/O.CON.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...WAUTOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON
311 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL COME TO AN END LATER TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY STILL BE
  HEAVY AT TIMES REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
  PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

* AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED FOR THE
  REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BRINGING A STORM TOTAL OF 8
  TO 14 INCHES.

* THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW 
  VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN 
  AREAS. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE 
  DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN SOME POWER 
  OUTAGES. PERSONS WITH HEART PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO 
  SHOVEL THE DENSE...MOISTURE-LADEN SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN VERY POOR
VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL EXCEPT IN
THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...
AND WATER. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...REMAIN WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING
511.

&&

$$

WIZ022-040-050-210515-
/O.CON.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
311 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY...

* SNOW WILL COME TO AN END LATER TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY STILL BE
  HEAVY AT TIMES REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED. GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS DOOR
  TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

* A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG THE
  LAKE TO 8 TO 12 INCHES WELL INLAND.

* THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW 
  VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN 
  AREAS. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE 
  DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN SOME POWER 
  OUTAGES. PERSONS WITH HEART PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO 
  SHOVEL THE DENSE...MOISTURE-LADEN SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN VERY POOR
VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL EXCEPT IN
THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...
AND WATER. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...REMAIN WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING
511.

&&

$$

WIZ011>013-019>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-210515-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-
NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ
311 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL DIMINISH OR COME TO AN END TONIGHT. THE SNOW COULD
  STILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS 
  EVENING.

* AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF
  THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WILL BE ACROSS
  NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8
  TO 13 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN A FEW SPOTS. STORM TOTALS
  NEAR THE BAY WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
  SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW 
  VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN 
  AREAS. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE 
  DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN SOME POWER 
  OUTAGES. PERSONS WITH HEART PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO 
  SHOVEL THE DENSE...MOISTURE-LADEN SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST
WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ010-018-210515-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
ONEIDA-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK
311 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OR COME TO AN END TONIGHT.

* AN INCH OR TWO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST
  OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION SHOULD
  RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ005-210515-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/
VILAS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EAGLE RIVER
311 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY
  MORNING. 

* AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. STORM
  TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL
  PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.

&&

$$
ECKBERG
626 
WWUS43 KGRB 210000
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
600 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT...

.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION
THIS EVENING. SNOW FROM THE STORM WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...
THEN DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS
WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BUT THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF
THE SNOW WILL LIMIT THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING THAT OCCUR.

WIZ038-039-045-048-049-210400-
/O.CON.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...WAUTOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON
600 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND COULD STILL BE HEAVY AT
  TIMES. 

* AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED BEFORE
  THE SNOW DIMINISHES. 

* TEMPERATURES AT OR A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE FREEZING THUS FAR TODAY
  RESULTED IN AN EXTREMELY HEAVY WET SNOW. THAT GREATLY LIMITED
  THE AMOUNT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING THAT OCCURRED DESPITE THE
  STRONG WINDS. 

* TEMPERATURES WILL DROP OFF A COUPLE DEGREES THIS EVENING. WHEN
  COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
  THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP.

* AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO DETERIORATE DURING THE
  EVENING. THOUGH TRAVEL COULD BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS...IT DOES NOT
  APPEAR LIKELY THAT THE SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE SUFFICIENT
  TO MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE.

* THE VERY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL
  AND PLOW. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PLOW...
  SHOVEL...OR SNOW BLOW THE WET SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ022-040-050-210400-
/O.CON.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
600 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND COULD STILL BE HEAVY AT
  TIMES. 

* AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED BEFORE
  THE SNOW DIMINISHES. 

* WARMING FROM LAKE MICHIGAN KEPT THE PRECIPITATION AS RAIN OR A
  MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN DURING THE DAY. ONLY
  MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRED IN THESE AREAS. 

* EVEN INLAND...TEMPERATURES AT OR A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE FREEZING
  RESULTED IN AN EXTREMELY HEAVY WET SNOW. THAT GREATLY LIMITED
  THE AMOUNT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING THAT OCCURRED DESPITE THE
  STRONG WINDS.

* TEMPERATURES WILL DROP OFF A COUPLE DEGREES THIS EVENING. THIS
  WILL ALLOW ANY LINGERING MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO ALL
  SNOW. 

* AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO DETERIORATE DURING THE
  EVENING. THOUGH TRAVEL COULD BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS...IT DOES NOT
  APPEAR LIKELY THAT THE SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE SUFFICIENT
  TO MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE.

* THE VERY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL
  AND PLOW. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PLOW...
  SHOVEL...OR SNOW BLOW THE WET SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ011>013-019>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-210400-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-
NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ
600 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...THEN DIMINISH FROM WEST TO
  EAST.

* AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY WHERE TEMPERATURES WERE A
  DEGREE OR TWO BELOW FREEZING. 

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL
  MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ010-018-210400-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
ONEIDA-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK
600 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...THEN DIMINISH BY AROUND
  MIDNIGHT. 

* AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ005-210400-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/
VILAS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EAGLE RIVER
600 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
FRIDAY...

* PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  OF THE SNOW.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

SKOWRONSKI
160 
WWUS43 KGRB 210231
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
831 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER STORM STARTING TO PULL AWAY FROM THE AREA...

.THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF
WISCONSIN WAS BEGINNING TO PULL AWAY TO THE EAST. SNOW FROM THE
STORM WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...BUT WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH
FROM WEST TO EAST. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
MORNING. ALTHOUGH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL OCCUR...THE
HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL LEAD TO LESS DRIFTING THAN WITH
MOST BIG SNOWSTORMS.

WIZ038-039-045-048-049-210600-
/O.CON.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...WAUTOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON
831 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED BEFORE
  THE SNOW DIMINISHES.

* TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY DROP DURING THE NIGHT. BUT THE HEAVY
  WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING THAT OCCURS. 

* THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND
  PLOW.

* POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS
CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ022-040-050-210900-
/O.CON.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
831 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY...

* AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED BEFORE
  THE SNOW DIMINISHES.

* TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY DROP DURING THE NIGHT. BUT THE HEAVY
  WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING THAT OCCURS. 

* THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND
  PLOW.

* POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS
CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ011>013-019>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-210600-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-
NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ
831 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...THEN DIMINISH FROM WEST 
  TO EAST. 

* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM LESS THAN AN INCH IN
  CENTRAL WISCONSIN...TO AN INCH OR TWO IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF
  THE STATE.

* POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS
CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ010-018-210600-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
ONEIDA-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK
831 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES. 

* UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN 
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS
CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ005-211045-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/
VILAS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EAGLE RIVER
831 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
FRIDAY...

* PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY 
  MORNING.

* AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN 
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS
CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

SKOWRONSKI
811 
WWUS43 KGRB 210553
WSWGRB

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1153 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER STORM PULLING AWAY FROM THE AREA...

.THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF
WISCONSIN WAS PULLING AWAY TO THE EAST. SNOW FROM THE STORM WILL
CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. 

WIZ038-039-045-048-049-210700-
/O.EXP.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...WAUTOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON
1153 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH LITTLE
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. ALTHOUGH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL
OCCUR...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW IN EAST-CENTRAL
WISCONSIN WILL LEAD TO LESS DRIFTING THAN WITH MOST BIG
SNOWSTORMS.

$$

WIZ011>013-019>021-030-031-035>037-073-074-210700-
/O.EXP.KGRB.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-
NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRANDON...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...
WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...CRIVITZ
1153 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH LITTLE
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL
CONTINUE...AND WILL HAMPER CLEAN-UP EFFORTS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL
AREAS OF CENTRAL WISCOSNIN. 

$$

WIZ010-018-210700-
/O.EXP.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
ONEIDA-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK
1153 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH LITTLE
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. 

$$

WIZ040-050-211000-
/O.EXB.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.121221T0600Z-121221T1000Z/
/O.EXT.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
1153 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REPLACES THE
BLIZZARD WARNING.

* SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES
  OVERNIGHT. 

* AN INCH OR SO OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SOME DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS
CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ022-211400-
/O.EXB.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.121221T0600Z-121221T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
1153 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY.

* SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES
  OVERNIGHT. 

* AN INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

* NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW GUSTS AROUND 50
  MPH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE DOOR
  PENINSULA. 

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SOME DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

* WHEN COMBINED WITH TREES AND POWER LINES WEIGHTED DOWN BY THE
  WET SNOW...THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN POOR INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS
CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

WIZ005-211400-
/O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-121221T1500Z/
VILAS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EAGLE RIVER
1153 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
FRIDAY...

* PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY 
  MORNING. 

* AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN 
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS
CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.

&&

$$

SKOWRONSKI

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 Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 18, 1:00 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 1:00 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
100 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

.UPDATE...INCLUDED SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN TIER
OF COUNTIES AS A BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW PIVOTS...AND PUSHES NORTH...WHILE
AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE PASSES TO THE SOUTH. HAVE ONLY GONE WITH
AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION AT MOST FOR NOW.

MG
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED AT 1215 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012...

SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MINOR PCPN CHANCES...SKY
COVER AND TEMPERATURES ARE THE MAIN FCST CONCERNS.

ALL OF THE EXCITING STUFF OCCURS BEYOND THIS PERIOD...BUT THERE
ARE SOME MINOR DETAILS TO IRON OUT. WEAK S/W TROF LIFTING NE
INTO CENTRAL WI WAS GENERATING SOME LIGHT RETURNS ON THE RADAR...
BUT SFC OBS INDICATED LITTLE OR NOTHING REACHING THE GROUND.
RETURNS THAT WERE OCCURRING WERE ORIGINATING FROM A CLOUD DECK
THAT WAS 6-7K FT AGL...SO IF ANYTHING REACHES THE SFC EARLY TODAY...
IT SHOULD BE JUST FLURRIES. LOW CLOUDS WERE TEMPORARILY ERODING
AS THE S/W TROF MOVD IN...SO THE THREAT OF FZDZ APPEARS TO BE NIL.
A STRONG S/W TROF MAY BRUSH OUR FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES WITH SOME
LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVG...BUT ONLY A LIGHT
DUSTING IS ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ISW-ATW-MTW. NOT REAL
SURE IF LOW CLOUDS WILL SCOUR OUT TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY...BUT
GIVEN THE LARGE EXPANSE OF LOW CLOUDS SEEN ON SATL/SFC OBS OVER
THE UPPER MIDWEST AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES...SUSPECT THAT WE'LL
CONTINUE TO SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH THE PERIOD.

USED A BLEND OF THE BETTER PERFORMING GUIDANCE SETS FOR TEMPS...
WHICH RESULTED IN ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS FCST.

LONG TERM...WED NGT THRU NEXT MON. UPR RIDGING SITUATED OVER THE
ALEUTIANS AND ERN CANADA WL LEAD TO A MORE TYPICAL WINTER WEATHER
REGIME ACROSS THE CONUS WITH TWO DISTINCT UPR TROFS CROSSING THE
COUNTRY. THE FIRST UPR TROF...ACCOMPANIED BY A DEEPENING SFC LOW
TO MOVE FROM THE SRN PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES WED NGT/THU AND
GENERATE THE FIRST TRUE SNOWSTORM OVER THE FCST AREA. THE MEAN
FLOW ALMOST GOES BACK TO NEAR ZONAL THIS WEEKEND BEFORE THE NEXT
UPR TROF PUSHES INTO THE ROCKIES NEXT MON.

THE UPR TROF IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NE FROM THE CNTRL/SRN PLAINS INTO
THE MIDWEST/MID-MS VALLEY WED NGT. AS A 130 KT UPR JET ROTATES
AROUND THE BASE OF THE UPR TROF...UPR LEVEL DIFFLUENCE WL INCREASE
ADDING LIFT ALOFT. MEANWHILE AT THE MID-LEVELS...A TIGHTENING
BAROCLINIC ZONE...INCREASING FRONTOGENESIS/Q-G FORCING ALL A
RESULT OF A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRES WHICH IS FCST TO REACH
N-CNTRL IL BY 12Z THU. THE NAM MAY STILL BE A TAD NORTH WITH ITS
STORM TRACK...HOWEVER THE ECMWF HAS NOW SHIFTED NORTH AND IS
COMPARABLE TO THE GFS/UKMET/GEM SOLUTIONS. AS GULF MOISTURE SURGES
NORTH OVERNIGHT...EXPECT TO SEE A LARGE SWATH OF PCPN OVERSPREADING
NE WI FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. WE ALREADY COULD BE LOOKING AT 2 TO 4
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION OVER CENTRAL AND E-CNTRL WI BY DAYBREAK.

THE UPR TROF ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE TO AN UPR LOW AND EVENTUALLY THE
SYSTEM ALMOST BECOMES VERTICALLY STACKED ON THU. AS THIS OCCURS...
THE SFC LOW CONTS TO DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS NE INTO S-CNTRL LWR MI BY
00Z FRI. STRONG LIFT AND FORCING SHOULD BRING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO
NE WI WITH E-CNTRL WI THE MOST UNDER THE GUN FOR THE HIGHEST
ACCUMULATION. THE ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE NEAR LK MI THU MORNING AS
WARMER AIR TRIES TO PUSH NORTH BEFORE THE SFC LOW MOVES BY. THE
OTHER FACTOR TO DEAL WITH HERE WL BE THE INCREASING NORTH WINDS AS
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS. THESE WINDS COULD REACH 20 TO 30
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WHICH WOULD CREATE PLENTY OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS. ALL
THIS BEING SAID...IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THIS SYSTEM IS
STILL OFF OF CALIFORNIA AND UNTIL IT COMES ASHORE TO BE BETTER
SAMPLED BY THE UPR AIR NETWORK...THIS STORM TRACK IS FAR FROM
ETCHED IN STONE. THEREFORE...WL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE WATCH
PER SE AND ONLY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO WIND SPEEDS AND SNOW AMOUNTS.

THE SNOW WL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM SW TO NE THU NGT AS THE STORM
PULLS AWAY. PARTS OF NRN AND ERN WI COULD SEE UP TO AN INCH OF
ACCUMULATION DURING THE EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW EASES. BLUSTERY TO
WINDY CONDITIONS WL PERSIST THRU MUCH OF THE NGT ALLOWING FOR
ADDITIONAL BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW TO HAMPER THE CLEAN-UP PROCESS
AND KEEP TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. COLDER AIR WL BEGIN TO GET
PULLED INTO THE REGION AS WINDS BACK NW...WL HAVE TO WATCH LAKE
EFFECT POTENTIAL FOR N-CNTRL WI. ANY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHWRS OVER
N-CNTRL WI APPEAR TO END RATHER QUICKLY ON FRI AS A RDG OF HI PRES
BUILDS EWD FROM THE UPR MS VALLEY. MEAN FLOW ON FRI IS RATHER
AMPLIFIED YET WITH UPR TROFS OVER THE WEST COAST AND NE CONUS WITH
A BROAD UPR RDG OVER THE CNTRL CONUS. THIS MEANS A NW FLOW ALOFT
FOR WI WITH MAX TEMPS AT OR A DEG OR TWO BLO NORMAL. NW WINDS IN
THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE WL PUT A BITE IN THE AIR WITH WIND CHILLS
LIKELY IN THE TEENS.

AS THE NE CONUS UPR TROF LIFTS FARTHER NE...THIS WL ALLOW FOR THE
UPR RDG TO AT LEAST NUDGE CLOSER TO THE WRN GREAT LAKES ON SAT. HI
PRES AT THE SFC TO STRETCH ALL THE WAY FROM SASKATCHEWAN SE INTO
THE MIDWEST WITH A PREVAILING NW WIND OVER WI. WL HAVE TO CONT
WATCHING N-CNTRL WI FOR POTENTIAL LAKE EFFECT...BUT CONDITIONS
APPEAR MARGINAL AT BEST WITH INVERSION HEIGHTS LOWS. RELATIVELY
QUIET WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THRU THE END OF THE WEEKEND AS
THE SFC RDG REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY. TEMPS BY THE WEEKEND TO BE
CLOSER TO NORMAL WITH READINGS BY SUNDAY ACTUALLY GOING BLO NORMAL.
THE CNTRL CONUS UPR RDG IS THEN EXPECTED TO GET PUSHED EAST INTO
THE WRN GREAT LAKES REGION BY NEXT MON AS AN UPSTREAM UPR TROF
PUSHES INTO THE ROCKIES. THIS WOULD KEEP DRY CONDITIONS GOING FOR
THE FCST AREA WITH SEASONAL TEMPS FOR LATE DECEMBER.

MARINE...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE QUICKLY WED NGT
AS EITHER SNOW OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX OVERSPREADS LAKE MI. AS THE
STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW PRES PASSES JUST TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST
ON THU...INCREASING NORTH TO NW WINDS WL LIKELY BRING AT LEAST
GALE FORCE WINDS TO LAKE MICHIGAN. GUSTS COULD APPROACH 45 KTS
LATE THU INTO THU NIGHT AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THE EXPECTED SNOW...
VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED.
&&

.AVIATION...CIGS WERE IN THE 1000 TO 1500 FOOT RANGE ACROSS MUCH
OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. WOULD EXPECT THESE LOWER CIGS
TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A
LOW IN CENTRAL IOWA PUSHES EAST. WILL PROBABLY BE SOME IFR CIGS AS
THE SYSTEM PASSES TO THE SOUTH...WITH IFR VSBYS IN SNOW SOUTH OF A
MFI TO GRB LINE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE
SITUATION BECOMES MORE TRICKY AFTER THAT. QUITE A LARGE EXPANSE OF
IFR CIGS AND VSBYS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE LOW. MODEL TIME/HEIGHT
SECTIONS WERE SHOWING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BECOMING MORE SHALLOW
WITH JUST MID AND HIGH CLOUDS ABOVE THAT. HAVE GONE WITH VFR
CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...BUT CONFIDENCE IN THIS IS
PRETTY LOW.

MG
&&

.GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR WIZ038-039-048-049.

WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR WIZ022-040-050.

WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR WIZ013-019>021-030-031-035>037-045-073-074.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 4:14 AM CST, 10 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
414 AM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-191015-
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-
414 AM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE GREAT LAKES REGION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE EXACT STORM TRACK...THERE IS INCREASING
CONFIDENCE THAT THE STORM COULD BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
TO PORTIONS OF THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY
WINDS WOULD BRING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TO THE REGION AND
CAUSE MAJOR DISRUPTIONS TO AIR TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WATCH
HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT ARE URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MUCH MORE SPECIFIC
INFORMATION ON LIKELY SNOWFALL TOTALS AND THE IMPACT THE STORM
WILL HAVE IN OUR AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

LMZ521-522-541>543-191015-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
414 AM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR NORTH TO NORTHWEST GALES FROM THURSDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY...AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE
REGION. A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

TSK/AK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 18, 1:10 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
110 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

WIZ045-048-182100-
WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH
110 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

...EXPECT SNOW ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

EXPECT AN AREA OF SNOW TO MOVE INTO THE WAUTOMA AND OSHKOSH AREAS
BY 230 PM. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW THAT COULD
PRODUCE UP TO AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION.

ROADS MAY QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW PLENTY OF
DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF YOU.

WIZ049-050-182100-
CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
110 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

...EXPECT SNOW ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...

EXPECT AN AREA OF SNOW TO MOVE INTO THE CHILTON AND MANITOWOC AREAS
BETWEEN 200 PM AND 300 PM. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVIER SNOW
THAT COULD PRODUCE A MINOR ACCUMULATION.

ROADS MAY QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW PLENTY OF
DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF YOU.

MG

The office that day

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

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Sources

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