Alert archive / Wisconsin / Blizzard Watches in 2012
Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this blizzard watch at Dec 18, 2012, 3:47 PM CST for 10 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 20, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2012, 3:47 PM CST (21:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2012, 3:53 AM CST
- In force
- 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, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Sauk County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
147 WWUS43 KMKX 182147 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 347 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...SNOW BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BUT CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... ...MAJOR WINTER STORM ON TAP FOR MUCH OF AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS SHOULD GENERATE A FEW MORE HOURS OF SNOW BEFORE MOVING EAST THIS EVENING. SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE ROUGHLY EAST OF A LINE FROM BEAVER DAM TO WHITE WATER TO RACINE. A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SHAPE OVER THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY...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 POSSIBLE. 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 WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY...DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. 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 TOWARD THE END OF THE STORM. THUS TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THIS AREA WILL BE A LOT LESS THAN FARTHER WEST. WIZ068-190500- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121219T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.121220T1200Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.A.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0000Z/ GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONROE 347 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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 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 BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ062-067-190500- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121219T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.121220T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.A.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0000Z/ IOWA-LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON 347 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...WHITEOUTS... AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ056-057-063-190500- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.121220T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.A.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121219T0000Z/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-DANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... MADISON 347 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND END. 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...10 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A 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 BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ058-190500- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.121220T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.A.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121219T0300Z/ DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BEAVER DAM 347 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND END. 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...10 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A 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 BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ069-190500- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.121220T1200Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121219T0000Z/ ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 347 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND END. 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...8 TO 12 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST 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 WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A 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. && $$ WIZ059-060-064-065-070-190500- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.121220T1200Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121219T0300Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 347 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND END. 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...6 TO 12 INCHES IN JEFFERSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF JEFFERSON AND WEST BEND. PERIODS OF RAIN OR WET SNOW CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN WILL LIMIT SNOW TOTALS. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WITH A HEAVY WET SNOW. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A 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. && $$ WIZ046-047-190500- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.121220T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.A.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN 347 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND END. 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...10 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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 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 BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ051-190500- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.121220T0000Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BZ.A.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ FOND DU LAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FOND DU LAC 347 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND END. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...WHITEOUTS... AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ052-190500- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.121220T1200Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121221T0600Z/ SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEBOYGAN 347 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND END. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 16 INCHES...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS AWAY FROM THE LAKE AND LOWER AMOUNTS DUE TO WET SNOW MIXING WITH RAIN NEAR THE LAKE. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. 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. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-190500- /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.A.0006.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121219T0300Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 347 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND END. RAIN OR SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT ANY SNOW MAY BE RATHER WET AND NOT ACCUMULATE MUCH. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES THIS EVENING. MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM BY THURSDAY WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. PERIODS OF RAIN OR WET SNOW WILL LIMIT SNOW TOTALS ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MINOR TRAVEL ISSUES WITH SLUSHY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT THURSDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO A HEAVY WET SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ CRAVEN
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506 WWUS43 KMKX 190000 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 600 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...SNOW EVENT WINDING DOWN IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING... ...MAJOR WINTER STORM ON TAP FOR MUCH OF AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... .SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SHAPE OVER THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY...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 POSSIBLE. 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 WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY...DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. 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 TOWARD THE END OF THE STORM. THUS TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THIS AREA WILL BE A LOT LESS THAN FARTHER WEST. WIZ058-190800- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121219T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.A.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BEAVER DAM 600 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. SOME MIST OR VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR UNTIL ABOUT 9 PM. 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...10 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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 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 BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ056-057-063-190800- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121219T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.A.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0000Z/ SAUK-COLUMBIA-DANE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS... MADISON 600 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. SOME MIST OR VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR UNTIL ABOUT 9 PM.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...10 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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 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 BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ069-190800- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121219T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121221T0600Z/ ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 600 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. SOME MIST OR VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR UNTIL ABOUT 9 PM. 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...8 TO 12 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST 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 WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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. && $$ WIZ059-060-064-065-070-190800- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121219T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121221T0600Z/ WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA 600 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. SOME MIST OR VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR UNTIL ABOUT 9 PM. 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...6 TO 12 INCHES IN JEFFERSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND 4 TO 8 INCHES ELSEWHERE. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF JEFFERSON AND WEST BEND. PERIODS OF RAIN OR WET SNOW CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN WILL LIMIT SNOW TOTALS. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WITH A HEAVY WET SNOW. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR 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. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-190800- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-121219T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.WS.A.0006.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 600 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. SOME MIST OR VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR UNTIL ABOUT 9 PM. RAIN OR SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT ANY SNOW MAY BE RATHER WET AND NOT ACCUMULATE MUCH. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES THIS EVENING. MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM BY THURSDAY WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. PERIODS OF RAIN OR WET SNOW WILL LIMIT SNOW TOTALS ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MINOR TRAVEL ISSUES WITH SLUSHY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT THURSDAY 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ WIZ046-047-062-067-068-190800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.A.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...DODGEVILLE... DARLINGTON...MONROE 600 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. SOME MIST OR VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR UNTIL ABOUT 9 PM. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY... WHITEOUTS... AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ051-190800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.A.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ FOND DU LAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FOND DU LAC 600 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. SOME MIST OR VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR UNTIL ABOUT 9 PM. 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...10 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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 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 BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ052-190800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121221T0600Z/ SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEBOYGAN 600 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. SOME MIST OR VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR UNTIL ABOUT 9 PM.THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 16 INCHES...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS AWAY FROM THE LAKE AND LOWER AMOUNTS DUE TO WET SNOW MIXING WITH RAIN NEAR THE LAKE. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWERLINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KAPELA
813 WWUS43 KMKX 190333 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 933 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...SNOW EVENT WINDING DOWN IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING... ...MAJOR WINTER STORM ON TAP FOR MUCH OF AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SHAPE OVER THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY...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 POSSIBLE. 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 WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY...DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. 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 TOWARD THE END OF THE STORM. THUS TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THIS AREA WILL BE A LOT LESS THAN FARTHER WEST. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-191145- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.A.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 933 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * 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...10 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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 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 BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ051-058-191145- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121220T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.BZ.A.0001.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM 933 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING TO ABOUT NOON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY... WHITEOUTS... AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ052-059-060-064-065-069-070-191145- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.121220T0600Z-121221T0600Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 933 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. * 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...8 TO 12 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST 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 WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-191145- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.A.0006.121220T1800Z-121221T0600Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 933 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...RAIN OR SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT ANY SNOW MAY BE RATHER WET AND NOT ACCUMULATE MUCH. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AND DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES THIS EVENING. MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM BY THURSDAY WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. PERIODS OF RAIN OR WET SNOW WILL LIMIT SNOW TOTALS ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. THUNDERSNOW WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MINOR TRAVEL ISSUES WITH SLUSHY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT THURSDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO A HEAVY WET SNOW. SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW COLLECTING ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ KAPELA
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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard watch went out at Dec 18, 3:37 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 3:37 PM CST, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
337 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012
...UPDATED TO INCLUDE SHORT TERM/AVIATION/MARINE DISCUSSIONS...
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM TO HIGH.
COMPACT SHORT WAVE LOCATED UPSTREAM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SODAK AND
BURST OF LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION AHEAD OF IT WILL TAKE AIM AT
SRN WI TODAY. WEAK LAYER Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE SPREADS ACROSS SRN WI
FROM LATE MRNG THRU THE AFTN WITH 850-700MB FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING
BRIEFLY AFFECTING SRN CWA. THIS BRIEF 2-4 HOUR PERIOD OF ENHANCED
FORCING OCCURS IN DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE. THICKNESS AND ROEBBER
SNOW-LIQUID TECHNIQUES FAVOR SNOW RATIOS AROUND 13 TO 1 WHILE COBB
LEANING TOWARD LOWER NUMBERS. QPF OF A HUNDREDTH IN THE NORTH TO
AROUND 0.08 IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH SHOULD RESULT IN SNOW
AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND 1.0 INCH. HOWEVER TEMPS WL BE A FEW DEGREES
ABOVE FREEZING SO SOME PARTIAL MELTING EXPCD. NEVER THE
LESS...LIKELY TO BE SOME SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS ON THE PAVEMENT. LOW
LEVEL THERMAL STRUCTURE FAVORS MOSTLY -SN ONCE PRECIP BEGINS...BUT
MILDER LAKE MI MAY RESULT IN A MIX IN THE FAR EAST. MIX ALSO
POSSIBLE IN THE FAR SOUTH.
FORCING RAPIDLY MOVES OFF TO THE EAST FROM LATE AFTN THRU EARLY
EVE...LEAVING BEHIND CLOUDY SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS
HIGH.
THERE IS NOW VERY LITTLE DOUBT THAT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL BE HIT
BY A MAJOR SNOW STORM DURING THIS PERIOD. WE ARE UPGRADING TO A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST 3 COUNTIES OF OUR
FORECAST AREA. I/LL BE PUTTING THOSE 3 SE COUNTIES INTO A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 4 OR A LITTLE MORE INCHES AT THE END
OF THE STORM...COMBINED WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH.
NO NEED TO GO OVER THE GORY DETAILS OF ALL THE FAVORABLE
OMEGA/FRONTOGENESIS/WARM ADVECTION/MOISTURE PARAMATERS. THIS IS A
CLASSIC STORM AND IT HAS IT ALL. THE COLLECTION OF SURFACE LOW
TRACKS FROM THE NUMEROUS MODELS HAVE FINALLY COME INTO A TIGHTER
CONSENSUS SOLUTION. RIGHT NOW...THE LOW TRACKS FROM AROUND CENTRAL
MISSOURI AT MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF LAKE
MICHIGAN BY NOON ON THURSDAY...THEN NORTHEAST FROM THERE. THAT IS
AN IDEAL TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...BUT
IT WILL CAUSE MORE OF A MIX...OR ALL RAIN FOR A TIME...IN THE
MILWAUKEE AREA.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RANGE FROM .5 INCH ALONG OUR WESTERN
FORECAST BOUNDARY TO .75 INCH IN THE SOUTHEAST. VERY HIGH.
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WILL BE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE
RAIN/SNOW/MIX AREA. COUPLE THIS WITH A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING
LOW...NAILING THE EXACT AREA AND TIMING IS VERY DIFFICULT.
THE CONVECTIVE SIGNALS ARE STRONG AND I HAVE INCLUDED ISOLATED
THUNDER WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...THUNDER SNOW.
SNOW ACCUMULATION RATES COULD HIT 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THE
SNOW BAND OF HIGHEST ACCUMULATION WILL RUN FROM FOND DU
LAC...THROUGH MADISON...TO DARLINGTON. 10 TO 16 INCHES AS A MAX IN
SOME AREAS IS VERY POSSIBLE.
WINDS...THESE WILL BE A HUGE PROBLEM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE
LOW BEGINS TO MOVE PAST SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...THEY/LL SWING
AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND BLOW 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
AT TIMES. THIS RAISES BIG CONCERNS ABOUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS OUR WESTERN
FORECAST AREA. THE EASTERN AREAS WILL PROBABLY SEE A WETTER SNOW
AND ONE NOT PRONE TO BLOW AROUND. A BLIZZARD IS DEFINED AS
SUSTAINED OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR MORE ALONG WITH 1/4 MILE
VSBY FOR 3 HOURS OR MORE.
WE WILL HANDLE THE BLIZZARD ISSUE WITH A BLIZZARD WATCH THAT GOES
INTO EFFECT THURSDAY AT NOON. WE/LL START WITH A WINTER STORM
WARNING...THEN OVERLAY THAT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A BLIZZARD
UPGRADE USING THE BLIZZARD WATCH. THIS IS RATHER UNCHARTERED
TERRITORY WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE/VE HANDLED HEADLINES IN THE PAST.
IT MIGHT BE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE...
LOOK FOR THINGS TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS WILL BE A
PROBLEM...ESPECIALLY EAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
.FRIDAY AND BEYOND...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS HIGH.
A VERY QUIET AND COLD PERIOD WITH HIGH PRESSURE. IT SHOULD BE
NOTED THAT THE GFS AND THE ECMWF ARE HINTING AT ANOTHER SNOW STORM
AROUND MID WEEK NEXT WEEK...
&&
.AVIATION/00Z TAFS/...EXPECT LIGHT SOUTHWEST FLOW IN THE LOW LEVELS
TO CARRY MVFR CIGS INTO ERN TAF SITES THIS MRNG. OTRW...EXPC MVFR
CIGS OR LOWER FOR MOST OF THIS TAF PERIOD WITH LIKELY PERIOD OF -SN
TO AFFECT TAF SITES FROM LATE MRNG THRU THE AFTN. VSBYS IN -SN
COULD LOWER TO LESS THAN 1SM FOR A TIME. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL
CHANCE FOR -RA MIXED WITH THE -SN NEAR LAKE MI. SLUSHY
ACCUMULATIONS UNDER AN INCH MAY BUILD UP ON RUNWAYS THIS AFTN
DESPITE TEMPS A FEW DEGREES ABV FREEZING. -SN WL END FROM WEST TO
EAST LATER THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVE..WITH LINGERING MVFR CIGS TNGT.
&&
.MARINE...ALL GUIDANCE IN AGREEMENT ON RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING LOW
PRESSURE MOVING FROM MISSOURI INTO LOWER MI FROM WED NGT THRU THU.
LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS LOWER MI
LATER THU INTO FRI MRNG. THIS WILL RESULT IN TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT ACROSS LAKE MI WITH GUSTS LOOKING LIKELY TO REACH GALE
FORCE FROM THU AFTN INTO FRI...WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS POSSIBLE IN
THE OPEN WATERS. WL BE ISSUING GALE WATCH FROM LATER THU INTO FRI
AFTN. WINDS AND WAVES LIKELY TO REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS
AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES WED NIGHT INTO THU MRNG.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY
FOR WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068.
BLIZZARD WATCH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-
067-068.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIZ056-
057-063-069.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
CST THURSDAY NIGHT FOR WIZ052-059-060-064-065-069-070.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR
WIZ058>060-064>066-070>072.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR WIZ066-071-072.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST
THURSDAY FOR WIZ051-058.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WIZ051-058.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST
THURSDAY FOR LMZ643>646.
GALE WARNING FROM NOON THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY FOR
LMZ643>646.
&&
TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY AND AVIATION/MARINE...WOOD
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...DAVISHazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 3:30 PM CST, 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 330 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-191030- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 330 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. EXPECT THE SNOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST TO EXIT BEFORE 6 PM. SOME ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY AND AS THE SUN SETS...WET ROADS COULD BEGIN TO ICE UP. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL HIT THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 10 TO 16 INCHES IN SOME AREAS...ALONG A LINE STRETCHING FROM DARLINGTON...THROUGH MADISON TO FOND DU LAC. WARMER AIR IN THE SOUTHEAST WILL KEEP AMOUNTS MUCH LOWER. STRONG WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL BRING BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SOME AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. SEE OUR WINTER WEATHER PAGES AT WEATHER.GOV/MKX FOR FORECASTS AND DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED IN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS...HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. LMZ643>646-191030- SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 330 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND HIGH WAVES TO SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A GALE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PERIOD. A STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OPEN WATERS. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX DAVIS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 18, 2:57 PM CST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
257 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0139 PM SNOW OCONOMOWOC 43.11N 88.50W
12/18/2012 M1.2 INCH WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOWFALL IN THE LAST 2 HOURS. VISIBILITY WAS LESS THAN A
HALF A MILE.
0255 PM SNOW BROWN DEER 43.17N 87.97W
12/18/2012 M1.8 INCH MILWAUKEE WI BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
BROOKSLocal storm report, Dec 18, 3:00 PM CST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
300 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM SNOW 3 W BEAVER DAM 43.46N 88.90W
12/18/2012 M3.3 INCH DODGE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL.
&&
BROOKSLocal storm report, Dec 18, 3:15 PM CST, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
315 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM SNOW 2 SW OCONOMOWOC 43.09N 88.53W
12/18/2012 M1.8 INCH WAUKESHA WI NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
MARQUARDTLocal storm report, Dec 18, 3:42 PM CST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
342 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0304 PM SNOW DELAFIELD 43.07N 88.39W
12/18/2012 E1.2 INCH WAUKESHA WI PUBLIC
1.2 INCHES ON GRASSY AREAS...A QUARTER INCH ON PAVED
AREAS.
0309 PM SNOW JANESVILLE 42.68N 89.02W
12/18/2012 E1.0 INCH ROCK WI PUBLIC
ONE INCH ON GRASS AND CARS. WET ROADWAYS.
0311 PM SNOW 1 NE MCFARLAND 43.03N 89.28W
12/18/2012 E0.8 INCH DANE WI PUBLIC
0315 PM SNOW 1 E MADISON 43.08N 89.36W
12/18/2012 E0.5 INCH DANE WI PUBLIC
MEASURED ON GRASS.
0315 PM SNOW 1 S NEW BERLIN 42.96N 88.13W
12/18/2012 M1.5 INCH WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
MEASURED ON GRASS. SNOW STILL FALLING. VISIBLITY 3 MILES.
0316 PM SNOW MIDDLETON 43.10N 89.51W
12/18/2012 E1.0 INCH DANE WI PUBLIC
MEASURED ON GRASS.
&&
BROOKSLocal storm report, Dec 18, 3:46 PM CST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
346 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0212 PM SNOW WEST BEND 43.42N 88.18W
12/18/2012 M2.0 INCH WASHINGTON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
TWO INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS. ROADS ARE
SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
0300 PM SNOW WEST ALLIS 43.01N 88.03W
12/18/2012 M1.0 INCH MILWAUKEE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY WET SNOW...UNTREATED ROADS ARE ICY. ONE INCH OF
SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS.
&&
BROOKSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 3:48 AM CST | Gale Watch | MKX | 12 hr | |
| Dec 18, 10:41 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:47 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine | 12 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:47 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 57 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:48 PM CST | Gale Warning | MKX | 71 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:48 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 42 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.