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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Green Bay, WI

April 12, 201822 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this winter storm watch at Apr 12, 2018, 3:15 PM CDT for 22 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 14, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2018, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 14, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 14, 2018, 4:25 AM CDT
In force
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 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Apr 12, 12:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 12:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 10:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 7:14 AM CDT	Gale Watch	GRB		8 hr
Apr 12, 8:41 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GRB	Brown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Portage and 4 more	104 min
Apr 12, 2:48 PM CDT	Lakeshore Flood Watch	GRB	Brown, Door, Oconto	24 hr
Apr 12, 3:13 PM CDT	Gale Warning	GRB		3 days

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.