Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 27, 2015, 3:51 PM CST for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 9:00 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
- Dec 27, 2015, 3:51 PM CST (21:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac 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, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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, 11:39 AM CST | SNOW 0.3 | 9 Nw Beloit, WI | SNOW BEGAN AT 6 AM. MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. ROADS SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED. |
| Dec 28, 12:02 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 5 W Madison, WI | |
| Dec 28, 12:02 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI | 0.28 INCH LIQUID EQUIVALENT |
| Dec 28, 12:08 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 3 W Jackson, WI | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW. MODERATE BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 28, 12:49 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2.4 | Middleton, WI | TWO HOUR TOTAL |
| Dec 28, 12:59 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Franksville, WI | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 28, 12:59 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Janesville, WI | FIVE HOUR TOTAL OF SNOW AND ICE PELLETS |
| Dec 28, 1:11 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Franksville, WI | |
| Dec 28, 1:12 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Brookfield, WI | 1.2 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR |
| Dec 28, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Ssw Waukesha, WI | |
| Dec 28, 2:10 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Hartford, WI | |
| Dec 28, 2:19 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Brown Deer, WI | |
| Dec 28, 2:19 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Sussex, WI | |
| Dec 28, 2:20 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Mukwonago, WI | |
| Dec 28, 2:20 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Fond Du Lac, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 28, 2:20 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Caledonia, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 28, 2:20 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Rockdale, WI | |
| Dec 28, 2:20 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Burlington, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 28, 2:26 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 1 S New Berlin, WI | |
| Dec 28, 2:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Waupun, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 28, 2:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Hartford, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 28, 2:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Stoughton, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 28, 2:39 PM CST | SNOW 3 | S Germantown, WI | |
| Dec 28, 2:40 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Franklin, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 28, 2:40 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 S Milwaukee, WI | |
| Dec 28, 2:45 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Madison, WI | |
| Dec 28, 2:57 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Sheboygan, WI | |
| Dec 28, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Grafton, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 28, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Wauwatosa, WI | |
| Dec 28, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Franksville, WI | |
| Dec 28, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Brown Deer, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 28, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Windsor, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 28, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Brookfield, WI | JUST SWITCHED TO SLEET. |
| Dec 28, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Middleton, WI | |
| Dec 28, 3:05 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | 6 Sw Madison, WI | |
| Dec 28, 3:07 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Barneveld, WI | |
| Dec 28, 3:07 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Ene Barneveld, WI | |
| Dec 28, 3:18 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 7 Nw Janesville, WI | |
| Dec 28, 3:18 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | North Freedom, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 28, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 N Wauwatosa, WI | |
| Dec 28, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Wind Lake, WI | |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Germantown, WI | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 28, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 6 | New Berlin, WI | 5 INCHES OF SNOW WITH 1 INCH OF SLEET ON TOP. |
| Dec 28, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 3 Nw Racine, WI | 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH 230PM. THEN 1.25 INCHES OF SLEET THROUGH 5 PM. |
| Dec 28, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Franksville, WI | |
| Dec 28, 5:42 PM CST | SNOW 4.7 | 8 Sw Madison, WI | |
| Dec 28, 5:45 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 N Milwaukee, WI | ALSO LIGHTNING |
| Dec 28, 6:04 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Middleton, WI | |
| Dec 28, 6:30 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Burlington, WI | |
| Dec 28, 6:42 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 W Jackson, WI | |
| Dec 28, 6:45 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 3 S Berlin, WI | SLEET MIXING IN AT TIME OF OB |
| Dec 28, 6:47 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Madison, WI | |
| Dec 28, 6:47 PM CST | SNOW 5.1 | 3 Se Sullivan, WI | |
| Dec 28, 6:47 PM CST | SNOW 6.3 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| Dec 28, 7:15 PM CST | SNOW 5.4 | 6 Sw Madison, WI | |
| Dec 28, 7:15 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Hartford, WI | ABOUT 1.5 INCHES OF THE TOTAL IS SLEET |
| Dec 28, 7:15 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Random Lake, WI | SNOW AND SLEET |
| Dec 28, 7:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Oconomowoc Lake, WI | |
| Dec 28, 7:40 PM CST | SNOW 4.4 | 1 Sw Oconomowoc, WI | SNOW AND SLEET |
| Dec 28, 7:40 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Brookfield, WI | SNOW 4.3 INCHES AND SLEET 1.7 INCHES |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
135 WWUS43 KMKX 272151 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 351 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTRY MIX AND BLUSTERY WINDS ARRIVING MONDAY... .ACCUMULATING SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN MID TO LATE MONDAY MORNING. THE SLEET MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES. FREEZING RAIN CHANCES INCREASE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE UP TO TWO INCHES ON MONDAY...WITH POSSIBLE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICING FROM FREEZING RAIN UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG EAST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE GUSTY WINDS AND ICING MAY CAUSE FALLING TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT... TRACK NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS ON MONDAY...AND ACROSS WISCONSIN MONDAY NIGHT. WIZ062>072-280600- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0004.151228T1500Z-151229T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0005.151228T1500Z-151229T1200Z/ IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 351 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET... SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FROM MID-MORNING MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING. * SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO INCHES OF SLEET IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TO 3 TO 5 INCHES OF A SNOW AND SLEET MIX TOWARD DARLINGTON AND DODGEVILLE. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATION... AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-280600- /O.UPG.KMKX.WS.A.0004.151228T1800Z-151229T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0005.151228T1800Z-151229T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON 351 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET... SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 1 INCH OF MAINLY SLEET IN PORT WASHINGTON TO 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IN THE REEDSBURG AND BARABOO AREAS. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATION... AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MRC
8 follow-up statements
913 WWUS43 KMKX 281002 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 402 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTRY MIX AND STRONG WINDS ARRIVING TODAY... .ACCUMULATING SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN MID TO LATE MONDAY MORNING. THE SLEET MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES. FREEZING RAIN CHANCES INCREASE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE TO OVER AN INCH TODAY...WITH POSSIBLE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICING FROM FREEZING RAIN UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH. SNOW AND SOME SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTHWEST OF MADISON AND UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES TOWARD FOND DU LAC. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG EAST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE GUSTY WINDS AND ICING MAY CAUSE FALLING TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINTRY MIX WILL MOVE FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY AND REACH NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. WIZ062>072-281815- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.151228T1500Z-151229T1200Z/ IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 402 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FROM MID-MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING. * SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND AN INCH OF SLEET IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TO 3 TO 5 INCHES OF A SNOW AND SLEET MIX WEST TOWARD DARLINGTON AND DODGEVILLE. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATION... AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. 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. && $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-281815- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.151228T1800Z-151229T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON 402 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...FROM AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW IN PORT WASHINGTON TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET NORTHWEST OF THE DELLS. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATION... AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ HENTZ
599 WWUS43 KMKX 281612 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1012 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM UNDERWAY WITH CONDITIONS DETERIORATING THIS AFTERNOON... .ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET IS SPREADING NORTHWARD THROUGH SOUTHERN INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. FREEZING RAIN CHANCES INCREASE ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS WELL. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER AN INCH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE NORTHWEST OF A JANESVILLE TO SHEBOYGAN LINE. POSSIBLE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICING FROM FREEZING RAIN UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH...HIGHEST NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG EAST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE GUSTY WINDS AND ICING MAY CAUSE FALLING TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINTRY MIX WILL MOVE FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY AND REACH NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. WIZ062>072-290000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 1012 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FROM AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TO 3 TO 5 INCHES WEST TOWARD DARLINGTON AND DODGEVILLE. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE EAST OF MINERAL POINT TO JUST INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION... AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE SURE TO SECURE LAWN ORNAMENTS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. AVOID TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON IF POSSIBLE. && $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-290000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.151228T1800Z-151229T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON 1012 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW IN PORT WASHINGTON TO 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET NORTHWEST OF MADISON. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH... MAINLY EAST OF MADISON AND CLOSEST TO I-94. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATION... AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE SURE TO SECURE LAWN ORNAMENTS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. AVOID TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON IF POSSIBLE. && $$ MRC
435 WWUS43 KMKX 281908 AAA WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 108 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM UNDERWAY WITH CONDITIONS DETERIORATING... .ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN WI DURING THE MORNING. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. FREEZING RAIN CHANCES INCREASE ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS WELL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL BETWEEN 2 AND 8 PM TODAY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO BE HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS FORECASTS. HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE NORTHWEST OF A JANESVILLE TO SHEBOYGAN LINE. ICING ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN COULD BE UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH...HIGHEST NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER EAST OF JANESVILLE. VERY STRONG EAST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THESE GUSTY WINDS AND ICING WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY AND POSSIBLY FALLING TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINTRY MIX WILL MOVE FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY AND REACH NORTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. WIZ062>072-290000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 108 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FROM AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TO 6 TO 9 INCHES WEST TOWARD DARLINGTON AND DODGEVILLE. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE EAST OF MINERAL POINT TO JUST INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION... AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE SURE TO SECURE LAWN ORNAMENTS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. AVOID TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON IF POSSIBLE. && $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-290000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON 108 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW IN PORT WASHINGTON TO 8 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET TOWARD WISCONSIN DELLS. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH... MAINLY EAST OF BEAVER DAM AND SOUTH OF PORT WASHINGTON. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATION... AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE SURE TO SECURE LAWN ORNAMENTS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. AVOID TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON IF POSSIBLE. && $$ MRC
384 WWUS43 KMKX 282144 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 344 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM UNDERWAY WITH CONDITIONS DETERIORATING... .ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN WI DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOW IS TRANSITIONING TO SLEET FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND IS FURTHER TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. HIGHEST STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AND SLEET AMOUNTS WILL BE NORTHWEST OF A JANESVILLE TO SHEBOYGAN LINE WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES. ICING ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN COULD BE UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH...HIGHEST NEAR THE ILLINOIS BORDER EAST OF JANESVILLE. VERY STRONG EAST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THESE GUSTY WINDS AND ICING WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY AND POSSIBLY FALLING TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. WIZ062>072-290545- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 344 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TO 2 TO 4 INCHES WEST TOWARD DARLINGTON AND DODGEVILLE. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE EAST OF MINERAL POINT TO JUST INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION... AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE SURE TO SECURE LAWN ORNAMENTS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. AVOID TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IF POSSIBLE. && $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-290545- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON 344 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES IN PORT WASHINGTON TO 3 TO 6 INCHES TOWARD WISCONSIN DELLS. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH... MAINLY EAST OF BEAVER DAM AND SOUTH OF PORT WASHINGTON. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATION... AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE SURE TO SECURE LAWN ORNAMENTS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. AVOID TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IF POSSIBLE. && $$ MRC
084 WWUS43 KMKX 290151 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 751 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...TREATUROUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA... .A FULL SPECTRUM OF WINTER WEATHER HAS HIT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TODAY...CREATING TREATUROUS CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. WE HAD A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES BY EARLY EVENING. MORE WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS LIKELY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF MADISON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THERE. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AS WE APPROACH MIDNIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH WITH THE WINDS DIMINISHING AS WELL. ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS INTO THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. WIZ062>072-291000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 751 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION THROUGH MID EVENING...THEN A DIMINISHING TREND. * ADDITIONAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TO 1 TO 3 INCHES WEST TOWARD DARLINGTON AND DODGEVILLE. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH INCH POSSIBLE EAST OF JANESVILLE TO JUST INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION... AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE SURE TO SECURE LAWN ORNAMENTS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. AVOID TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IF POSSIBLE. && $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-291000- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON 751 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION THROUGH LATE EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES IN PORT WASHINGTON TO 3 TO 4 INCHES TOWARD WISCONSIN DELLS. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH... MAINLY EAST OF BEAVER DAM AND SOUTH OF PORT WASHINGTON. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATION... AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE SURE TO SECURE LAWN ORNAMENTS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. AVOID TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IF POSSIBLE. && $$
121 WWUS43 KMKX 290357 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 957 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA... .A FULL SPECTRUM OF WINTER WEATHER HAS HIT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TODAY...CREATING TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. WE HAD A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES BY EARLY EVENING. MORE WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS LIKELY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF MADISON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THERE. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AS WE APPROACH MIDNIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH WITH THE WINDS DIMINISHING AS WELL. ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS INTO THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE... SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. WIZ062>072-291200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 957 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION THROUGH MID EVENING...THEN A DIMINISHING TREND. * ADDITIONAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TO 1 TO 3 INCHES WEST TOWARD DARLINGTON AND DODGEVILLE. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH INCH POSSIBLE EAST OF JANESVILLE TO JUST INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION... AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE SURE TO SECURE LAWN ORNAMENTS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. AVOID TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IF POSSIBLE. && $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-291200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON 957 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION THROUGH LATE EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES IN PORT WASHINGTON TO 3 TO 4 INCHES TOWARD WISCONSIN DELLS. * FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH... MAINLY EAST OF BEAVER DAM AND SOUTH OF PORT WASHINGTON. * WINDS...EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATION... AS WELL AS POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. WINDY CONDITIONS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE SURE TO SECURE LAWN ORNAMENTS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. AVOID TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IF POSSIBLE. && $$
241 WWUS43 KMKX 291003 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 403 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2015 ...TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA... .A FULL SPECTRUM OF WINTER WEATHER HIT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN YESTERDAY...CREATING TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. WE HAD A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 10 INCHES FROM REPORTS RECEIVED SO FAR. WHILE THE STEADY SNOW AND SLEET HAVE ENDED...THERE IS STILL PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE BEING REPORTED...WITH ONE MORE BAND OF LIGHT SNOW TO LIFT ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS INTO THE EARLY MORNING COMMUTE UNTIL CREWS CAN CLEAR THE ROADS...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST. WIZ062>072-291200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 403 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH ONE MORE BAND OF LIGHT SNOW TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. * LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 0.10 INCH EXPECTED. * FREEZING DRIZZLE ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY PATCHY ACCUMULATIONS FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION * WINDS...EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING * IMPACTS...RESIDUAL HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING UNTIL ROAD CREWS CAN CLEAR THE ROADS AND STREETS. LIGHT ICING POSSIBLE FROM PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WHILE THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED...PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL KEEP HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA UNTIL CREWS CAN CLEAR THE ROADS. && $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-291200- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON 403 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH ONE MORE BAND OF LIGHT SNOW TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. * LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 0.10 INCH EXPECTED. * FREEZING DRIZZLE ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY PATCHY ACCUMULATIONS FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION * WINDS...EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING * IMPACTS...RESIDUAL HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING UNTIL ROAD CREWS CAN CLEAR THE ROADS AND STREETS. LIGHT ICING POSSIBLE FROM PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WHILE THE ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET HAVE...PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL KEEP HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA UNTIL CREWS CAN CLEAR THE ROADS. && $$ REM
030 WWUS43 KMKX 291205 WSWMKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 605 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2015 ...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IMPROVING... .THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER HAS ENDED. THOUGH A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST EARLY THIS MORNING...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL BE ALERT FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS UNTIL ROAD CREWS CAN REACH ALL OF THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS IN THE AREA. WIZ062>072-291315- /O.EXP.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 605 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2015 ...THE WINTER STORM WARNING EXPIRED AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED. $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-291315- /O.EXP.KMKX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-151229T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON 605 AM CST TUE DEC 29 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING EXPIRED AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED. AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ REM
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 Dec 27, 3:25 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 3:25 PM CST, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
325 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015
.TONIGHT AND MONDAY - CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM.
QUIET WEATHER TONIGHT WITH A PERIOD OF CLEARER SKIES. THE LAKE MAY
BRING LOW CLOUDS BACK TO LAKESHORE AREAS QUICKER THAN INLAND
OVERNIGHT AS WINDS TURN EAST. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL STEADILY
INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND BECOME VERY STRONG BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WIND
GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH LIKELY... STRONGEST NEAR THE LAKESHORE.
MODELS HAVE TRENDED A BIT SLOWER WITH BRINGING PRECIP INTO SOUTHERN
WI AFTER 12Z MONDAY WITH THE BULK OF THE PRECIP ARRIVING AFTER 18Z.
THIS WILL BE A VERY WET SYSTEM WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES UP TO
ONE INCH BEING DRIVEN BY A 50-60 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET AHEAD OF A
COMPACT... OCCLUDING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THERE WILL BE VERY STRONG
SYNOPTIC FORCING WITH THIS SYSTEM... WITH LAYER Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE
OF 20 TO 50 UNITS AND VERY STRONG OMEGA DURING THE MONDAY AFTERNOON
TIME PERIOD. WE ARE EXPECTING 0.50 TO 0.75 INCH OF QPF/LIQUID PRECIP
WITHIN 6 HOURS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE BIG QUESTION CONTINUES TO BE
PRECIP TYPE.
WE CAN EXPECT A MIX OF ALL TYPES OF WINTER PRECIP... WITH A GENERAL
TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO SLEET TO FREEZING RAIN TO SNOW TO FREEZING
RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE.
THE GFS IS MUCH COLDER THAN THE NAM AND THE 12Z ECMWF IS SOMEWHERE
IN BETWEEN. FOR INSTANCE... USING THE TOP-DOWN APPROACH WITH
FORECAST SOUNDINGS... THE GFS IS SHOWING ALL SNOW IN MILWAUKEE AND
MADISON MON AFTERNOON WHILE THE NAM IS ALL SLEET. THE ECMWF IS
MAINLY SLEET. THIS MEANS WE COULD ACCUMULATE A COUPLE INCHES OF
SLEET OR SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW.
FREEZING RAIN BECOMES MORE OF A CONCERN AS DRY AIR SPREADS SOUTH TO
NORTH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHEN WE START TO LOSE SOME
OF THE MID LEVEL MOISTURE IN THE SNOW GROWTH REGION. LAKESHORE AREAS
MAY STAY RIGHT ABOVE FREEZING DUE TO THE PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW
FROM THE UNFROZEN LAKE AND HAVE A LOWER CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN.
THERE SHOULD BE A PERIOD OF ALL LIGHT SNOW INLAND FROM THE LAKESHORE
COUNTIES LATER MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUE MORNING BEFORE DRY AIR WORKS IN
AND LEADS TO AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND DRIZZLE THROUGH MAINLY
TUESDAY MORNING.
STRONG EAST WINDS WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH
PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM UP TO 0.15
INCH FREEZING RAIN. THUS... UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
THE WHOLE MKX COUNTY WARNING AREA.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY - FORECAST CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM.
WL CONTINUE USE OF MODEL BLEND...LEANING MORE ON ECMWF WHICH REMAINS
BETWEEN COLDER GFS AND WARMER NAM. HENCE 700MB CIRCULATIONS BRUSHES
NORTHWEST CWA MON NGT AS SFC LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
WI. IMPRESSIVE SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING WITH THIS SYSTEM DESPITE
BEGINNING OCCLUSION PROCESS. LAYER Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE OF 30 TO 50
UNITS DURING THE EVENING BEFORE SLIDING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST LATER
IN THE NIGHT.
MID-LEVEL CRITICAL THICKNESSES COOL AS CIRCULATION PIVOTS
ACROSS SRN WI WHILE LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES WARM FOR A TIME IN THE
EVENING BEFORE COOLING OFF LATER IN THE NIGHT AS THE ENHANCED
SYNOPTIC FORCING SLIDES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. HENCE A MIXED BAG OF
WEATHER TYPES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO
-SN AND -ZL LATER IN THE NIGHT IN THE CENTRAL AND WEST. EASTERN
AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE A PERIOD OF RAIN IN THE EVENING BEFORE
DIMINISHING TO -SN OR -L. DRIER AIR WRAPPING INTO THE CIRCULATION
LATER IN THE NIGHT IN THE MID-LEVELS CAUSES A LOSS OF DENDRITES AND
POTENTIAL FOR -ZL IN WESTERN AREAS. DUE TO LINGERING SLEET AND -ZL
THREAT...WL EXTEND WINTER STORM WARNING THRU 12Z TUE.
WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS FOR -SN OR -ZL INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS
WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE TROF LINGERS OVER THE AREA. MORE OF A -RA OR
-SN THREAT IN THE SOUTHEAST.
UPSTREAM LONG WAVE TROF STILL EXPECTED TO EJECT PIECE OF SHORTWAVE
ENERGY TOWARD THE GTLAKES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. COLDER
AIRWILL HAVE SETTLED IN BY THEN...RESULTING IN ONLY -SN THREAT.
AT THIS POINT...THINKING SNOW FALL WILL REMAIN LIGHT...UP TO AN
INCH.
.EXTENDED PERIOD...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY - FORECAST CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM.
COLDER AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TO USHER IN THE NEW YEAR. SLIGHT
MODERATION IS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND...HOWEVER ANY NEW SNOW AND
SLEET WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN CHECK. LONG WAVE TROFFING WL
REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE GTLAKES INTO SRN CANADA THRU THE END OF THE
WEEK...AND THEN BEGIN TO PROGRESS EWD. CLIPPER SYSTEM CAUGHT IN
INCREASING NORTHWEST FLOW LOOKS TO PASS WELL NORTH OF THE AREA OVER
THE WEEKEND. HENCE DRY AND SEASONAL CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THIS
PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION/00Z TAFS/...
MVFR CIGS SHOULD SCATTER OUT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THIS
EVENING. ONSHORE WINDS FROM LAKE MICHIGAN COULD BRING LOW CLOUDS
INTO LAKESHORE AREAS EARLIER THAN INLAND AREAS.
MIXED PRECIP WILL ARRIVE MID TO LATE MONDAY MORNING FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM. PRECIP TYPE WILL BE MIXED AND THERE IS
STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY... BUT LIKELY ACCUMULATING SLEET MONDAY
AFTERNOON. EXPECT LOW VISIBILITY AND IFR CIGS DURING MODERATE TO
HEAVY PRECIP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN
FOR INLAND AREAS MONDAY EVENING. READ THE FORECAST SECTION ABOVE FOR
MORE DETAILS ABOUT PRECIP TYPE.
&&
.MARINE...
PERSISTENT NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE HIGH WAVES THROUGH
TONIGHT WITH WIND SPEEDS LINGERING AT OR JUST BELOW SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY LEVELS.
STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TOWARD
WISCONSIN ON MONDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL VEER TO THE EAST
TONIGHT AS THE LOW APPROACHES. STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND THE
TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL CAUSE WIND
GUSTS UP TO 47 KNOTS WITH A FEW STORM FORCE GUSTS POSSIBLE. THE
STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY BETWEEN 20Z AND 03Z TUE. A
GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT 12Z MON TO 06Z TUE. WAVE HEIGHTS MAY REACH
10-11FT SOUTH OF NORTH POINT LIGHT.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL VEER TO THE EAST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH LATER MONDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE WAVES TOPPING 10
FEET TO CRASH ONTO SHORE. HENCE MINOR LAKESHORE FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE LATER MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SINCE LAKE MICHIGAN LAKE
LEVELS ARE ONLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL AND ROADWAYS RIGHT ALONG THE
LAKE ARE SPARSE...WL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING LAKESHORE FLOOD ADVISORY
FOR NOW. AREAS ALONG THE LAKE MAY BE ISSUING LAKESHORE FLOOD
ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE IN LATER SHIFTS.
ALSO FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST CWA WILL LIKELY PUSH
SOME FAST RESPONDING RIVERS INCLUDING FOX RIVER BACK UP TO NEAR
FLOOD STAGE.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING WIZ062>072 15Z MON UNTIL 12Z TUE.
WINTER STORM WARNING WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060 18Z MON UNTIL 12Z TUE.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LMZ643>646 UNTIL 12Z MON.
GALE WARNING LMZ643>646 12Z MON UNTIL 06Z TUE.
TONIGHT AND MONDAY/AVIATION/MARINE...MRC
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/HYDROLOGY...MBKHazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 3:34 PM CST, 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 334 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-282145- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 334 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LOW PRESSURE TRACKING FROM ARKANSAS INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WILL BRING WINTER WEATHER BACK TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TO BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS WELL NORTHWEST OF MADISON. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICING IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. AREAS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN WILL BENEFIT FROM THE RELATIVELY WARMER LAKE TEMPERATURES...REDUCING THE ICING POTENTIAL WITH THE MIX TRENDING TOWARDS MAINLY RAIN LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...STRONG EAST WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 MPH MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING WHICH WOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ISSUES IF COMBINED WITH THE ICING. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE MINOR LAKESHORE FLOODING ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE DUE TO THE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL LAKE LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT WINTER WEATHER REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. LMZ643>646-282145- 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- 334 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BRISK NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A GALE WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM ARKANSAS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN DURING THIS TIME. STRONG EAST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 45 KNOTS...WITH A FEW GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING STORM FORCE LEVELS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED INTO TUESDAY AS THE LOW EXITS THE REGION. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES LATER THURSDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 3:21 AM CST | Storm Watch | MKX | 12 hr | |
| Dec 27, 3:16 PM CST | Gale Warning | MKX | 12 hr |
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