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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI

March 4, 201318 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this winter storm warning at Mar 4, 2013, 4:19 AM CST for 18 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 5, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2013, 4:19 AM CST (10:19 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 5, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 5, 2013, 9:00 PM CST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 5, 8:09 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 2.55 S Evansville, WISNOWFALL OVER THE LAST 1.5 HOURS
Mar 5, 8:48 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 1.6Milton, WIVISIBILITY 1/4 MILE
Mar 5, 8:48 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 1.7Middleton, WISNOW IS FALLING 1 INCH PER HOUR
Mar 5, 9:08 AM CSTSNOW 2.35 Sw Madison, WISNOW TOTAL SINCE 43O AM
Mar 5, 9:08 AM CSTSNOW 4.37 S Orfordville, WI3 HOUR TOTAL
Mar 5, 9:13 AM CSTSNOW 2.7Edgerton, WISNOWFALL TOTAL
Mar 5, 9:20 AM CSTSNOW 2.1Lake Mills, WIQUARTER MILE VISIBILITY.
Mar 5, 9:27 AM CSTSNOW 12 E Burlington, WI
Mar 5, 9:28 AM CSTSNOW 2.21 Wsw De Forest, WISNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT
Mar 5, 9:40 AM CSTSNOW 32 N Beloit, WI
Mar 5, 9:51 AM CSTSNOW 13 Nw Racine, WISNOW TOTAL SINCE 830 AM
Mar 5, 10:05 AM CSTSNOW 24 N Lake Geneva, WIMODERATE SNOW FALLING.
Mar 5, 10:05 AM CSTSNOW 3.32 Nne Brooklyn, WI
Mar 5, 10:06 AM CSTSNOW 2.56 Sw Madison, WISNOWFALL TOTAL
Mar 5, 10:15 AM CSTSNOW 2.52 W Fort Atkinson, WI
Mar 5, 10:35 AM CSTSNOW 4Monticello, WI
Mar 5, 10:50 AM CSTSNOW 1.32 E Franklin, WISNOW STARTED AROUND 9 AM.
Mar 5, 10:50 AM CSTSNOW 2.31 N Waterford, WISNOWFALL TOTAL
Mar 5, 10:55 AM CSTSNOW 3.4Black Earth, WIMODERATE SNOW FALLING.
Mar 5, 10:59 AM CSTSNOW 2.23 S La Grange, WISNOW IS DRIFTING.
Mar 5, 10:59 AM CSTSNOW 3.26 Sw Madison, WISTORM TOTAL 3.2 INCHES. 0.70 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST HOUR.
Mar 5, 11:23 AM CSTSNOW 3Oregon, WISTORM TOTAL
Mar 5, 11:24 AM CSTSNOW 2.23 S La Grange, WISNOW TOTAL
Mar 5, 11:24 AM CSTSNOW 36 Sw Madison, WISTORM TOTAL
Mar 5, 11:25 AM CSTSNOW 3Harmony Grove, WI
Mar 5, 11:26 AM CSTSNOW 2.7Franksville, WISTORM TOTAL
Mar 5, 11:26 AM CSTSNOW 3.4Black Earth, WI
Mar 5, 11:30 AM CSTSNOW 3.26 Nw Kenosha, WI
Mar 5, 11:30 AM CSTSNOW 4.15 Sw Madison, WISTORM TOTAL.
Mar 5, 11:50 AM CSTSNOW 2West Allis, WI
Mar 5, 11:50 AM CSTSNOW 3.3Lake Mills, WI
Mar 5, 11:55 AM CSTSNOW 1.4Milwaukee International, WI
Mar 5, 11:55 AM CSTSNOW 5.52 S Whitewater, WI
Mar 5, 11:59 AM CSTSNOW 1Brown Deer, WITHREE HOUR STORM TOTAL
Mar 5, 11:59 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Merton, WI
Mar 5, 11:59 AM CSTSNOW 2.3Waukesha, WI
Mar 5, 11:59 AM CSTSNOW 2.42 Nw Racine, WISNOWFALL TOTAL
Mar 5, 11:59 AM CSTSNOW 3.52 S Sullivan, WISNOW TOTAL SINCE 6AM
Mar 5, 11:59 AM CSTSNOW 4.54 Ne Oregon, WISNOW TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT
Mar 5, 11:59 AM CSTSNOW 4.9Middleton, WISTORM TOTAL
Mar 5, 12:04 PM CSTSNOW 2.3Juneau, WI
Mar 5, 12:23 PM CSTSNOW 0.9Horicon, WI
Mar 5, 12:42 PM CSTSNOW 3.4Madison Truax Airport, WISNOW TOTAL SINCE 6 AM
Mar 5, 12:42 PM CSTSNOW 5.23 Sse Whitewater, WISNOWFALL TOTAL
Mar 5, 12:42 PM CSTSNOW 5.2Edgerton, WISTORM TOTAL
Mar 5, 12:45 PM CSTSNOW 4Darlington, WISTORM TOTAL
Mar 5, 12:45 PM CSTSNOW 4.1Milton, WISNOWFALL TOTAL
Mar 5, 12:45 PM CSTSNOW 4.5La Valle, WISNOW TOTALS 4 TO 5 INCHES
Mar 5, 12:45 PM CSTSNOW 4.9Palmyra, WISTORM TOTAL
Mar 5, 1:07 PM CSTSNOW 4Waterloo, WI
Mar 5, 1:10 PM CSTSNOW 3.4West Allis, WI
Mar 5, 1:18 PM CSTSNOW 5Dodgeville, WISTORM TOTAL
Mar 5, 1:20 PM CSTSNOW 3.5Watertown, WI
Mar 5, 1:20 PM CSTSNOW 55 N Blue Mounds, WI
Mar 5, 1:30 PM CSTSNOW 3Muskego, WI
Mar 5, 1:40 PM CSTSNOW 4.5Genesee, WI
Mar 5, 1:56 PM CSTSNOW 4.5Franksville, WI
Mar 5, 2:00 PM CSTSNOW 4.23 Nw Racine, WI
Mar 5, 2:00 PM CSTSNOW 5.56 Sw Madison, WI
Mar 5, 2:10 PM CSTSNOW 68 Sw Madison, WI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2013-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2013-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1439 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

101 
WWUS43 KMKX 041019
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
419 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...

.MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO SOUTHEAST WI AROUND THE
TUESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THE DAY ON TUESDAY AND TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...
BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CAUSING
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.

WIZ046-047-057-063-068-069-041800-
/O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.130305T0600Z-130306T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T0600Z-130306T0000Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-COLUMBIA-DANE-GREEN-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...MADISON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT
419 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST TUESDAY...

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 TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING BUT BECOME HEAVIER
  LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OR
  HIGHER ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY
  EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
  DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ056-062-067-041800-
/O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T0600Z-130306T0000Z/
SAUK-IOWA-LAFAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARABOO...DODGEVILLE...DARLINGTON
419 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST TUESDAY...

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 TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING BUT BECOME HEAVIER
  LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OR
  HIGHER ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO 12 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
  DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ058-064-070-041800-
/O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.130305T0600Z-130306T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
DODGE-JEFFERSON-WALWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...
ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA
419 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT BUT BECOME HEAVIER
  TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OR HIGHER
  ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
  DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ059-060-065-066-071-072-041800-
/O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0005.130305T0900Z-130306T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...
WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA
419 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT BUT BECOME HEAVIER
  TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OR HIGHER
  ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 
  25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
  DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ051-052-041800-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WS.A.0005.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN
419 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT BUT BECOME HEAVIER
  LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF
  TUESDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 
  25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY LATE
  TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

MRC/REM
10 follow-up statements
460 
WWUS43 KMKX 041629
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1028 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...

.MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND INTO MOST OF SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN AROUND THE TUESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE MODERATE TO
SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY...AND
TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS
WILL DEVELOP BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE LATEST MODEL RUNS INDICATE THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING
IF THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT THE SHEBOYGAN AND FOND
DU LAC AREAS...AS WELL AS THE PORT WASHINGTON AND WEST BEND AREAS.
THIS MAY LEAD TO LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THESE AREAS. STAY TUNED
TO THE UPDATED FORECASTS THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION. 

WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067>069-050030-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T0600Z-130306T0000Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...
JANESVILLE...BELOIT
1028 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...BUT BECOME
  HEAVIER AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SNOWFALL RATES OF
  ONE INCH PER HOUR OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. SNOW WILL
  TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
  WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
  DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ058>060-064>066-070>072-050030-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-
RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...
PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
1028 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT...BUT BECOME
  HEAVIER TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OR
  HIGHER ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY
  EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING. SOME
  AMOUNTS MAY END UP BEING LOWER IN LATER FORECASTS TOWARD THE
  WEST BEND AND PORT WASHINGTON AREAS.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
  WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
  DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ051-052-050030-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.A.0005.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN
1028 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT OR TUESDAY
  MORNING...AND MAY BECOME HEAVIER LATER TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE
  AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING...WHICH
  MAY END UP BECOMING LOWER IN LATER FORECASTS.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY LATE
  TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$
WOOD
919 
WWUS43 KMKX 041949
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
149 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ON TUESDAY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
AND FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

.MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND INTO MOST OF SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN BY MID TO LATE TUESDAY MORNING. THE MODERATE TO
SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY...
AND TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS
WILL DEVELOP BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.


WIZ058-065-066-050400-
/O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
DODGE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...
MILWAUKEE
149 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND BECOME HEAVIER
  BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE SNOW WILL
  THEN TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY BY
  LATE TUESDAY MORNING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

WIZ047-050400-
/O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T0600Z-130306T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
GREEN LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BERLIN
149 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND BECOME
  HEAVIER BY MID TO LATE MORNING AND ACCUMULATE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER
  OFF TUESDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY BY
  LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

WIZ059-060-042100-
/O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON
149 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED
THE WINTER STORM WARNING. 

THE WINTER STORM IS MOVING MORE SOUTH AND WILL RESULT IN ONLY
LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. 

$$

WIZ051-052-042100-
/O.CAN.KMKX.WS.A.0005.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN
149 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED
THE WINTER STORM WATCH. 

THE WINTER STORM IS MOVING MORE SOUTH AND WILL RESULT IN ONLY
LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. 

$$

WIZ046-056-057-062-063-067>069-050400-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T0900Z-130306T0000Z/
MARQUETTE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BARABOO...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...
JANESVILLE...BELOIT
149 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVIER
  EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OR HIGHER
  ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY 
  DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ064-070>072-050400-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
149 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND BECOME
  HEAVIER BY MID TO LATE MORNING AND ACCUMULATE. SNOWFALL RATES OF
  ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE
  AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH
  THE GREATEST TOTALS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN RACINE AND KENOSHA
  COUNTIES. 

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY BY
  LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

MG/JJ
711 
WWUS43 KMKX 050102
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
702 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW STILL EXPECTED ON TUESDAY OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

.MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT...AND INTO MOST OF SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN BY MID TO LATE MORNING TUESDAY. THE MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY
SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY... AND TAPER OFF LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO TUESDAY
NIGHT.

THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
WESTFIELD TO JOHNSON CREEK TO AROUND RACINE AND KENOSHA...WHERE 5
TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
THIS AREA INCLUDES MADISON...JANESVILLE AND BARABOO.

LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FARTHER EAST. THREE TO FIVE
INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM BEAVER DAM TO WAUKESHA AND MILWAUKEE. 

EVERYONE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. 

WIZ046-056-057-062-063-067>069-050515-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T0900Z-130306T0000Z/
MARQUETTE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BARABOO...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...
JANESVILLE...BELOIT
702 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND BECOME 
  HEAVIER EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER 
  HOUR OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF 
  TUESDAY EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY 
  DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ064-070>072-050515-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
702 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND BECOME 
  HEAVIER BY MID TO LATE MORNING AND ACCUMULATE. SNOWFALL RATES 
  OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO 
  THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH 
  THE GREATEST TOTALS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN RACINE AND KENOSHA 
  COUNTIES. 

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY BY 
  LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ047-058-065-066-050515-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
GREEN LAKE-DODGE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...BEAVER DAM...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE
702 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND BECOME 
  HEAVIER BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE 
  SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY BY
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
MBK
841 
WWUS43 KMKX 050328
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
928 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW STILL EXPECTED ON TUESDAY OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

.MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS STILL EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT...AND INTO PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN BY LATE MORNING TUESDAY. THE MODERATE TO SOMETIMES
HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY... AND TAPER
OFF TUESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
WESTFIELD TO JOHNSON CREEK TO AROUND RACINE AND KENOSHA...WHERE
5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
THIS AREA INCLUDES MADISON...JANESVILLE AND BARABOO.

LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FARTHER EAST. THREE TO FIVE
INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM BEAVER DAM TO WAUKESHA AND MILWAUKEE.

EVERYONE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

WIZ046-056-057-062-063-067>069-051030-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T0900Z-130306T0000Z/
MARQUETTE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BARABOO...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...
JANESVILLE...BELOIT
928 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND BECOME 
  HEAVIER EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER 
  HOUR OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF 
  TUESDAY EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY 
  DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ064-070>072-051030-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
928 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND BECOME
  HEAVIER BY LATE MORNING AND BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. SNOWFALL RATES
  OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE
  AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH 
  THE GREATEST TOTALS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN RACINE AND KENOSHA 
  COUNTIES. 

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY BY 
  LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ047-058-065-066-051030-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.130305T1200Z-130306T0600Z/
GREEN LAKE-DODGE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...BEAVER DAM...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE
928 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND BECOME
  HEAVIER AT TIMES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE.
  THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY BY 
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
MBK
489 
WWUS43 KMKX 050946
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
346 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED AT TIMES TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

.MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THIS MORNING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING
QUICKLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE IN AMOUNT AND
INTENSITY EAST OF A LINE FROM GREEN LAKE COUNTY SOUTHEAST TO
NORTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY DUE TO A DRY EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND.

THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
WESTFIELD TO JOHNSON CREEK TO AROUND RACINE AND KENOSHA...WHERE 5
TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS AREA INCLUDES
MADISON...JANESVILLE AND BARABOO.

LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FARTHER NORTH AND EAST. AROUND
4 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA AND 1 INCH UP
AROUND SHEBOYGAN. 

EVERYONE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS
TODAY.

WIZ046-056-057-062-063-067>069-051800-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0300Z/
MARQUETTE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BARABOO...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...
JANESVILLE...BELOIT
346 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL
  DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST BY THIS EVENING. .

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES BY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
  WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
  DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ064-070>072-051800-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WS.W.0004.130305T1500Z-130306T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
346 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY MID MORNING AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. EXPECT
  THE SNOW TO DIMINISH BY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH
  THE GREATEST TOTALS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN RACINE AND KENOSHA
  COUNTIES.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY BY
  LATE MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ047-058-065-066-051800-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.130305T1500Z-130306T0600Z/
GREEN LAKE-DODGE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...BEAVER DAM...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE
346 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING...AND BECOME
  HEAVIER AT TIMES BY THIS AFTERNOON AND BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE
  SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES BY LATE EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LATER AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE MORNING
  COMMUTE SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN GOOD SHAPE...BUT MORE DIFFICULT
  THIS AFTERNOON.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
DAVIS
667 
WWUS43 KMKX 051646
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1046 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED AT TIMES TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

.MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WITH LIGHTER SNOW TO
BEGIN OVER EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW
WILL DECREASE IN AMOUNT AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING BUT LAKE
ENHANCED SNOW WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE SNOW IN FAR SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED OVER
FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INTO MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
LIGHTER AMOUNTS TOWARD EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.  

EVERYONE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WIZ046-056-057-062-063-067>069-060100-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0300Z/
MARQUETTE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BARABOO...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...
JANESVILLE...BELOIT
1046 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL
  DIMINISH FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES BY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY 
  DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ064-070>072-060100-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
1046 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

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

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

* TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PREVAIL TODAY. THE HEAVIER
  SNOW WILL PERSIST IN RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES INTO THE EVENING
  DUE TO LAKE ENHANCED SNOW. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY LATE
  EVENING BUT LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH
  THE GREATEST TOTALS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN RACINE AND KENOSHA
  COUNTIES.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
  WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ047-058-065-066-060100-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/
GREEN LAKE-DODGE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...BEAVER DAM...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE
1046 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

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

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

* TIMING...MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL PREVAIL TODAY.
  THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES BY MID TO LATE EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LATER AFTERNOON AND 
  EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

MG
046 
WWUS43 KMKX 052126
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
326 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EXPECTED TO LINGER FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...

.LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
OVER MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
LIGHT SNOW MAY OCCUR OVER AREAS NEAR SHEBOYGAN AND FOND DU LAC.
THE SNOW WILL DECREASE IN AMOUNT AND INTENSITY...BUT LAKE ENHANCED
SNOW WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE SNOW IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS
EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING.

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN...INTO MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MUCH LIGHTER
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TOWARD EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TRAVEL
CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

WIZ046-056-057-062-063-067>069-060300-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0300Z/
MARQUETTE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BARABOO...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...
JANESVILLE...BELOIT
326 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED UNTIL MID EVENING.
  THE SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY
  MIDNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES BY MID TO LATE EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING
  SNOW THROUGH MID EVENING.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MID
  EVENING. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE EVENING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS. 

&&

$$

WIZ064-070>072-060530-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
326 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

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

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

* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
  EVENING. THE MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST IN RACINE AND KENOSHA
  COUNTIES...DUE TO LAKE ENHANCED SNOW. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY
  LATE EVENING...BUT LIGHT SNOW MAY CONTINUE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH
  THE GREATEST TOTALS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN RACINE AND KENOSHA
  COUNTIES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25
  MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS
  EVENING. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE EVENING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS.

&&

$$

WIZ047-058-065-066-060530-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/
GREEN LAKE-DODGE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...BEAVER DAM...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE
326 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

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

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

* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LINGER THIS EVENING. THE
  SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES BY LATE EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25
  MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS
  EVENING. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE EVENING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
WOOD
932 
WWUS43 KMKX 052347
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
547 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...

.LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL
DECREASE IN AMOUNT AND INTENSITY AFTER 8 PM CST...BUT LAKE
ENHANCEMENT WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IN FAR
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THE EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE
ALSO EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AND WARNING AREAS WILL RANGE
FROM 2 TO 9 INCHES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THIS
EVENING. SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION.

WIZ046-056-057-062-063-067>069-060300-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0300Z/
MARQUETTE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BARABOO...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...
JANESVILLE...BELOIT
547 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED UNTIL MID EVENING. 
  THE SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST BY 
  MIDNIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 9 INCHES BY LATE EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING 
  SNOW THROUGH MID EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MID
  EVENING WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. SLOW
  DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS.

&&

$$

WIZ064-070>072-060600-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
547 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

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

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

* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
  EVENING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING...BUT LIGHT
  SNOW WILL CONTINUE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MID
  EVENING WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. SLOW
  DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS.

&&

$$

WIZ047-058-065-066-060600-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/
GREEN LAKE-DODGE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...BEAVER DAM...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE
547 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

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

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

* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LINGER INTO THE
  EVENING...THEN DIMINISH TO MOSTLY LIGHT SNOW LATER THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 
  MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MID
  EVENING WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. SLOW
  DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
MBK
582 
WWUS43 KMKX 060158
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
758 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...ACCUMULATING SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISHING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...

.LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY
DIMINISH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THE
EVENING. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED OVER MUCH OF SOUTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...HENCE THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS BEING
CANCELLED.  

LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. HENCE THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS WHERE UP TO AN
ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL
ALSO CONTINUE THIS EVENING.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AND WARNING AREAS WILL RANGE
FROM 2 TO 9 INCHES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THIS
EVENING. SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION.

WIZ046-056-057-062-063-067-068-060300-
/O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0300Z/
MARQUETTE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BARABOO...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE
758 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED
THE WINTER STORM WARNING. 

THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ABOUT ENDED. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION THIS EVENING WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. PATCHY
DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WILL CONTINUE. 

$$

WIZ047-060300-
/O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/
GREEN LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BERLIN
758 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ABOUT ENDED. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION THIS EVENING WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. PATCHY
DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WILL CONTINUE. 

$$

WIZ069-060300-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0300Z/
ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JANESVILLE...BELOIT
758 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO
  SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW WILL CONTINUE. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN
  INCH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 6 TO 9 INCHES.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MID 
  EVENING WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. SLOW 
  DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS.

&&

$$

WIZ064-070>072-060600-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
758 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

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

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

* TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY
  DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES
  NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW. TOTAL
  SNOW 5 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...WILL
  CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MID 
  EVENING WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. SLOW 
  DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS.

&&

$$

WIZ058-065-066-060600-
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/
DODGE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...
MILWAUKEE
758 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

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

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

* TIMING...LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO
  DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER
  LATER TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...WILL
  CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. 

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MID 
  EVENING WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. SLOW 
  DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
MBK
157 
WWUS43 KMKX 060300
WSWMKX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
900 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS DIMINISHED...

.THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT
SNOW AND FLURRIES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT WILL REMAIN LIGHT...LESS THAN ONE
INCH. HENCE THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

WIZ069-060400-
/O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0300Z/
ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JANESVILLE...BELOIT
900 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED
THE WINTER STORM WARNING. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT SNOW
THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHT...LESS
THAN ONE HALF INCH. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT.

$$

WIZ064-070>072-060400-
/O.CAN.KMKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/
JEFFERSON-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
900 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED
THE WINTER STORM WARNING. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT
SNOW THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE
LIGHT...LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT.

$$

WIZ058-065-066-060400-
/O.CAN.KMKX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130306T0600Z/
DODGE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...
MILWAUKEE
900 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO OCCASIONAL VERY LIGHT
SNOW THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE
LIGHT...LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT.

$$
MBK

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 Mar 4, 3:59 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 3:59 AM CST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
359 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013

.SHORT TERM...

TODAY AND TONIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS MEDIUM TO HIGH

ALL MODELS INDICATE BEGINNING OF SNOW WITH INITIAL WAA
BAND...CURRENTLY PRODUCING 1 TO 2 MILE SNOW IN A BAND FROM SW MN
INTO CENTRAL IOWA...WILL BE DELAYED AND LIGHTER THAN EXPECTED AS IT
RUNS INTO DRY AIR BELOW 5K FT ON CROSS SECTIONS AND 500 MB RIDGE
AMPLIFYING OVER REGION IN RESPONSE TO THE DEEPENING TROUGH AS IT
DROPS INTO THE NRN PLAINS. HRRR IS ESPECIALLY MEAGER...WIPING OUT
THIS INITIAL BAND BEFORE IT GETS TO CWA. RAP AND WRF-CORE MODELS
ALSO WEAKEN THIS INITIAL BAND.

ISENTROPIC FORECASTS INDICATE IT WILL TAKE A BIT LONGER TO SATURATE
THE LOWER LAYERS...WITH ALL MODELS/SAVE THE GFS/ HOLDING PCPN TO THE
WEST OF MADISON THRU 00Z TUE.  LOOKING FOR UNDER 1/2 INCH IN THE FAR
WEST THIS MORNING...WITH 1/2 INCH OR LESS FROM MADISON AND WEST BY
00Z TUE. WE DO LOSE MOISTURE IN DENDRITE GROWTH ZONE ON THE GFS
BUFKIT SOUNDINGS IN THE LULL BETWEEN THE INITIAL WEAKENING WAA BAND
AND THE STEADIER SNOW WITH THE SYSTEM DYNAMICS THAT MOVES IN AFTER
00Z TUESDAY...BUT WITH WARMEST TEMP IN COLUMN AT -3C AND WET BULB
BELOW 0C...TOP-DOWN SUGGESTS LIGHT SNOW OR MAYBE SNOW PELLETS VERSUS
FREEZING DRIZZLE.

SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS STRONGER FORCING
MOVES INTO THE REGION AFTER 00Z. WILL TRACK THE INCREASING SNOW FROM
SW TO NE WITH ISENTROPIC LIFT AND STRONGER LAYER Q-VECTOR
CONVERGENCE. THIS KEEPS THE FAR NE OUT OF THE BETTER SNOW UNTIL 12Z
TUE OR LATER.

TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM

THE CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL DIG DOWN INTO IOWA AND
ABSORB A SOUTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE AROUND 12Z-18Z TUE. THE SURFACE
LOW OVER SOUTHERN IL WILL DEEPEN AND AN INVERTED TROUGH WILL EXTEND
NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHERN WI AND EAST CENTRAL MN. THERE WILL BE
ONGOING WARM AIR ADVECTION /WAA/ AT ALL LEVELS OVER SOUTHERN
WI...BUT ESPECIALLY AT 700 MB DURING THIS TIME.

THAT INVERTED TROUGH AXIS WILL TAKE ON A MORE EAST TO WEST
ORIENTATION AS THE UPPER LOW SITS OVER SOUTHERN IL AND TAKES ON A
SLIGHTLY NEGATIVE TILT. 850-700MB WAA WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN
WI. THE AXIS OF 850-600MB FRONTOGENESIS WILL ALSO SIT SOMEWHERE IN
THE VICINITY OF SOUTHERN WI...DEPENDING ON THE MODEL OF CHOICE. THIS
AXIS IS SHOWN TO PIVOT RIGHT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WI FROM 15Z-21Z ON
THE 06Z NAM BEFORE SHIFTING SOUTHEAST LATER AS THE SURFACE AND UPPER
LOW CONTINUE ESE. THE AXIS OF HIGHEST DEEP-LAYER Q-VECTOR
CONVERGENCE WILL SIT OVER SOUTHERN WI FOR A LONG TIME. OMEGA VALUES
WILL BE HIGH DURING THIS TIME PERIOD AS WELL.

THE CANADIAN MODELS BOTH CONTINUE A LOW TRACK FURTHER SOUTH THAN
OTHER MODELS...AND THEREFORE HAVE LIGHTER QPF OVER OUR FORECAST AREA
/CWA/. THE 12Z ECMWF HAD RATHER HIGH QPF OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WI...AS
DID THE 00Z NAM. THE GFS HAS BEEN A STEADY COMPROMISE BETWEEN MANY
OF THE MODELS. THE 00Z ECMWF CAME IN WITH LIGHTER QPF IN SOUTH
CENTRAL WI THAN THE 12Z RUN...BUT HAD SIMILAR QPF ELSEWHERE. THE
CONSENSUS OF ALL MODELS SEEMED TO BE A REASONABLE STARTING POINT FOR
QPF AND THEN BLENDED IT WITH THE HPC QPF AMOUNTS.

TOOK A GENERAL AVERAGE OF SNOW RATIOS BASED ON COBB...1000-500MB
THICKNESSES AND MODEL OUTPUT. SNOW RATIOS SHOULD RANGE FROM 16 IN
THE WESTERN CWA TO 10:1 IN THE EAST AT 12Z TUE...THEN RISE TO A
17-12:1 RANGE AT 18Z TUE...THEN END UP AT 15-16:1 FOR THE WHOLE CWA
AT 00Z WED. 6-HR SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE
IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WI FOR THE WHOLE DAY TUE.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 9 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED SOUTH
CENTRAL FOR A ROUGHLY 24-HOUR PERIOD.

EXPECTING FAIRLY HIGH SNOWFALL RATES DURING THE DAY ON TUE DUE TO
THE STRONG WAA/VORTICITY ADVECTION AND FRONTOGENESIS SITTING OVER
THE AREA. THIS WILL HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON BOTH THE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON COMMUTES FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. DECIDED TO ROLL
THE WESTERN CWA INTO A WINTER STORM WARNING AT 06Z TUE AND THE
EASTERN CWA AT 12Z TUE. WE ARE KEEPING FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN
COUNTIES IN A WATCH FOR NOW SINCE SNOW AMOUNTS DO NOT LOOK HIGH
ENOUGH AT THIS TIME TO JUSTIFY A WARNING. LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO
ASSESS IF THIS AREA NEEDS A WARNING OR JUST AN ADVISORY.

MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND LAKE ENHANCEMENT
SHOULD ONLY INCREASE QPF AMOUNTS BY A FEW HUNDREDTHS.

.LONG TERM...

WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM

HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST ON WED INTO THU.
WARM ADVECTION IN SOUTHERN WI AHEAD OF THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH WILL
LEAD TO TEMPS RISING INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S BY THE END OF
NEXT WEEK. THERE COULD BE SOME LIGHT PRECIP IN THE FORM OF EITHER
RAIN OR SNOW OR DRIZZLE FRI NIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH THE WARM AIR
ADVECTION PATTERN AND A SHORTWAVE. IT WILL DEPEND ON HOW QUICKLY A
CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST EJECTS INTO THE PLAINS FOR
WHETHER THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND WILL BE IN THE 40S OR THE 20S
FOR HIGH TEMPS.

&&

.AVIATION/12Z TAFS/...

WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE CLOUD COVERAGE AND SLOWLY LOWER HEIGHTS FROM
WEST TO EAST TODAY. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON RADAR TRENDS...BUT PLAN IS
TO KEEP PREVIOUS FORECAST TREND OF NO SNOW AT KMSN UNTIL CLOSER
TO/JUST AFTER 00Z TUE...AND EASTERN TAF SITES UNTIL 06Z OR LATER.
SHOULD KEEP VFR CIGS VSBYS UNTIL STEADIER SNOW BEGINS...THEN GO TO
MVFR. IFR VSBYS AND 1 IN/HOUR ACCUMULATION RATES SHOULD HOLD OFF
UNTIL AFTER 12Z TUESDAY. EAST WINDS WILL BE SLOWLY INCREASING...WITH
OCCASIONAL 15 TO 20 KNOT GUSTS MIXING DOWN AFTER 06Z.

&&

.MARINE...CURRENT WIND AND WAVE HEIGHT FORECASTS INDICATE A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING EVERYWHERE...AND POSSIBLY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE
SOUTH. START TIME IS A BIT IN QUESTION...AND WITH SURROUNDING
OFFICES HOLDING OFF AT THIS TIME...WILL NOT ISSUE ADVISORY...BUT
WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE ONE HOISTED LATER THIS MORNING.

&&

.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY
     NIGHT FOR WIZ058>060-064>066-070>072.

     WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY
     FOR WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067>069.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
     FOR WIZ051-052.

LM...NONE.
&&

TODAY/TONIGHT AND AVIATION/MARINE...REM
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MRC
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 3:38 PM CST, 12 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
338 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-041000-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
338 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY
EVENING FOR THE POTENTIAL OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW..INCLUDING
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE
NORTHERN PLAINS TO ACROSS IOWA...ILLINOIS...AND INDIANA WITH A SWATH
OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE NORTH OVER WISCONSIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED IN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. SNOW
ACCUMULATION REPORTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.

LMZ643>646-041000-
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-
338 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013

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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA TUESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY AS BRISK NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS DEVELOP IN
RESPONSE TO LOW PRESSURE TRACKING EAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY.

MG
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 1:49 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMKXDodge, Green Lake, Milwaukee, Waukesha31 hr
Mar 4, 3:46 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX12 hr

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