Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 27, 2015, 3:10 PM CST for 22 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. 37 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
- Dec 27, 2015, 3:10 PM CST (21:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2015, 5:46 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
All 22 counties
Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2:46 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Plover, WI | PEAK WIND GUST OF 41 MPH |
| Dec 28, 4:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2.7 | Plover, WI | SNOW FELL OVER THREE HOURS. LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 0.16 INCHES |
| Dec 28, 4:58 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 4 N Iola, WI | SNOW MEASURED OVER 2.5 HOURS. ALSO REPORTS VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE |
| Dec 28, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Weyauwega, WI | SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST FOUR HOURS. ALSO REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 26 MPH |
| Dec 28, 5:58 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Green Bay, WI | 2.5 INCHES ON THE EAST SIDE OF GREEN BAY |
| Dec 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Wausau, WI | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW REPORTED WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING |
| Dec 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Ashwaubenon, WI | SNOWFALL SINCE 1800 UTC. 1.5 INCHES OF THE SNOW SINCE 2200 UTC. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Baileys Harbor, WI | LOTS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED 20-30 MPH AND OCCASIONAL NEAR-WHITEOUT CONDITIONS |
| Dec 28, 6:36 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Plover, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. ESTIMATED SNOWFALL...BUT LOTS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING |
| Dec 28, 6:39 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 S De Pere, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. NOTED DIFFICULTY IN MEASUREMENT DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING |
| Dec 28, 7:31 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Mishicot, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. LOTS OF SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW |
| Dec 28, 7:32 PM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Allouez, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 28, 7:36 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Wausau, WI | |
| Dec 28, 7:36 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 4 N Iola, WI | UPDATED SNOWFALL TOTAL. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CONTINUES WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. |
| Dec 28, 8:11 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Nw Winchester, WI | RELAYED VIA NWSCHAT. SNOWFALL IS FOR THE LAST 2.5 HOURS...NOT A STORM TOTAL. ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS REPORTED |
| Dec 28, 8:15 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 4 W Wausau, WI | RELAYED VIA NWSCHAT. REPORTS SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Dec 28, 8:34 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ne Oshkosh, WI | LOTS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. MIXED WITH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SLEET. |
| Dec 28, 8:34 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | 4 N Iola, WI | CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. |
| Dec 28, 8:42 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | New London, WI | ALSO VERY STRONG GUSTS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING. LEFT TO ASSIST WITH CARS STRANDED ON THE ROAD NEARBY. |
| Dec 28, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Sherwood, WI | |
| Dec 28, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.2 | Plover, WI | LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.32 INCHES AND DRIFTS TO 7.5 INCHES. WINDS SUSTAINED AT 22 MPH GUSTING TO 37 |
| Dec 28, 9:27 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Wausau, WI | ALSO STRONG WINDS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE |
| Dec 28, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 E Green Bay, WI | |
| Dec 28, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Suamico, WI | NWS EMPLOYEE ESTIMATE OF SNOW AT HOME BEFORE REPORTING ON DUTY |
| Dec 28, 10:15 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 4 W Wausau, WI | DRIFTS TO 15 INCHES. HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW |
| Dec 28, 10:20 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Marshfield, WI | |
| Dec 28, 10:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Mishicot, WI | ALSO REPORTED LOTS OF LIGHTNING...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW |
| Dec 28, 11:05 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Sturgeon Bay, WI | SNOW CONTINUES...ALSO WINDS BLOWING AND DRIFTING THE SNOW. |
| Dec 28, 11:23 PM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Neenah, WI | |
| Dec 28, 11:26 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Wisconsin Rapids, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW |
| Dec 28, 11:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Green Bay, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 29, 12:10 AM CST | SNOW 11.5 | 3 Wnw Ashwaubenon, WI | STORM TOTAL SO FAR AT NWS GREEN BAY. |
| Dec 29, 12:12 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Manawa, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 29, 12:45 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 1 Ne Wausau, WI | |
| Dec 29, 12:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | De Pere, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. ALSO REPORTED DRIFTS HIGHER THAN TWO FEET AND SNOW CONTINUING AT MEASUREMENT TIME. |
| Dec 29, 2:20 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Wausau, WI | |
| Dec 29, 3:12 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Crandon, 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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
752 WWUS43 KGRB 272110 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 310 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE START OF THE WORK WEEK... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ORGANIZE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND TURN NORTHEAST TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. THE SYSTEM SHOULD TRACK INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...THEN TO LAKE HURON BY TUESDAY EVENING. ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE DRAWN NORTH WITH THE STORM...AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WHEN THE STORM REACHES WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY SNOW IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN...AND A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET IN CENTRAL AND EAST- CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. STRONG EAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM AND LIKELY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WIZ030-031-035>040-045-048>050-280515- /O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0002.151228T2100Z-151229T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0003.151228T2100Z-151229T1200Z/ MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE- WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WESTON...SHAWANO... MARSHFIELD...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...PLOVER... NEW LONDON...WAUPACA...CLINTONVILLE...WEYAUWEGA...APPLETON... GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG...SILVER LAKE...WAUTOMA... REDGRANITE...PLAINFIELD...WILD ROSE...OSHKOSH...NEENAH... MENASHA...CHILTON...NEW HOLSTEIN...BRILLION...HILBERT... MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS 310 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THE STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...REACH ITS PEAK MONDAY NIGHT...THEN LOSE ITS GRIP ON THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING. * PRECIPITATION WILL FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THOUGH SOME SLEET WILL BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SLEET WILL BE MORE PREVALENT IN EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION COULD CHANGE TO RAIN AT TIMES ALONG THE LAKESHORE FROM KEWAUNEE SOUTHWARD LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * ESTIMATES ARE FOR A SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SLEET IS POSSIBLE. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE LOWER TOTALS OCCURRING EAST OF LAKE WINNEBAGO TO THE LAKESHORE. * THE SNOW AND SLEET COULD FALL VERY HEAVILY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL ALSO BE ARRIVING AROUND THE START OF THE EVENING COMMUTE WHEN ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE DETERIORATING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ005-010>013-018>022-073-074-280515- /O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0002.151229T0000Z-151229T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0003.151229T0000Z-151229T1500Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR- SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAC DU FLAMBEAU...EAGLE RIVER... RHINELANDER...CRANDON...AURORA...COMMONWEALTH...FENCE... FLORENCE...LONG LAKE...SPREAD EAGLE...TIPLER...NIAGARA... WAUSAUKEE...MERRILL...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...NEOPIT... BREED...KLONDIKE...LAKEWOOD...MOUNTAIN...TOWNSEND... WHITEFISH BAY...MARINETTE...PESHTIGO...OCONTO...OCONTO FALLS... GILLETT 310 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * THE STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT NORTHERN WISCONSIN MONDAY EVENING...PEAK OVERNIGHT...THEN SLOWLY LOSE ITS GRIP ON THE AREA LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * PRECIPITATION WILL FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW...THOUGH SOME SLEET COULD BE MIXED IN AT TIMES. * ESTIMATES ARE FOR A SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH PERHAPS A BIT MORE IN THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. * STRONG EAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FOR THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ MPC/ML
7 follow-up statements
730 WWUS43 KGRB 280327 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 927 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE START OF THE WORK WEEK... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ORGANIZE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND TURN NORTHEAST TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES REGION OVERNIGHT. THE SYSTEM SHOULD TRACK INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... THEN TO LAKE HURON BY TUESDAY EVENING. ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE DRAWN NORTH WITH THE STORM...AND RESULT IN WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WHEN THE STORM REACHES WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY SNOW IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN...AND A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET IN CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. STRONG EAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM AND LIKELY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WIZ030-031-035>040-045-048>050-281130- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.151228T2100Z-151229T1200Z/ MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE- WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WESTON...SHAWANO... MARSHFIELD...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...PLOVER... NEW LONDON...WAUPACA...CLINTONVILLE...WEYAUWEGA...APPLETON... GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG...SILVER LAKE...WAUTOMA... REDGRANITE...PLAINFIELD...WILD ROSE...OSHKOSH...NEENAH... MENASHA...CHILTON...NEW HOLSTEIN...BRILLION...HILBERT... MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS 927 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * THE STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...REACH ITS PEAK MONDAY NIGHT...THEN LOSE ITS GRIP ON THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING. * PRECIPITATION WILL FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THOUGH SOME SLEET WILL BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SLEET WILL BE MORE PREVALENT IN EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION COULD CHANGE TO RAIN AT TIMES ALONG THE LAKESHORE FROM KEWAUNEE SOUTHWARD LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * ESTIMATES ARE FOR A SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SLEET IS POSSIBLE. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE LOWER TOTALS OCCURRING EAST OF LAKE WINNEBAGO TO THE LAKESHORE. * THE SNOW AND SLEET COULD FALL VERY HEAVILY AT TIMES WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION RATES BETWEEN 7 PM MONDAY EVENING AND 2 AM TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS MONDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AROUND THE START OF THE EVENING COMMUTE WHEN ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE DETERIORATING RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ005-010>013-018>022-073-074-281130- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.151229T0000Z-151229T1500Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR- SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAC DU FLAMBEAU...EAGLE RIVER... RHINELANDER...CRANDON...AURORA...COMMONWEALTH...FENCE... FLORENCE...LONG LAKE...SPREAD EAGLE...TIPLER...NIAGARA... WAUSAUKEE...MERRILL...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...NEOPIT... BREED...KLONDIKE...LAKEWOOD...MOUNTAIN...TOWNSEND... WHITEFISH BAY...MARINETTE...PESHTIGO...OCONTO...OCONTO FALLS... GILLETT 927 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... * THE STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT NORTHERN WISCONSIN MONDAY EVENING...PEAK OVERNIGHT...THEN SLOWLY LOSE ITS GRIP ON THE AREA LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * PRECIPITATION WILL FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW...THOUGH SOME SLEET COULD BE MIXED IN AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ESTIMATES ARE FOR A SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH PERHAPS A BIT MORE IN THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. * STRONG EAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FOR THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$
300 WWUS43 KGRB 281027 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 427 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...STRONG WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENING OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRACK TO WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY EARLY EVENING...THEN ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. A LARGE SHIELD OF PRECIPITATION WILL SWEEP NORTHWARD WITH THE STORM...RESULTING IN SNOW OVERSPREADING THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH AND POSSIBLY CHANGE TO SLEET AT TIMES IN EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND AREA OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG EAST WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE STORM WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WIZ030-031-035>040-045-048>050-281700- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.151228T2100Z-151229T1200Z/ MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE- WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WESTON...SHAWANO... MARSHFIELD...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...PLOVER... NEW LONDON...WAUPACA...CLINTONVILLE...WEYAUWEGA...APPLETON... GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG...SILVER LAKE...WAUTOMA... REDGRANITE...PLAINFIELD...WILD ROSE...OSHKOSH...NEENAH... MENASHA...CHILTON...NEW HOLSTEIN...BRILLION...HILBERT... MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS 427 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * SNOW SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 1100 AM AND 300 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 400 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR DURING THIS TIME FRAME. * PRECIPITATION WILL FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AT TIMES IN EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING. * THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...EXCEPT IN MANITOWOC COUNTY...WHERE 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * STRONG EAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ005-010>013-018>022-073-074-281700- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.151229T0000Z-151229T1500Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR- SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAC DU FLAMBEAU...EAGLE RIVER... RHINELANDER...CRANDON...AURORA...COMMONWEALTH...FENCE... FLORENCE...LONG LAKE...SPREAD EAGLE...TIPLER...NIAGARA... WAUSAUKEE...MERRILL...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...NEOPIT... BREED...KLONDIKE...LAKEWOOD...MOUNTAIN...TOWNSEND... WHITEFISH BAY...MARINETTE...PESHTIGO...OCONTO...OCONTO FALLS... GILLETT 427 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... * SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 400 PM AND MIDNIGHT. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 600 PM AND 300 AM. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME FRAME. * PRECIPITATION WILL FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW...THOUGH SOME SLEET COULD BE MIXED IN AT TIMES OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. * THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN VILAS COUNTY. * GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ SKOWRONSKI
146 WWUS43 KGRB 281344 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 744 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW HEADED FOR THE AREA... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENING OVER FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING WILL TRACK TO WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY EARLY EVENING...THEN ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. A LARGE SHIELD OF PRECIPITATION WILL SWEEP NORTHWARD WITH THE STORM...RESULTING IN SNOW OVERSPREADING THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST- CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND AREA OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG EAST WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE STORM WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WIZ030-031-035>040-045-048>050-281730- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.151228T2100Z-151229T1200Z/ MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE- WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WESTON...SHAWANO... MARSHFIELD...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...PLOVER... NEW LONDON...WAUPACA...CLINTONVILLE...WEYAUWEGA...APPLETON... GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG...SILVER LAKE...WAUTOMA... REDGRANITE...PLAINFIELD...WILD ROSE...OSHKOSH...NEENAH... MENASHA...CHILTON...NEW HOLSTEIN...BRILLION...HILBERT... MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS 744 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 1100 AM AND 300 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 400 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR DURING THIS TIME FRAME. * VERY STRONG EAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...AND LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW...THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH OR BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET. * THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 11 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY FROM CHILTON TO MANITOWOC SOUTHWARD...WHERE 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ005-010>013-018>022-073-074-281730- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.151229T0000Z-151229T1500Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR- SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAC DU FLAMBEAU...EAGLE RIVER... RHINELANDER...CRANDON...AURORA...COMMONWEALTH...FENCE... FLORENCE...LONG LAKE...SPREAD EAGLE...TIPLER...NIAGARA... WAUSAUKEE...MERRILL...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...NEOPIT... BREED...KLONDIKE...LAKEWOOD...MOUNTAIN...TOWNSEND... WHITEFISH BAY...MARINETTE...PESHTIGO...OCONTO...OCONTO FALLS... GILLETT 744 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... * SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 400 PM AND MIDNIGHT. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 600 PM AND 300 AM. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME FRAME. * GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 11 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN VILAS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$
963 WWUS43 KGRB 281635 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1035 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW HEADED FOR THE AREA... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENING OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING WILL TRACK TO WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY EARLY EVENING...THEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. A LARGE SHIELD OF PRECIPITATION WILL SWEEP NORTHWARD WITH THE STORM...RESULTING IN SNOW OVERSPREADING THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST- CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND AREA OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG EAST WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE STORM WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WIZ045-048>050-290500- /O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0003.151228T1800Z-151229T1200Z/ WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER LAKE...WAUTOMA...REDGRANITE... PLAINFIELD...WILD ROSE...OSHKOSH...NEENAH...MENASHA...CHILTON... NEW HOLSTEIN...BRILLION...HILBERT...MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS 1035 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 1200 PM AND 300 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 300 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR DURING THIS TIME FRAME. * VERY STRONG EAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...AND LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW...THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH OR BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET. * THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. SNOWFALL TOTALS MAY BE SLIGHTLY LESS OVER MANITOWOC...WHERE 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ030-031-035>040-290500- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.151228T2100Z-151229T1200Z/ MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WESTON...SHAWANO... MARSHFIELD...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...PLOVER... NEW LONDON...WAUPACA...CLINTONVILLE...WEYAUWEGA...APPLETON... GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG 1035 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 1100 AM AND 300 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 400 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR DURING THIS TIME FRAME. * VERY STRONG EAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...AND LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW...THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH OR BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET. * THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 11 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ005-010>013-018>022-073-074-290500- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.151229T0000Z-151229T1500Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR- SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAC DU FLAMBEAU...EAGLE RIVER... RHINELANDER...CRANDON...AURORA...COMMONWEALTH...FENCE... FLORENCE...LONG LAKE...SPREAD EAGLE...TIPLER...NIAGARA... WAUSAUKEE...MERRILL...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...NEOPIT... BREED...KLONDIKE...LAKEWOOD...MOUNTAIN...TOWNSEND... WHITEFISH BAY...MARINETTE...PESHTIGO...OCONTO...OCONTO FALLS... GILLETT 1035 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... * SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 400 PM AND MIDNIGHT. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 600 PM AND 300 AM. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME FRAME. * GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 11 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN VILAS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ MPC
940 WWUS43 KGRB 282051 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 251 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...HEAVY SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HEADED FOR THE AREA... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON WILL TRACK OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS EVENING...AND SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT. A LARGE SHIELD OF PRECIPITATION WILL SWEEP NORTHWARD WITH THE STORM...RESULTING IN SNOW CONTINUING TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST- CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG EAST WINDS ACCOMPANYING THE STORM WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WIZ030-031-035>040-290500- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.151228T2100Z-151229T1200Z/ MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WESTON...SHAWANO... MARSHFIELD...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...PLOVER... NEW LONDON...WAUPACA...CLINTONVILLE...WEYAUWEGA...APPLETON... GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG 251 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 4 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 400 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR DURING THIS TIME FRAME. * VERY STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...AND LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW...THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME. * THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ005-010>013-018>022-073-074-290500- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.151229T0000Z-151229T1500Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR- SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAC DU FLAMBEAU...EAGLE RIVER... RHINELANDER...CRANDON...AURORA...COMMONWEALTH...FENCE... FLORENCE...LONG LAKE...SPREAD EAGLE...TIPLER...NIAGARA... WAUSAUKEE...MERRILL...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...NEOPIT... BREED...KLONDIKE...LAKEWOOD...MOUNTAIN...TOWNSEND... WHITEFISH BAY...MARINETTE...PESHTIGO...OCONTO...OCONTO FALLS... GILLETT 251 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... * SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 400 PM AND MIDNIGHT. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 600 PM AND 300 AM. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME FRAME. * GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...EXCEPT OVER VILAS AND ONEIDA COUNTIES WHERE AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE MORE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ045-048>050-290500- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER LAKE...WAUTOMA...REDGRANITE... PLAINFIELD...WILD ROSE...OSHKOSH...NEENAH...MENASHA...CHILTON... NEW HOLSTEIN...BRILLION...HILBERT...MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS 251 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED 1 INCH PER HOUR DURING THIS TIME FRAME. * VERY STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...AND LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW...THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH OR BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET. * THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ MPC
969 WWUS43 KGRB 290341 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 941 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE THIS EVENING... .A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL TRACK INTO LOWER MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT ALL OF CENTRAL...EASTCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. SUSTAINED EAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING...AS WELL AS SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS INTO LOWER MICHIGAN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE HEAVY SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY MORNING OVER THE FOX VALLEY. HOWEVER MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER FAR NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE STATE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS WITH SOME ROAD CLOSURES REPORTED. TRAVEL ANYWHERE ACROSS CENTRAL...EASTCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN IS NOT RECOMMENDED. WIZ030-031-035>040-291145- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WESTON...SHAWANO... MARSHFIELD...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...PLOVER... NEW LONDON...WAUPACA...CLINTONVILLE...WEYAUWEGA...APPLETON... GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG 941 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOWFALL RATES GREATER THAN 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * VERY STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...AND LEAD TO EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. * THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 13 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ005-010>013-018>022-073-074-291145- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151229T1500Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR- SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAC DU FLAMBEAU...EAGLE RIVER... RHINELANDER...CRANDON...AURORA...COMMONWEALTH...FENCE... FLORENCE...LONG LAKE...SPREAD EAGLE...TIPLER...NIAGARA... WAUSAUKEE...MERRILL...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...NEOPIT... BREED...KLONDIKE...LAKEWOOD...MOUNTAIN...TOWNSEND... WHITEFISH BAY...MARINETTE...PESHTIGO...OCONTO...OCONTO FALLS... GILLETT 941 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 PM AND 300 AM. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME FRAME. * NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ESPECIALLY OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE AREA UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT. * THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...EXCEPT OVER VILAS AND ONEIDA COUNTIES WHERE AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE MORE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ045-048>050-291145- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER LAKE...WAUTOMA...REDGRANITE... PLAINFIELD...WILD ROSE...OSHKOSH...NEENAH...MENASHA...CHILTON... NEW HOLSTEIN...BRILLION...HILBERT...MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS 941 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE UNTIL THIS TIME. * VERY STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT. VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. * A TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$
552 WWUS43 KGRB 291146 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 546 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2015 ..SNOW AND WIND DIMINISHED...ROADS REMAIN SLIPPERY... .EVEN THOUGH HEAVY SNOW AND WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING...ROADS WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS. MANY SECONDARY ROADS AND CITY STREETS LIKELY REMAIN IMPASSABLE IN SPOTS UNTIL PLOWS CAN MAKE A PASS. EVEN MAIN ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY TODAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MORE SNOW SHOWERS AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. WIZ030-031-035>040-045-048>050-291300- /O.CAN.KGRB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE- WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WESTON...SHAWANO... MARSHFIELD...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...PLOVER... NEW LONDON...WAUPACA...CLINTONVILLE...WEYAUWEGA...APPLETON... GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG...SILVER LAKE...WAUTOMA... REDGRANITE...PLAINFIELD...WILD ROSE...OSHKOSH...NEENAH... MENASHA...CHILTON...NEW HOLSTEIN...BRILLION...HILBERT... MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS 546 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY TODAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MORE SNOW SHOWERS AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. $$ WIZ005-010>013-018>022-073-074-291300- /O.CAN.KGRB.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151229T1500Z/ VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR- SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAC DU FLAMBEAU...EAGLE RIVER... RHINELANDER...CRANDON...AURORA...COMMONWEALTH...FENCE... FLORENCE...LONG LAKE...SPREAD EAGLE...TIPLER...NIAGARA... WAUSAUKEE...MERRILL...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...NEOPIT... BREED...KLONDIKE...LAKEWOOD...MOUNTAIN...TOWNSEND... WHITEFISH BAY...MARINETTE...PESHTIGO...OCONTO...OCONTO FALLS... GILLETT 546 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY TODAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MORE SNOW SHOWERS AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. $$
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 Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 27, 11:30 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 11:30 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1130 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 UPDATED AVIATION PORTION FOR 18Z TAF ISSUANCE .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 406 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE UPPER FLOW ACRS NOAM WL REMAIN SPLIT DURING THE PERIOD. THE FCST AREA IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE NRN STREAM. THAT WON/T LAST LONG...AS THE SRN STREAM WL BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA AND SEND 2 MORE ENERGETIC UPR SYSTEMS ACRS THE REGION DURING THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. THE SPLIT WILL RE-STRUCTURE ITSELF LATE IN THE WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND...WITH MORE OF THE WESTERLIES JOINING THE NRN STREAM...AND THE SRN STREAM BECOMING WEAKER AND DISPLACED FARTHER SOUTH. THAT WL USHER IN A MORE TRANQUIL WEATHER REGIME... WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO SEASONAL NORMALS THAN WE/VE HAD IN A WHILE. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY...TONIGHT...AND MONDAY ISSUED AT 406 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 CLOUDS WILL BE THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM UNTIL STG SRN STREAM SYSTEM ARRIVES LATE IN THE SHORT-TERM. MODELS ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GETTING RID OF A LOT OF THE CLOUD COVER FOR TDA. SATELLITE IMAGERY...NOT SO MUCH. THE NRN STREAM DRIVING EWD ACRS THE AREA SHOULD START TO SUPPRESS THE CI SHIELD SEWD SOME TDA. UNLIKE THE PAST FEW TIMES WE/VE HAD THE MODELS FCSTG CLEARING...THIS TIME THE AIR TO THE N IS OF ARCTIC ORIGIN...AND HAS VERY LOW DWPTS AT LOW- LEVELS. SO THAT IS ENCOURAGING FOR CLEARING OUT SOME OF THE CLDS. THE BIG NEGATIVE IS THAT THE FLOW WILL BE COMING ACRS LAKES MICHIGAN AND SUPERIOR...WITH INCREASING LK SFC/ATM TEMP DIFFERENCES RESULTING IN INSTABILITY AND LIKELY GENERATING ADDITIONAL CLDS. WENT ALONG WITH SOME DECREASE IN CLDS...BUT GENERALLY KEPT SKYCON ABV WHAT THE GUIDANCE SUGGESTED. SOME SHSN OR FLURRIES ARE LIKELY TO AFFECT THE LAKE-SUPERIOR SNOWBELT OF N-C WI. BUT LOW INVERSION HEIGHTS AND VEERING WINDS SUGGEST A VERY LIMITED POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATIONS. THE FLOW TURNING ELY OVER LAKE MICHIGAN TNGT WL PROBABLY RESULT IN FLURRIES IN ERN WI LATE TNGT INTO MON MORNING. AFTER THAT...THE MAIN ISSUE IS TIMING THE ARRIVAL OF THE PCPN SHIELD WITH THE EJECTING SRN STREAM SYSTEM. THE FIRST THOUGHT WAS TO SLOW THINGS DOWN...AS CLOSED SRN STREAM SYSTEMS ARE NOTORIOUSLY SLOW TO ARRIVE. TO MY SURPRISE...A DPROG/DT ON THE ECMWF AT 48 HRS ACTUALLY REVEALED VERY GOOD CONSISTENCY WITH LEADING EDGE OF THE PCPN OVER THE PAST 3 MODEL RUNS. BUT IT/S TIMING WAS STILL FASTER THAN THE NAM AND THE 2 MESO WRFS. ENDED UP SLOWING PCPN A LITTLE...TO A COMPROMISE OF THE 2 CAMPS. SOUNDINGS INDICATED PCPN WL PROBABLY BE SNOW IN CENTRAL WI...AND A SNOW/SLEET MIX IN THE E. WENT ALONG WITH THAT...BUT ALSO ADDED A MENTION OF RAIN ALONG THE LAKESHORE FM KEWAUNEE SWD AS NRN LAKE MICHIGAN WATER TEMPS ARE STILL IN THE MID-40S ON THE LATEST GLERL WATER TEMP ANALYSIS. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY ISSUED AT 339 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 MAIN FOCUS FOR THIS PACKAGE WILL BE THE ONGOING WINTER STORM MONDAY NIGHT. PER COORDINATION WITH THE SHORT TERM FORECASTER... A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS MISSOURI MONDAY EVENING IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO LOWER MICHIGAN TUESDAY MORNING. UNSEASONABLY MILD AIR JUST OFF TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST WILL BE PULLED NORTHWEST INTO THE AREA AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIX INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH AND WEST OF THE FOX VALLEY. THE MILD AIR FOREMENTIONED ABOVE IS EXPECTED TO BRING A SNOW...SLEET MIXTURE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LIGHT RAIN ALONG THE LAKESHORE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. TYPICAL WITH THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS...MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATED DISTINCT DIFFERENCES IN THE WARM LAYER AROUND SIX TO EIGHT THOUSAND FEET...AND A COLD DRY LAYER BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE THOUSAND FEET BETWEEN THE GFS/WRF BUFKIT SOUNDINGS. THE WRF MODEL WAS MORE PRONOUNCED WITH THE WARM LAYER...ALLOWING FOR MORE SLEET AND LESS SNOW WHILE THE GFS WARM LAYER DID NOT GET ABOVE FREEZING WHICH WOULD SUPPORT MORE SNOW AND LESS SLEET. WITH SUCH STRONG 850MB WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST MONDAY EVENING...LEANED TOWARD THE LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE REGION EXPECTING MORE SLEET AND SOME SNOW. PAST EXPERIENCE WOULD SUGGEST THIS WOULD BE THE CASE. ALSO...THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS...SLEET AND SNOW COULD MAKE FOR SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL MONDAY EVENING. ANOTHER COMPLICATING FACTOR IN THE SNOWFALL TOTALS ALONG THE LAKE WILL BE RISING TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S LATER MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING FROM THE FOX VALLEY EAST TO THE LAKE FOR SOME OF THE SNOW TO MELT...OR EVEN FALL AS SOME LIGHT RAIN. FOR LOCATIONS NORTH AND WEST OF THE FOX VALLEY...THE WRF MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATED SLEET COULD FALL AS FAR NORTH AS RHINELANDER WHICH COULD INHIBIT HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS. THE SYSTEM WILL PULL OUT OF THE REGION ON TUESDAY. ANOTHER WEAKER SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW ON WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK SHOULD FALL TO OR EVEN A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. && .AVIATION...FOR 18Z TAF ISSUANCE ISSUED AT 1129 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 CLOUD COVER RATHER UNCERTAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. AREAS OF CLEARING HAVE DEVELOPED BETWEEN BROKEN CEILINGS OVER EASTERN WI AND NORTHWEST WI. THINK DOWNSLOPING WILL CAUSE CIGS TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN BROKEN AND SCATTERED FOR THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE. CLOUDS LOOK RATHER SPECKLED FARTHER NORTH AND WEST SUGGESTING MIXING MAY CAUSE CLOUDS TO BECOME SCATTERED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...INSERTED A PERIOD OF SCATTERED AT THE CENTRAL WI TAF SITES. WINDS TURN TO THE EAST LATE TONIGHT AND WILL PUSH CLOUDS ACROSS THE STATE FROM THE WARM LAKES. TIMING A RETURN TO BROKEN CONDITIONS IS UNCERTAIN. REGARDLESS...ANY BROKEN CLOUDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN MVFR. A WINTER STORM COULD BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH. UNCERTAINTY EXISTS ABOUT THE TRACK OF THE STORM AND THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION BUT A SIGNIFICANT SNOW OR SLEET STORM IS POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR WIZ030-031-035>040-045-048>050. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR WIZ005-010>013-018>022-073-074. && SYNOPSIS.......SKOWRONSKI SHORT TERM.....SKOWRONSKI LONG TERM......ECKBERG AVIATION.......MPC
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 3:10 PM CST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 310 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-282115- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN- LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO- WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO- CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY- SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- 310 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TRAVEL COULD BECOME VERY DIFFICULT LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS PERIOD. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE NORTH AND WEST OF THE FOX VALLEY...INCLUDING DOOR COUNTY. ACROSS THE FOX VALLEY TO THE LAKESHORE SOUTH OF THE DOOR...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND POSSIBLY RAIN IS EXPECTED. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE AMOUNT OF MIXED PRECIPITATION...SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN ARE STILL SOMEWHAT UNCLEAR. PRESENT ESTIMATES ARE THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL OCCUR...WITH THE LOWEST TOTALS OCCURRING EAST OF LAKE WINNEBAGO TO THE LAKESHORE. SOME REFINEMENT IN THIS ESTIMATE WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. THE ARRIVAL OF THE PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE CLOSE TO THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE TIME. THE ARRIVAL OF THE PRECIPITATION IS ALSO EXPECTED TO COINCIDE WITH A PERIOD OF STRONG EAST WINDS UPWARDS OF 35 MPH. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE VERY RAPIDLY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. WHETHER THIS OCCURS DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE OR HOLDS OFF UNTIL JUST AFTER WILL DEPEND ON THE EXACT ARRIVAL TIME OF THE PRECIPITATION. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS AGAIN POSSIBLE STARTING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING DUE TO A LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS FROM MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. LMZ521-522-541>543-282115- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 310 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 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...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EAST TO NORTHEAST GALES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. MPC/ML
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 3:31 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee and 16 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:28 AM CST | Gale Watch | GRB | 11 hr | |
| Dec 27, 3:13 PM CST | Gale Warning | GRB | 42 hr |
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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.