Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2017
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter storm warning at Jan 16, 2017, 6:27 PM CST for 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 16, 2017, 7:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 2 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
- Jan 16, 2017, 6:27 PM CST (00:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2017, 7:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2017, 6:39 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
Counties Marathon County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 9:26 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Rothschild, WI | UP TO 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ON TREE LIMBS. SIDE ROADS ARE LIKE AN ICE RINK. |
| Jan 16, 9:47 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Plover, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
316 WWUS43 KGRB 170027 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 627 PM CST MON JAN 16 2017 ...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... .A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF ICE ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN IF THE PRECIPITATION DOES NOT CHANGE TO SLEET OR SNOW. A TENTH TO QUARTER INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING, SO ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE VERY SLICK EVEN IF AIR TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. WIZ030-031-035>037-045-170830- /O.UPG.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-170117T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0002.170117T0100Z-170117T1800Z/ MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...SHAWANO...MARSHFIELD... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...PLOVER...NEW LONDON... WAUPACA...CLINTONVILLE...REDGRANITE...WAUTOMA 627 PM CST MON JAN 16 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN, MIXED WITH SLEET OR SNOW AT TIMES, WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. A HALF INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE IF THE PRECIPITATION REMAINS AS FREEZING RAIN. SOME SLEET AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN UNTREATED PAVEMENT BECOMING VERY SLIPPERY. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ WIZ013-018-019-021-073-170830- /O.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.170117T0027Z-170117T1800Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA...WAUSAUKEE...MERRILL... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...MOUNTAIN...LAKEWOOD...TOWNSEND...HARMONY... PESHTIGO...PORTERFIELD...CRIVITZ...HIGH FALLS RESERVOIR... LOOMIS...MIDDLE INLET 627 PM CST MON JAN 16 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...EXPECT A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN A GLAZE UP TO 1/10 OF AN INCH THICK ON OUTDOOR SURFACES. A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND SNOW OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY WARM TO NEAR FREEZING TUESDAY MORNING...THE GROUND WILL BE MUCH SLOWER TO WARM. AS A RESULT... ICE IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO ACCRUE UNTREATED ROADS... SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN UNTREATED PAVEMENT BECOMING VERY SLIPPERY. TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ020-022-038>040-048>050-074-170830- /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-170117T1800Z/ MENOMINEE-DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...NEOPIT...STURGEON BAY... FISH CREEK...SISTER BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE... LUXEMBURG...OSHKOSH...NEENAH...MENASHA...CHILTON...BRILLION... NEW HOLSTEIN...MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS...LITTLE SUAMICO... SOBIESKI...BROOKSIDE...OCONTO...PENSAUKEE 627 PM CST MON JAN 16 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN, POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET, WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE ON TREES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE COULD FORM ON UNTREATED PAVEMENT. AIR TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO WARM A LITTLE ABOVE FREEZING OVERNIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LESSEN THE LIKELIHOOD THAT SIGNIFICANT A LAYER OF ICE WILL DEVELOP ON TREES AND POWER LINES. BUT THE GROUND WILL BE MUCH SLOWER TO WARM. AS A RESULT...ICE IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO ACCRUE ON UNTREATED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL RESULT IN UNTREATED PAVEMENT BECOMING VERY SLIPPERY. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$
2 follow-up statements
258 WWUS43 KGRB 170829 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 229 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY... .A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL COATING OF ICE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR FREEZING...SO ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE VERY SLICK EVEN IF AIR TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. WIZ030-031-035>037-045-171800- /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170117T1800Z/ MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...SHAWANO...MARSHFIELD... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...PLOVER...NEW LONDON... WAUPACA...CLINTONVILLE...REDGRANITE...WAUTOMA 229 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET OR SNOW AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TENTH ICE ACCUMULATION THIS MORNING...FOR A TOTAL OF AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. SOME SLEET AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN UNTREATED PAVEMENT BECOMING VERY SLIPPERY. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ013-018>022-038>040-048>050-073-074-171800- /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-170117T1800Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE- NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO- CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY- SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA...WAUSAUKEE...MERRILL... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...NEOPIT...MOUNTAIN...LAKEWOOD... TOWNSEND...STURGEON BAY...FISH CREEK...SISTER BAY...APPLETON... GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG...OSHKOSH...NEENAH...MENASHA... CHILTON...BRILLION...NEW HOLSTEIN...MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS... HARMONY...PESHTIGO...PORTERFIELD...CRIVITZ... HIGH FALLS RESERVOIR...LOOMIS...MIDDLE INLET...LITTLE SUAMICO... SOBIESKI...BROOKSIDE...OCONTO...PENSAUKEE 229 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE MIX WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO LIGHT SNOW OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND MAINLY LIGHT RAIN OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE ON TREES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE COULD FORM ON UNTREATED PAVEMENT. AIR TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO WARM A LITTLE ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING. BUT SINCE THE GROUND WILL BE MUCH SLOWER TO WARM...ICE IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO ACCRUE ON UNTREATED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...AND PARKING LOTS THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL RESULT IN UNTREATED PAVEMENT BECOMING VERY SLIPPERY. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$
142 WWUS43 KGRB 171239 WSWGRB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 639 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY... .A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW OVERNIGHT COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS MORNING. SINCE PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR FREEZING, AREA ROADS, PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE VERY SLICK EVEN IF AIR TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. WIZ030-031-035>037-045-171800- /O.CAN.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170117T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-170117T1800Z/ MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...SHAWANO...MARSHFIELD... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...PLOVER...NEW LONDON... WAUPACA...CLINTONVILLE...REDGRANITE...WAUTOMA 639 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN, FREEZING DRIZZLE, SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY MIDDAY. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS HAVE ACCUMULATED ON AREA ROADWAYS, PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LAST NIGHT COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT FREEZING PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING WILL RESULT RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. UNTREATED PAVEMENT WILL REMAIN SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$ WIZ013-018>022-038>040-048>050-073-074-171800- /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-170117T1800Z/ NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE- NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO- CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY- SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA...WAUSAUKEE...MERRILL... TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...NEOPIT...MOUNTAIN...LAKEWOOD... TOWNSEND...STURGEON BAY...FISH CREEK...SISTER BAY...APPLETON... GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG...OSHKOSH...NEENAH...MENASHA... CHILTON...BRILLION...NEW HOLSTEIN...MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS... HARMONY...PESHTIGO...PORTERFIELD...CRIVITZ... HIGH FALLS RESERVOIR...LOOMIS...MIDDLE INLET...LITTLE SUAMICO... SOBIESKI...BROOKSIDE...OCONTO...PENSAUKEE 639 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE MIX WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO LIGHT SNOW OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND MAINLY LIGHT RAIN OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS....BETWEEN A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE HAD ACCUMULATED ON AREA ROADWAYS, PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING EVEN THOUGH SURFACE TEMPERATURES MAY BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING. * IMPACTS...THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LAST NIGHT COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT FREEZING PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING WILL RESULT RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.