Alert archive / Wisconsin / Blizzard Warnings in 2012
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this blizzard warning at Dec 19, 2012, 3:53 AM CST for 13 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 20, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 13 hr. 53 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 19, 2012, 3:53 AM CST (09:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 12:39 AM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Washington County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 12:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.2 | Taycheedah, WI | 9.2 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 12:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.4 | Madison Truax Airport, WI | 11.4 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 12:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.7 | 3 W Beaver Dam, WI | 11.7 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 12:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12.5 | 1 E Rock Springs, WI | 12.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 12:04 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 5 Sse Fitchburg, WI | 9.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 12:25 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Fond Du Lac, WI | 7.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 12:36 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 3 S Berlin, WI | 10.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 1:56 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Hartford, WI | 10.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 2:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 18.5 | 3 W Middleton, WI | 18.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 2:23 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.8 | 3 Wnw Lake Mills, WI | 11.8 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 2:23 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 6 Nnw Verona, WI | 16.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 2:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.6 | 5 Ene Hartford, WI | 9.6 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 2:50 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | Mcfarland, WI | 11.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 3:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14.5 | 3 W Beaver Dam, WI | 14.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 3:03 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Oregon, WI | 13.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 3:17 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.4 | Green Lake, WI | 11.4 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 3:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | Fond Du Lac, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 7.8 INCHES. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. SLUSHY ROADS BEGINNING TO ICE-OVER. |
| Dec 20, 3:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Portage, WI | 14.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 3:50 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13.8 | Hartford, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 20, 4:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.7 | 2 E Holy Hill, WI | STROM TOTAL SNOWFALL 9.7 INCHES. 3.8 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH OF 12 INCHES. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING AT OBSERVATION. SNOW-COVERED ROADS. |
| Dec 20, 4:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | Sun Prairie, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOW IS 15 INCHES. SNOW WAS BLOWING AND DRIFTING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION |
| Dec 20, 4:05 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 18.1 | Middleton, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 18.1 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH IS 16 INCHES. TREE LIMBS ARE BREAKING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION |
| Dec 20, 4:10 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Hartford, WI | 13.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 4:28 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 4 Sw Oconomowoc, WI | 6.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 4:35 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.3 | 4 Ne Oregon, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOW SINCE 9 PM CST WEDNESDAY. |
| Dec 20, 4:58 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Fond Du Lac, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 8.5 INCHES. 1 INCH OF NEW SNOW OVER THE PAST 1.5 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH 9 INCHES. SOME SLEET MIXING IN WITH SNOW. BLOWING SNOW AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Dec 20, 5:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 2 Sw Watertown, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Dec 20, 5:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | Oakfield, WI | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 20, 5:05 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.1 | Germantown, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOW 5.1 INCHES. SNOW COVERED ROADS. |
| Dec 20, 5:10 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13.9 | 6 Wnw Lake Mills, WI | STORM TOTAL OF 13.9 INCHES. 2.1 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE PAST 2.5 HOURS. SNOW IS BLOWING AND DRIFTING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. WATER EQUIVALENT IS 2 INCHES. |
| Dec 20, 5:11 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | West Bend, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS 12 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH 14 INCHES. SNOW IS BLOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. WET SNOW IS BUILDING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. |
| Dec 20, 5:13 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 1 W Johnson Creek, WI | |
| Dec 20, 5:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Taycheedah, WI | IN TAYCHEEDAH/ST. PETER ESTIMATED 14.0 INCHES OF SNOW STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 5:42 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | West Bend, WI | ROADS IN WEST BEND AREA IN VERY ROUGH SHAPE. POWER LINES AND TREE BRANCHES SAGGING. BLOWING SNOW, SNOW-COVERED ROADS, POWER LINES ICING, CURRENT TEMP. 33 DEGREES. SNOW DEPTH IS 14 INCHES. |
| Dec 20, 5:42 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 7 Sw Madison, WI | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS SEVERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCURRING. SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, DRIFTING SNOW, SNOW-COVERED ROADS. WINDS GUSTING TO ESTIMATED 40 MPH. |
| Dec 20, 5:42 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Theresa, WI | IN TOWN OF THERESA...NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 INCHES UP TO 145 PM. CURRENTLY, VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS LESS THAN 1/8 MILE WITH WIND SPEED INCREASING. |
| Dec 20, 6:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | Black Earth, WI | IN VILLAGE OF BLACK EARTH...6.8 INCHES OF SNOW IN PAST 11 HOURS. STORM TOTAL IS 14.0 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH IS 12 INCHES. SNOWING MODERATELY WITH STRONG WINDS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED AND SLUSHY ROADS. CURRENT TEMPERATURE 31. |
| Dec 20, 6:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | 3 Se Cross Plains, WI | STORM TOTAL 18 INCHES SO FAR. BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. |
| Dec 20, 6:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 19.5 | Middleton, WI | 1.4 INCHES OF SNOW IN PAST 1 HOUR. 12.4 INCHES SINCE 7 AM TODAY. STORM TOTAL IS 19.5 INCHES. CURRENTLY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 20, 6:23 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | 3 Sw Monroe, WI | 6.8 INCHES SNOW ESTIMATED, AVERAGED...AND IS STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 20, 6:25 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 1 Ene Hartford, WI | STORM TOTAL 15.0 INCHES. 6.3 INCHES FROM NOON-4 PM...1.3 INCHES SINCE 4 PM. |
| Dec 20, 6:35 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12.7 | Taycheedah, WI | TOWN OF TAYCHEEDAH...VILLAGE OF ST. PETER STORM TOTAL IS 12.7 INCHES. 3.5 INCHES FROM NOON TO 6 PM. CURRENT TEMP. 31 DEGREES. ANEMOMETER IS FROZEN. |
| Dec 20, 7:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.2 | 2 E Holy Hill, WI | STORM TOTAL IS 11.2 INCHES. 1.5 INCHES IN PAST 3 HOURS. CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS 10 INCHES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 20, 7:22 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Oakfield, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS 14.0 INCHES. A PARTIALLY DILAPIDATED BARN WENT DOWN UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. CURRENTLY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SNOW COVERED ROADS. TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES. |
| Dec 20, 8:58 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15.6 | Portage, WI | STORM TOTAL 15.6 INCHES. SOME 3 FOOT SNOW DRIFTS. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VERY LIGHT SNOW FALLING. SNOW-COVERED AND ICY ROADS. |
| Dec 20, 9:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | 3 W Beaver Dam, WI | TOWN OF WESTFORD. STORM TOTAL 18.0 INCHES. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 1.98 INCHES. |
| Dec 20, 9:01 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12.7 | Green Lake, WI | STORM TOTAL 12.7 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH IS 13 INCHES. 2.3 INCHES OF SNOW IN PAST 5 HOURS. CURRENT TEMP. 32 DEGREES. SNOW-COVERED AND SLUSHY ROADS. LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW STILL OCCURRING. |
| Dec 20, 9:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 1 E Hartford, WI | STORM TOTAL WITH LIGHT SNOW STILL FALLING. VISIBILITY 1/2 MILE. WINDS E 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. |
| Dec 20, 10:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | 1 Ene Brooklyn, WI | STORM TOTAL. DRIFTS UP TO 28 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS. |
| Dec 20, 10:19 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 4 E Madison Capitol Squ, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOW. SNOW IS CURRENTLY BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Dec 20, 10:31 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15.1 | 3 Wnw Lake Mills, WI | STORM TOTAL SNOW. SNOW DEPTH IS 14 INCHES.SNOW IS BLOWING AND DRIFTING. MANY TREE BRANCHES COMING DOWN. DRIFTS UP TO 3 FEET. |
| Dec 20, 11:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 Se Palmyra, WI | STORM TOTAL. 4 INCHES WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN THURSDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH 1 TO 2 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Dec 20, 11:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15.3 | Kewaskum, WI | 15.3 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
340 WWUS43 KMKX 190953 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 353 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM ON TAP FOR MUCH OF AREA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT... A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SHAPE OVER THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS TODAY...AND TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON THURSDAY. THIS STORM HAS BEEN PROJECTED BY MANY OF OUR LONG RANGE COMPUTER MODELS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT THERE WILL BE A PARALYZING SNOW STORM IN THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION...WITH BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHERE THAT HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL SET UP BUT THE MOST LIKELY AREA WILL BE CENTERED WITHIN A COUNTY OR SO OF A LINE FROM DARLINGTON TO MADISON...BEAVER DAM... AND FOND DU LAC. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY...DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON COULD CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE PRIMARY UNCERTAINTY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND HOW WET THE SNOW IS. A WET SNOW WOULD REDUCE THE THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHILE A DRIER AND FLUFFY SNOW WOULD INCREASE THE THREAT FOR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IT APPEARS FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL SEE TOO MUCH WARM AIR WRAP INTO THE AREA...AROUND THE INTENSE LOW...BRINGING THAT AREA A BLEND OF RAIN...RAIN/SNOW...WITH A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. THUS TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THIS AREA WILL QUITE A BIT LESS THAN FARTHER WEST. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-191800- /O.UPG.KMKX.BZ.A.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 353 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 17 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...WHITEOUTS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ051-058-191800- /O.UPG.KMKX.BZ.A.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121220T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 353 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY... WHITEOUTS... AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ064-069-191800- /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121220T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 353 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH OF JANESVILLE TO 9 TO 13 INCHES NORTH OF JANESVILLE. RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW TOWARD ILLINOIS BORDER MAY LIMIT SNOW TOTALS. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ059-191800- /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121220T1800Z/ WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEST BEND 353 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-191800- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0006.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T1800Z-121221T0900Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 353 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN OR SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT ANY SNOW MAY BE RATHER WET AND NOT ACCUMULATE MUCH. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH LATER THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO A HEAVY WET SNOW. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ052-060-065-070-191800- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121221T0900Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 353 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ COLLAR
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915 WWUS43 KMKX 191626 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1026 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS TODAY WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION AS A MAJOR WINTER STORM ON THURSDAY. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT THERE WILL BE A PARALYZING SNOW STORM IN PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN...WITH BLIZZARD OR NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHERE THAT HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL SET UP BUT THE MOST LIKELY AREA WILL BE CENTERED WITHIN A COUNTY OR SO OF A LINE FROM DARLINGTON TO MADISON...BEAVER DAM... AND FOND DU LAC. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY...DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON COULD CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. THE PRIMARY UNCERTAINTY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW AND THE RELATIVELY WARM... NEAR-FREEZING TEMPERATURES. A WET SNOW WOULD REDUCE THE THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHILE A DRIER AND FLUFFY SNOW WOULD INCREASE THE THREAT FOR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IT APPEARS FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL SEE TOO MUCH WARM AIR WRAP INTO THE AREA AROUND THE INTENSE LOW TRACKING FROM NORTHEAST ILLINOIS INTO SOUTHERN MICHIGAN...BRINGING THAT AREA A BLEND OF RAIN...RAIN/SNOW...WITH A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. THUS TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THIS AREA WILL BE QUITE A BIT LESS THAN FARTHER WEST. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-192300- /O.EXT.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 1026 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 17 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...WHITEOUTS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ064-069-192300- /O.EXT.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121220T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 1026 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH OF JANESVILLE AND SOUTHEAST OF FORT ATKINSON...TO 9 TO 13 INCHES NORTH OF JANESVILLE AND FORT ATKINSON. RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW TOWARD ILLINOIS BORDER MAY LIMIT SNOW TOTALS. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ051-058-059-192300- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0900Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND 1026 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY... WHITEOUTS... AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ052-060-065-070-192300- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121221T0900Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 1026 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A RAIN/SNOW/SLEET MIX TONIGHT. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY MORNING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY WELL INLAND FROM THE LAKESHORE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-192300- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T1800Z-121221T0900Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 1026 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN OR SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT ANY SNOW WILL ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH LATER THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES...ESPECIALLY INLAND FROM THE LAKESHORE. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO A HEAVY WET SNOW. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MRC
365 WWUS43 KMKX 192127 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 327 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO CHICAGO BY MID-AFTERNOON THURSDAY. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT THERE WILL BE A PARALYZING SNOW STORM IN PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN...WITH BLIZZARD OR NEAR- BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. HOWEVER THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW DURING THE MID-DAY HOURS BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW AND ENDING IN THE EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON COULD CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. IT APPEARS FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL SEE TOO MUCH WARM AIR WRAP INTO THE AREA AROUND THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE. THE CHANGE- OVER TO SNOW WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. HOWEVER SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL STILL FALL AT THE TAIL END OF THE STORM. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-200530- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 327 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES. THUNDER-SNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...WHITEOUTS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ051-058-059-200530- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0900Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND 327 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 INCHES IN GERMANTOWN TO 12 TO 18 INCHES IN WESTERN FOND DU LAC AND DODGE COUNTIES. THUNDER-SNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY... WHITEOUTS... AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ064-069-200530- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ JEFFERSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 327 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 INCHES SOUTHERN ROCK COUNTY TO 12 TO 14 INCHES IN FAR NORTHWEST CORNERS OF ROCK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. RAIN WILL MIX IN WITH THE SNOW DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. THUNDER- SNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ052-060-065-070-200530- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121221T0900Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 327 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A RAIN/SNOW/SLEET MIX TONIGHT. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY WELL INLAND FROM THE LAKE SHORE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN AND SOUTHERN WALWORTH COUNTIES TO 12 TO 14 INCHES IN FAR NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF SHEBOYGAN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THUNDER-SNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-200530- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T1800Z-121221T0900Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 327 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN OR SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT ANY SNOW WILL ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH LATER THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES...ESPECIALLY INLAND FROM THE LAKE SHORE. THUNDER-SNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO A HEAVY WET SNOW. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KAPELA/ET
430 WWUS43 KMKX 200347 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 947 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO CHICAGO BY MID-AFTERNOON THURSDAY. THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS LOW MEANS THERE WILL BE A PARALYZING SNOW STORM IN PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN...WITH BLIZZARD OR NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. SOME RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW DURING THE MID-MORNING HOURS BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW BY AFTERNOON AND ENDING IN THE EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON COULD CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. IT APPEARS FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL SEE MAINLY RAIN AS WARM AIR WRAPS INTO THE AREA AROUND THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE. THE CHANGE-OVER TO SNOW HAS BEEN DELAYED A BIT AND WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. HOWEVER SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL STILL FALL AT THE TAIL END OF THE STORM...WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. WIZ064-069-201200- /O.EXT.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0900Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121220T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 947 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 INCHES SOUTHERN ROCK COUNTY TO 12 TO 14 INCHES IN FAR NORTHWEST CORNERS OF ROCK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. RAIN WILL MIX IN WITH THE SNOW DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. THUNDER- SNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ052-060-065-070-201200- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T2000Z-121221T0900Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 947 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A RAIN/SNOW/SLEET MIX TONIGHT. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING... ESPECIALLY WELL INLAND FROM THE LAKE SHORE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN AND SOUTHERN WALWORTH COUNTIES TO 12 TO 14 INCHES IN FAR NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF SHEBOYGAN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THUNDER-SNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-201200- /O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T2300Z-121221T0900Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 947 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT ANY SNOW WILL ONLY BRING MINOR ACCUMULATIONS...MAINLY ON GRASSY AREAS. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH LATER THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES...ESPECIALLY INLAND FROM THE LAKE SHORE. THUNDER-SNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO A HEAVY WET SNOW. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-201200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 947 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MIDNIGHT AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES. THUNDER-SNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...WHITEOUTS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ051-058-059-201200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0900Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND 947 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 INCHES IN GERMANTOWN TO 12 TO 18 INCHES IN WESTERN FOND DU LAC AND DODGE COUNTIES. THUNDER-SNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY... WHITEOUTS... AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ REM
934 WWUS43 KMKX 201102 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 502 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT... STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO CHICAGO BY MID-AFTERNOON TODAY BEFORE CROSSING LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS LOW MEANS THERE WILL BE A PARALYZING SNOW STORM IN PORTIONS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...HEAVY AT TIMES...NORTH OF A LINE FROM MONROE TO MADISON TO WAUPUN. SNOW SOUTH OF THAT LINE WILL EVENTUALLY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN DURING THE MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. COLDER AIR WILL TURN THE HEAVY WET SNOW INTO A DRIER SNOW THAT BECOMES MORE AND MORE PRONE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. IT APPEARS FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL SEE RAIN AS WARM AIR WRAPS INTO THE AREA AROUND THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE. THE CHANGE- OVER TO SNOW WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM MILWAUKEE TO RACINE AND KENOSHA. HOWEVER SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL STILL FALL AT THE TAIL END OF THE STORM...WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. THIS COULD IMPACT THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-201800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 502 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MIDNIGHT AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES MOST AREAS. LOWER AMOUNTS IN GREEN COUNTY...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY... WHITEOUTS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ051-058-059-201800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0900Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND 502 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 14 INCHES MOST AREAS WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE NORTH AND WEST. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY... WHITEOUTS... AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ064-069-201800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0900Z/ JEFFERSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 502 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE SOUTH AND EAST PARTS OF THE COUNTIES...WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES TO THE NORTH AND WEST. SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN FOR A TIME THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. DURING THE DAY. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ052-060-065-070-201800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T2000Z-121221T0900Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 502 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A RAIN/SNOW/SLEET MIX TONIGHT. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING... ESPECIALLY WELL INLAND FROM THE LAKE SHORE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 12 INCHES IN SHEBOYGAN WITH LOWER AMOUNTS NEAR THE LAKE. 4 TO 8 INCHES IN OZAUKEE AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN WALWORTH. LOWEST AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTH AND EAST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES. SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN CHANGING BACK TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING TONIGHT. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT THIS MORNING...THEN IMPROVING FOR A WHILE LATER TODAY AS RAIN MELTS THE SNOW ON ROADWAYS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-201800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T2300Z-121221T0900Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 502 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN FOR THE MOST PART TODAY. RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW BY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES...ESPECIALLY INLAND FROM THE LAKE SHORE. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LITTLE TRAVEL IMPACTS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. RAIN CHANGING TO A HEAVY WET SNOW DURING RUSH HOUR WITH THUNDER POSSIBLE AND POOR VISIBILITIES. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CRAVEN
580 WWUS43 KMKX 201649 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1049 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT... STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND CROSS LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS LOW MEANS THERE WILL BE A PARALYZING SNOW STORM IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY. HEAVY...WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEST OF A LINE FROM MONROE TO MADISON TO WAUPUN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THAT LINE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW SPREADING INTO FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BY 5 PM. SEVERAL INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW WILL FALL AT THE TAIL END OF THIS STORM...WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. THIS WILL IMPACT THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. COLDER AIR WILL TURN THE HEAVY WET SNOW INTO A DRIER SNOW THAT BECOMES MORE AND MORE PRONE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-202200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 1049 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY IN THE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE 12 TO 18 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY... WHITEOUTS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ051-058-059-202200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0900Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND 1049 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY IN THE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 10 TO 14 INCHES MOST AREAS WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE NORTH AND WEST. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY... WHITEOUTS... AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ064-069-202200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0900Z/ JEFFERSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 1049 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...THE RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL CHANGE BACK OVER TO SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE SOUTH AND EAST PARTS OF THE COUNTIES...WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES TO THE NORTH AND WEST. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ052-060-065-070-202200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T2000Z-121221T0900Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 1049 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...THE RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL CHANGE BACK OVER TO SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 4 TO 12 INCHES IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY WITH LOWER AMOUNTS NEAR THE LAKE...4 TO 8 INCHES IN OZAUKEE AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN WALWORTH. LOWEST AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTH AND EAST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT THIS MORNING...THEN IMPROVING FOR A WHILE LATER TODAY AS RAIN MELTS THE SNOW ON ROADWAYS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-202200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T2300Z-121221T0900Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 1049 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY WET SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES...ESPECIALLY INLAND FROM THE LAKE SHORE. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LITTLE TRAVEL IMPACTS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. RAIN CHANGING TO A HEAVY WET SNOW DURING RUSH HOUR WITH THUNDER POSSIBLE AND POOR VISIBILITIES. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MRC
122 WWUS43 KMKX 201904 AAA WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 104 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS MOVING NORTHEAST AND WILL CROSS LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS LOW IS CAUSING A PARALYZING SNOW STORM IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HEAVY...WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEST OF A LINE FROM HARTFORD TO WHITEWATER TO JANESVILLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THAT LINE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW SPREADING INTO FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BY 5 PM. SEVERAL INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW WILL FALL AT THE TAIL END OF THIS STORM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. THIS WILL IMPACT THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. COLDER AIR WILL TURN THE HEAVY WET SNOW INTO A DRIER SNOW THAT BECOMES MORE AND MORE PRONE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-210315- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 104 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY IN THE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS IN MADISON...FOND DU LAC AND JANESVILLE. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE 12 TO 18 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY... WHITEOUTS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ051-058-059-210315- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND 104 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY IN THE EVENING. THE RAIN IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN FOND DU LAC AND DODGE COUNTIES AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 12 TO 15 INCHES MOST AREAS WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY... WHITEOUTS... AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ064-069-210315- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/ JEFFERSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 104 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE RAIN AND SNOW MIX IN ROCK COUNTY WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 10 15 INCHES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND 6 TO 13 INCHES IN ROCK COUNTY. HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ052-060-065-070-210315- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T2000Z-121221T0900Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 104 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...THE RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL CHANGE BACK OVER TO SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 5 TO 12 INCHES IN SHEBOYGAN AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES...AND 5 TO 9 INCHES IN OZAUKEE AND WALWORTH COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-210315- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T2300Z-121221T0900Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 104 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY WET SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES...ESPECIALLY INLAND FROM THE LAKE SHORE. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...LITTLE TRAVEL IMPACTS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT DURING RUSH HOUR WITH RAIN CHANGING TO A HEAVY WET SNOW WITH THUNDER POSSIBLE AND POOR VISIBILITIES. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MRC
048 WWUS43 KMKX 202137 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 337 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING... A PARALYZING SNOW STORM IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS STORM IS DUE TO STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. HEAVY...WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE RAIN IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN IS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW WILL FALL AT THE TAIL END OF THIS STORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS. THIS WILL IMPACT THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. COLDER AIR WILL TURN THE HEAVY WET SNOW INTO A DRIER SNOW THAT BECOMES MORE AND MORE PRONE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-210545- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 337 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL FROM NOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS IN MADISON...FOND DU LAC AND JANESVILLE. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE 12 TO 20 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY... WHITEOUTS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ051-058-059-210545- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND 337 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN FOND DU LAC AND DODGE COUNTIES AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 12 TO 15 INCHES MOST AREAS WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY... WHITEOUTS... AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ064-069-210545- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/ JEFFERSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 337 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 10 TO 15 INCHES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND 6 TO 13 INCHES IN ROCK COUNTY. HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ052-060-065-070-210545- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 337 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 5 TO 12 INCHES IN SHEBOYGAN AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES...AND 5 TO 9 INCHES IN OZAUKEE AND WALWORTH COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-210545- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T2300Z-121221T0900Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 337 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...THE RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO A HEAVY WET SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES...ESPECIALLY INLAND FROM THE LAKE SHORE. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT DURING RUSH HOUR WITH RAIN CHANGING TO A HEAVY WET SNOW WITH THUNDER POSSIBLE AND POOR VISIBILITIES. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MRC
946 WWUS43 KMKX 210319 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 919 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING... DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN IS PRODUCING STRONG...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. WHILE THE LAST BAND OF MODERATE SNOW IS CROSSING EASTERN WISCONSIN AND SHOULD EXIT TO THE EAST BY 1 AM...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL LOCATIONS. COLDER AIR WORKING IN BEHIND THE LOW IS TURNING THE LAST BANDS OF SNOW INTO LIGHTER...DRIER SNOW THAT BECOMES MORE AND MORE PRONE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PLOWS ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME REMOVING THE HEAVY...WET SNOW FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY AS IT BEGINS TO FREEZE WITH THE COLDER AIR...WITH THE CURRENT LIGHTER SNOW BEING EASILY BLOWN AND DRIFTED BY THE STRONG WINDS. PART OF U.S. HIGHWAY 42 IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY IS CLOSED. ROCK COUNTY REPORTS ROADS ARE NEARLY IMPASSIBLE. IOWA COUNTY HAS PULLED PLOWS EXCEPT ON HIGHWAY 151/18. TWO COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES ARE STUCK IN SNOW DRIFTS...WITH PLOWS HAVING DIFFICULTY REACHING THEM DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-210600- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 919 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS EVENING...HOWEVER BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY UNDER 1 INCH. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE 12 TO 20 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING...DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ051-058-059-210900- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND 919 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS...HOWEVER BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL...MAINLY EAST OF A FOND DU LAC TO LAKE GENEVA LINE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS EVENING...HOWEVER BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED THROUGH AT LEAST 3 AM. HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN FOND DU LAC AND DODGE COUNTIES AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 12 TO 15 INCHES MOST AREAS WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TO NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING...DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ064-069-210900- /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/ JEFFERSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JANESVILLE... BELOIT 919 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS...HOWEVER BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AFTER THE SNOW HAS ENDED THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 10 TO 15 INCHES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND 6 TO 13 INCHES IN ROCK COUNTY. HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH INTO AT LEAST THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS * IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING...DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ052-060-065-070-210900- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 919 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST...ENDING BY THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL LATE THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE 5 TO 12 INCHES IN SHEBOYGAN AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES...AND 5 TO 9 INCHES IN OZAUKEE AND WALWORTH COUNTIES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT THROUGH TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-210900- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 919 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST...ENDING BY THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES...BRINGING STORM TOTALS TO 3 TO 5 INCHES...ESPECIALLY INLAND FROM THE LAKE SHORE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS POOR VISIBILITIES. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ REM
611 WWUS43 KMKX 210639 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1239 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ......TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT... DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN IS PRODUCING STRONG...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. WHILE THE LAST BAND OF MODERATE SNOW IS CROSSING EASTERN WISCONSIN AND SHOULD EXIT TO THE EAST BETWEEN 1 AM AND 3 AM...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL LOCATIONS. COLDER AIR WORKING IN BEHIND THE LOW HAS TURNED THE LAST BANDS OF SNOW INTO LIGHTER...DRIER SNOW THAT BECOMES MORE AND MORE PRONE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PLOWS HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM SECONDARY ROADS IN MANY COUNTIES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THEY ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME REMOVING THE HEAVY...WET SNOW FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY AS IT BEGINS TO FREEZE WITH THE COLDER AIR...WITH THE CURRENT LIGHTER SNOW BEING EASILY BLOWN AND DRIFTED BY THE STRONG WINDS. WIZ051-058-059-064-069-211445- /O.CAN.KMKX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0012.121221T0639Z-121221T1600Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1239 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE DRIFTS HAVE MADE PLOWING OPERATIONS DIFFICULT...WITH MANY COUNTIES WAITING UNTIL THE WINDS EASE FRIDAY MORNING TO CLEAR MANY RURAL SECONDARY ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE UN-PLOWED ROADS IMPASSIBLE. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO WINDS DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES LADEN WITH WET HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTS TO BLOCK AREA ROADWAYS...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ052-060-065-070-211445- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0012.121221T0639Z-121221T1600Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 1239 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE DRIFTS HAVE MADE PLOWING OPERATIONS DIFFICULT...WITH MANY COUNTIES WAITING UNTIL THE WINDS EASE FRIDAY MORNING TO CLEAR MANY RURAL SECONDARY ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE UN-PLOWED ROADS IMPASSIBLE. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO WINDS DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES LADEN WITH WET HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTS TO BLOCK AREA ROADWAYS...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-210745- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T0900Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 1239 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW IS ENDING OVER FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY PRODUCE SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...IMPACTS WILL BE MINIMAL. $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-211445- /O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0012.121221T0639Z-121221T1600Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 1239 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW....WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE DRIFTS HAVE MADE PLOWING OPERATIONS DIFFICULT...WITH MANY COUNTIES WAITING UNTIL THE WINDS EASE FRIDAY MORNING TO CLEAR MANY RURAL SECONDARY ROADS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE UN-PLOWED ROADS IMPASSIBLE. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO WINDS DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES LADEN WITH WET HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTS TO BLOCK AREA ROADWAYS...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ REM
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Blizzard Warnings in Wisconsin, 2012Every blizzard warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.