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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Green Bay, WI

December 3, 20134 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter storm watch at Dec 3, 2013, 3:24 PM CST for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 4, 2013, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 3, 2013, 3:24 PM CST (21:24 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 4, 2013, 4:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 3, 2013, 8:52 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 3, 12:13 PM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 12:13 PM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 3, 3:16 PM CST, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
316 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-042130-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
316 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A PERIOD OF SNOW...SLEET AND PERHAPS FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL
PASS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THE
EVENING COMMUTE LEADING TO SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND PART OF
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT THIS TIME NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN MAY SEE A
PERIOD OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHILE THE REST OF THE
AREA CAN EXPECT RAIN OR SNOW BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO ALL
LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING. ANYONE WITH MIDWEEK TRAVEL PLANS
SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR IS POISED TO SURGE INTO THE AREA FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND CONTINUE INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY. REPORTS OF FREEZING RAIN
AND OR SLEET WILL ALSO BE APPRECIATED.

LMZ521-522-541>543-042130-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
316 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

TDH/MG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 3, 9:38 AM CST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 3, 9:40 AM CST, 5 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
940 AM CST TUE DEC 03 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     SNOW             LUXEMBURG               44.54N 87.69W
12/03/2013  M0.8 INCH        KEWAUNEE           WI   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORT VIA WBAY-TV.

&&

ASHLEYW
Local storm report, Dec 3, 10:29 AM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1029 AM CST TUE DEC 03 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1028 AM     SNOW             ROTHSCHILD              44.88N 89.61W
12/03/2013  E2.0 INCH        MARATHON           WI   PUBLIC

            REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

&&

ASHLEYW
Special weather statement, Dec 3, 1:06 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 3, 3:24 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRBBrown, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade and 12 more31 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Wisconsin, 2013Every winter storm watch in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.