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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this winter storm warning at Feb 26, 2013, 5:36 PM CST for 8 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 17 hr. 57 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
- Feb 26, 2013, 5:36 PM CST (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2013, 10:44 AM CST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Fond du Lac County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 5:38 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Franksville, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. HEAVY WET SNOW. SNOW IS DRIFTING. TEMP. IS 32 DEGREES. |
| Feb 26, 5:38 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | 3 Nw Racine, WI | AVERAGE OF 5 MEASUREMENTS. |
| Feb 26, 5:45 PM CST | SNOW 2.9 | 1 W State Fair Park, WI | |
| Feb 26, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.6 | West Allis, WI | SNOW COVERED ROADS. |
| Feb 26, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Milwaukee International, WI | |
| Feb 26, 6:25 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Silver Lake, WI | |
| Feb 26, 6:41 PM CST | SNOW 3 | West Allis, WI | BLOWING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS. |
| Feb 26, 7:36 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | 3 Nw Racine, WI | AVERAGE OF 5 MEASUREMENTS. SNOW STARTING TO SLOW DOWN. |
| Feb 26, 8:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.2 | 6 Nw Kenosha, WI | MAIN ROADS ARE BAD. TRAFFIC SPEEDS HALF OF NORMAL. DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 26, 8:20 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Pleasant Prairie, WI | BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Feb 26, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Sw Sheboygan, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. SNOW STARTED AROUND 5 PM. BLOWING AND DRIFTING. HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING AT 9 PM. RATE OF SNOW BETTER THAN 1 INCH PER HOUR FOR 4 HOURS. |
| Feb 26, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | West Bend, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. AVERAGE OF SEVERAL MEASUREMENTS. ROADS ARE A MESS. DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 26, 9:35 PM CST | SNOW 5.6 | West Bend, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. AVERAGE OF 3 MEASUREMENTS. HEAVY SNOW FALLING AS OF 935 PM. |
| Feb 26, 9:46 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 2 Wsw Racine, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. SNOW STARTED AROUND 130 PM. STEADY LIGHT SNOW NOW. |
| Feb 26, 10:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.4 | 1 Nw Kenosha Airport, WI | TOTAL THRU 10PM |
| Feb 26, 10:32 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Sheboygan, WI | |
| Feb 26, 11:02 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.3 | 3 E Caledonia, WI | |
| Feb 27, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Milwaukee International, WI | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 12 AM WEDNESDAY. 0.43 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Feb 27, 1:14 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Kenosha, WI | |
| Feb 27, 1:30 AM CST | SNOW 5.8 | Germantown, WI | |
| Feb 27, 4:27 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | S Shorewood, WI | |
| Feb 27, 5:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 1 Nnw Brown Deer, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 27, 5:40 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.4 | 2 Wsw Racine Batten Air, WI | |
| Feb 27, 5:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Jackson, WI | 0.79 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Feb 27, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.6 | Brown Deer, WI | |
| Feb 27, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Burlington, WI | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 600 AM |
| Feb 27, 6:28 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.1 | Milwaukee International, WI | |
| Feb 27, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 2 Ne Glendale, WI | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 630 AM |
| Feb 27, 6:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 6 Nw Kenosha, WI | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 630 AM |
| Feb 27, 7:13 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| Feb 27, 7:13 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Burlington, WI | |
| Feb 27, 7:13 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | Holy Hill, WI | |
| Feb 27, 7:13 AM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Rochester, WI | |
| Feb 27, 7:13 AM CST | SNOW 8 | West Bend, WI | |
| Feb 27, 7:13 AM CST | SNOW 8.2 | Elkhart Lake, WI | |
| Feb 27, 7:13 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | 1 E Union Grove, WI | SNOWFALL TOTAL WITH 10 INCH SNOW DEPTH |
| Feb 27, 7:13 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | West Allis, WI | |
| Feb 27, 7:13 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.6 | Franklin, WI | |
| Feb 27, 7:13 AM CST | SNOW 8.7 | Sheboygan, WI | |
| Feb 27, 7:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | Jackson, WI | SNOWFALL THROUGH 715 AM. LIQUID EQUIVALENT .85 |
| Feb 27, 7:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 3 Nw Random Lake, WI | 9.5 THROUGH 715 AM, 5.5 THROUGH 10PM |
| Feb 27, 7:31 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | Sheboygan, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. |
| Feb 27, 7:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14.5 | Sheboygan, WI | |
| Feb 27, 7:51 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Cedarburg, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 27, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 9.8 | 3 E Caledonia, WI | |
| Feb 27, 8:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.3 | West Allis, WI | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 815 AM |
| Feb 27, 8:16 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13.5 | Random Lake, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH DRIFTS OF 4 TO 5 FEET. |
| Feb 27, 8:17 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Pleasant Prairie, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. 4.5 INCHES OVER LAST 9 HOURS. |
| Feb 27, 8:23 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.3 | Plymouth, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 27, 8:23 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15.5 | Cedar Grove, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 27, 9:05 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 16.9 | Hingham, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. SNOW DEPTH OF 24 INCHES. |
| Feb 27, 9:05 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 16.9 | Sheboygan, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. SNOW DEPTH OF 24 INCHES. |
| Feb 27, 9:32 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | West Allis, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 27, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 E Lake Geneva, WI | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 10 AM. |
| Feb 27, 10:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.2 | 3 Nw Racine, WI | |
| Feb 27, 10:05 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.8 | Grafton, WI | |
| Feb 27, 10:37 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.3 | Brown Deer, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. ONE CONIFER TREE DOWN OVER ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
339 WWUS43 KMKX 262336 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 536 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SPREADING ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WILL MOVE TO NORTHERN INDIANA LATE TONIGHT...THEN STALL OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY BEFORE DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST COAST ON THURSDAY. A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL SPREAD NORTHWEST TOWARD CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AND ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE. MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND TAPER OF IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW LATER ON TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL BE DRIER AND WILL LIKELY BLOW AND DRIFT MUCH MORE THAN TONIGHT. WIZ052-060-066-070>072-270745- /O.UPG.KMKX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0003.130226T2336Z-130227T1800Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 536 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TO MID EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...THOUGH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * VISIBILITY...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF I-43. STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST...AND ALONG THE LAKE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. *PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT...ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...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. && $$ WIZ051-058-059-062>065-067>069-270745- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 536 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF I-43...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING NORTH AND WEST OF I-43. STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 2 TO 7 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHEAST AND NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ REM
7 follow-up statements
083 WWUS43 KMKX 270304 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 904 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE CENTRAL INDIANA/OHIO BORDER WILL MOVE TO NORTHERN INDIANA LATE TONIGHT...THEN STALL OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY BEFORE DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST COAST ON THURSDAY. A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS SLOWED IT/S NORTHWARD PUSH. THE SNOW IN THIS BAND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR EASTERN FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES. SOUTH OF THIS BAND...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WERE CROSSING LAKE MICHIGAN MOVING WEST TOWARDS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN TAPER OF IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW LATER ON TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL BE DRIER AND WILL LIKELY BLOW AND DRIFT MUCH MORE THAN EARLIER TODAY. WIZ052-060-066-070>072-271115- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 904 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...STEADY MODERATE SNOW WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE EVENING....ESPECIALLY NORTH OF MILWAUKEE. MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE...ADDING TO THE SNOW FROM EARLIER TODAY. SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...THOUGH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * VISIBILITY...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT GENERALLY ALONG THE LAKE SHORE COUNTIES AND SOUTHEAST OF I-43. STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST...AND ALONG THE LAKE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. UNPLOWED ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME IMPASSABLE. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. *PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT...ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...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. && $$ WIZ051-058-059-062>065-067>069-271115- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 904 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF A MADISON TO WAUKESHA LINE. MODERATE...TO AT TIMES BRIEFLY HEAVY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS TO THE SOUTH. SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THE NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A FOND DU LAC COUNTY THROUGH DANE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN IOWA COUNTY LINE...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW TO THE NORTHEAST. STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 2 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY ROADWAYS...WITH UNPLOWED ROADS BECOMING DIFFICULT TO TRAVERSE. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
080 WWUS43 KMKX 270354 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 954 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE CENTRAL INDIANA/OHIO BORDER WILL MOVE TO NORTHERN INDIANA LATE TONIGHT...THEN STALL OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY BEFORE DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST COAST ON THURSDAY. A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS SLOWED IT/S NORTHWARD PUSH. THE SNOW IN THIS BAND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. SOUTH OF THIS BAND...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS OVER WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN ARE ABOUT TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN TAPER OF IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW LATER ON TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL BE DRIER AND WILL LIKELY BLOW AND DRIFT MUCH MORE THAN EARLIER TODAY. WIZ051-059-271200- /O.UPG.KMKX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...WEST BEND 954 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THE NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WEDNESDAY. SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED ROADS...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING MAKING SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR-ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING 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. && $$ WIZ052-060-066-070>072-271200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 954 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...STEADY MODERATE SNOW WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE EVENING...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF MILWAUKEE. MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE...ADDING TO THE SNOW FROM EARLIER TODAY. SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... THOUGH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * VISIBILITY...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT GENERALLY ALONG THE LAKE SHORE COUNTIES AND SOUTHEAST OF I-43. STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST...AND ALONG THE LAKE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. UNPLOWED ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME IMPASSABLE. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. *PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT...ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ058-062>065-067>069-271200- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ DODGE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 954 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF A MADISON TO WAUKESHA LINE. MODERATE...TO AT TIMES BRIEFLY HEAVY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS TO THE SOUTH. SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THE NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A FOND DU LAC COUNTY THROUGH DANE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN IOWA COUNTY LINE...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW TO THE NORTHEAST. STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 2 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY ROADWAYS...WITH UNPLOWED ROADS BECOMING DIFFICULT TO TRAVERSE. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ REM
851 WWUS43 KMKX 270552 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1152 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE CENTRAL INDIANA/OHIO BORDER WILL MOVE TO NORTHERN INDIANA LATE TONIGHT...THEN STALL OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY BEFORE DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST COAST ON THURSDAY. A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS SLOWED IT/S NORTHWARD PUSH. THE SNOW IN THIS BAND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM SAUK COUNTY ACROSS MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE TO FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. SOUTH OF THIS BAND...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS OVER WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN ARE ABOUT TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN TAPER OF IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW LATER ON TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL BE DRIER AND WILL LIKELY BLOW AND DRIFT MUCH MORE THAN EARLIER TODAY. WIZ051-052-059-060-066-070>072-271400- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 1152 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...STEADY MODERATE SNOW WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE EVENING...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF MILWAUKEE. MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE...ADDING TO THE SNOW FROM EARLIER TODAY. SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... THOUGH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * VISIBILITY...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT GENERALLY ALONG THE LAKE SHORE COUNTIES AND SOUTHEAST OF I-43. STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST...AND ALONG THE LAKE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. UNPLOWED ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME IMPASSABLE. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. *PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT...ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...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. && $$ WIZ046-047-056-057-271400- /O.EXA.KMKX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS 1152 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW...BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SAUK COUNTY TO GREEN LAKE COUNTY LINE. STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY ROADWAYS...WITH UNPLOWED ROADS BECOMING DIFFICULT TO TRAVERSE. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ058-062>065-067>069-271400- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ DODGE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1152 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE...TO AT TIMES BRIEFLY HEAVY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THE NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A DODGE COUNTY THROUGH IOWA COUNTY LINE. STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 5 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY ROADWAYS...WITH UNPLOWED ROADS BECOMING DIFFICULT TO TRAVERSE. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
994 WWUS43 KMKX 270951 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 351 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ...MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WILL SLOWLY REACH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING BEFORE DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST COAST ON THURSDAY. A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NORTHEAST WINDS OFF LAKE MICHIGAN WILL ALSO BRING LAKE ENHANCED SNOW INTO TONIGHT. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THE DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS. WIZ051-052-059-060-066-070>072-271800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 351 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...PERSISTENT MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH SOME LAKE ENHANCED SNOW IN THE COUNTIES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH A LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON WELL INLAND. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW NEAR THE COUNTIES BY LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH TONIGHT AND AROUND 2 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE CONTINUED SNOW AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED ROADS AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. *PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT...ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ046-047-056>058-062>065-067>069-271800- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON- WAUKESHA-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT 351 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...PERSISTENT MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND DIMINISH A LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE CONTINUED SNOW AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED ROADS AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HENTZ
587 WWUS43 KMKX 271245 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 645 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WILL SLOWLY REACH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING BEFORE DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST COAST ON THURSDAY. A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NORTHEAST WINDS OFF LAKE MICHIGAN WILL ALSO BRING LAKE ENHANCED SNOW INTO TONIGHT. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THE DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS. WIZ059-070-271800- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMKX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ WASHINGTON-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 645 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERSISTENT MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND DIMINISH A LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE CONTINUED SNOW AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED ROADS AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ WIZ051-052-060-066-071-072-271800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN... PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 645 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...PERSISTENT MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH SOME LAKE ENHANCED SNOW IN THE COUNTIES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH A LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON WELL INLAND. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW NEAR THE COUNTIES BY LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH TONIGHT AND 1 TO 2 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE CONTINUED SNOW AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED ROADS AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. *PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT...ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ046-047-056>058-062>065-067>069-271800- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON- WAUKESHA-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT 645 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...PERSISTENT MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND DIMINISH A LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE CONTINUED SNOW AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED ROADS AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ HENTZ
392 WWUS43 KMKX 271527 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 927 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WILL SLOWLY REACH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING BEFORE DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST COAST ON THURSDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NORTHEAST WINDS OFF LAKE MICHIGAN WILL ALSO BRING LAKE ENHANCED SNOW INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THE DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS. WIZ051-052-060-066-071-072-271800- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN... PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 927 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH SOME LAKE ENHANCED SNOW IN THE COUNTIES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH A LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON WELL INLAND. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW NEAR THE COUNTIES BY LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH TONIGHT AND 1 TO 2 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. HIGHER GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...THE CONTINUED SNOW AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED ROADS AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. *PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT...ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. && $$ WIZ046-047-056>059-062>065-067>070-271800- /O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE- JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 927 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...ARES OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND DIMINISH A LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE CONTINUED SNOW AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED ROADS AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ MEB
620 WWUS43 KMKX 271644 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1044 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO CONTINUE IN THE LAKE SHORE COUNTIES... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WILL SLOWLY REACH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING BEFORE DRIFTING TOWARD THE NEW ENGLAND COAST ON THURSDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. HOWEVER...MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE LAKE SHORE AS A RESULT OF LAKE ENHANCEMENT. THE BEST LAKE ENHANCEMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE. HOWEVER...THE HIGHEST WINDS AND LIKEWISE THE MOST BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE NORTH OF MILWAUKEE...TOWARD SHEBOYGAN. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH. WIZ052-060-066-071-072-280600- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0010.130227T1644Z-130228T0600Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 1044 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...AREAS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AND DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW NEAR THE COUNTIES BY LAKE MICHIGAN. HIGHEST AMOUNTS TOWARD THE SOUTH. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. HIGHER GUSTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN AND TOWARD EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * IMPACTS...THE CONTINUED SNOW AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW COVERED ROADS AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. *PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && && $$ WIZ051-271745- /O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ FOND DU LAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FOND DU LAC 1044 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ABOUT AN INCH OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE. $$ WIZ046-047-056>059-062>065-067>070-271745- /O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130227T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON-IOWA-DANE- JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 1044 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ABOUT AN INCH OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE. $$ MEB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 26, 3:28 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 3:28 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
328 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013
.TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM TO HIGH.
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA TO FAR
SOUTHERN MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT AND ACROSS LAKE ERIE TOMORROW.
DECENT UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE TODAY WILL TAPER OFF TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE BEST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD
AS WELL...TAPERING OFF SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. DECENT
700MB OMEGA CONTINUES THROUGH THE NIGHT AND WEAKENS TOMORROW AS
WELL...ESPECIALLY BY THE AFTERNOON. WHILE THE FORCING DOES WEAKEN
SIGNIFICANTLY BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...EXPECTING THE COLUMN TO STAY
MOIST. SO...KEPT LIGHT SNOW IN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ALSO EXPECTING
BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW WITH DRIER SNOW
RATIOS...AROUND 11 TO 13...AND GUSTY WINDS.
NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE SNOW TOTAL AMOUNTS...EXCEPT TO ACCOUNT FOR
THE HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. WENT WITH CONSENSUS QPF...ALTHOUGH A
BIT HIGH ALONG THE LAKE. DIDN/T TOTALLY DISCOUNT THIS THOUGH WITH
FRICTIONAL CONVERGENCE AND 850MB/LAKE TEMP DIFFERENCES AROUND 10
DEGREES GIVE OR TAKE.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE HIGH.
WE FINALLY BEGIN TO SEE THE LOW EXIT TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...WITH ANY LINGERING CHANCES OF SNOW DIMINISHING FROM WEST
TO EAST. WILL GO DRY ON THURSDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE STARTING TO
TAKE HOLD. CLOUDS SHOULD ALSO BEGIN TO CLEAR.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS MEDIUM.
NORTHEAST WINDS AND A COOLER AIRMASS...SO WILL HAVE A SMALL CHANCE
FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS IN THE SOUTHEAST. WILL KEEP THIS
SMALL CHANCE GOING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...THEN DRY.
.SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS HIGH.
A GREAT STRETCH HERE WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION. NORTH
WINDS WILL BRING SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES...BUT NOT TOO FAR FROM
NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
.MONDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS LOW TO MEDIUM.
THE GFS AND THE ECMWF SHOW A WEAK LOW APPROACHING FROM THE
NORTHWEST ON MONDAY...POSSIBLY SPREADING SOME LIGHT SNOW IN HERE
EITHER LATE MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT.
&&
.AVIATION/00Z TAFS/...
BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWEST THROUGH
THE AREA. MSN SHOULD SEE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW A LITTLE AFTER 22Z.
EXPECTING HEAVIEST SNOW THROUGH MAYBE 02Z OR 03Z. THINKING SITES TO
THE EAST...MKE...ENW...AND UES...WILL SEE THE MOST HEAVY SNOW...AND
COULD SEE MODERATE SNOW FOR A LONGER TIME PERIOD AS WELL. WILL
LIKELY STILL SEE BELOW ALTERNATE MINIMUM VISIBILITIES WITH THE LIGHT
SNOW OVERNIGHT THOUGH. ALSO...SNOW RATIOS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT
INTO TOMORROW AND WILL ALLOW FOR MORE BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...REDUCING VISIBILITIES FURTHER.
COULD SEE BELOW ALTERNATE MINIMUM CEILINGS DURING PERIOD OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW AS WELL. EXPECTING THE CEILINGS TO IMPROVE TO IFR ONCE
SNOW LIGHTENS UP...BUT NOT CERTAIN THEY WILL.
&&
.MARINE...
THE GALE WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ONCE THAT
EXPIRES...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED. SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND AS BRISK
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL RESULT FROM A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN
THE VERY SLOWLY DEPARTING LOW TO THE EAST AND HIGH PRESSURE
WORKING IN FROM THE WEST.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR WIZ062>072.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
WEDNESDAY FOR WIZ052-059-060.
LM...GALE WARNING UNTIL 12 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR LMZ643>646.
&&
TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY AND AVIATION/MARINE...MEB
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...DAVISHazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 3:40 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 340 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-271730- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 340 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL THIS EVENING WILL BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA AND POINTS SOUTH. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MILWAUKEE...RACINE AND KENOSHA AREAS. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED IN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS...BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. LMZ643>646-271730- 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- 340 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT DUE TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS. WHEN THAT WARNING EXPIRES...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL GO INTO EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY DUE TO LARGE WAVES FROM A PERSISTENT NORTHERLY WIND BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES AND HIGH PRESSURE PUSHING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 26, 4:39 PM CST, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
439 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0436 PM SNOW 2 SW KENOSHA 42.56N 87.84W
02/26/2013 M5.0 INCH KENOSHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW TOTAL SO FAR. BLOWING SNOW. SNOW COVERED ROADS.
&&
BHAHNLocal storm report, Feb 26, 4:47 PM CST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
447 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM SNOW TWIN LAKES 42.52N 88.26W
02/26/2013 E5.5 INCH KENOSHA WI PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL SO FAR. SNOW HAS BEEN ACCUMULATING FOR 2 HRS
AND 45 MIN.
0420 PM SNOW RACINE 42.73N 87.78W
02/26/2013 E3.3 INCH RACINE WI PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL SO FAR. SNOW STARTED AT 130 PM.
0426 PM SNOW 1 NE RACINE 42.74N 87.77W
02/26/2013 E4.0 INCH RACINE WI PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL SO FAR.
&&
MBKLocal storm report, Feb 26, 4:55 PM CST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
455 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0454 PM SNOW WEST ALLIS 43.01N 88.03W
02/26/2013 M1.6 INCH MILWAUKEE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL SO FAR. MODERATE SNOW FALLING. BLOWING
SNOW...REDUCED VISIBILITY.
&&
BHAHNLocal storm report, Feb 26, 5:00 PM CST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
500 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM SNOW BROOKFIELD 43.06N 88.12W
02/26/2013 M2.5 INCH WAUKESHA WI BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
MBKLocal storm report, Feb 26, 5:12 PM CST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
512 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0511 PM SNOW WEST ALLIS 43.01N 88.03W
02/26/2013 M1.4 INCH MILWAUKEE WI PUBLIC
REPORT CAME IN VIA WEBMASTER AS 3.5 CM SNOW.
&&
BHAHNLocal storm report, Feb 26, 5:20 PM CST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
520 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0519 PM HEAVY SNOW 2 WSW RACINE 42.72N 87.82W
02/26/2013 M6.0 INCH RACINE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL SO FAR. AVERAGE OF SEVERAL MEASUREMENTS.
&&
BHAHNNearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2013Every winter storm warning 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.