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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 2, NWS Green Bay, WI

October 30, 2014Vilas County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this lake effect snow advisory at Oct 30, 2014, 4:06 AM CDT for Vilas County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 30, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 30, 2014, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 30, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 31, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Vilas County, WI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lake effect snow advisory went out at Oct 30, 3:27 AM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 3:27 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 29, 3:04 PM CDT, 13 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
304 PM CDT WED OCT 29 2014

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-302015-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
304 PM CDT WED OCT 29 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...AS A UPPER-LEVEL
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING NORTH WINDS ARE
EXPECTED THERE. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS VILAS COUNTY DUE TO LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OFF LAKE
SUPERIOR.

STRONG NORTH WINDS MAY GUST TO 30 TO 40 MPH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH EVEN HIGHER GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH
POSSIBLE ALONG THE LAKESHORE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

LMZ521-522-541>543-302015-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
304 PM CDT WED OCT 29 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NORTH GALES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING. A
GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
EVENING. THE GALE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A GALE WARNING.

MG/AK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 9:29 PM CDTGale WarningGRB49 hr
Oct 30, 3:52 AM CDTWind AdvisoryGRBBrown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc38 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in Wisconsin, 2014Every lake effect snow advisory in 2014

Sources

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