Cold/Wind Chill, Sheboygan
- When
- February 5, 10:00 AM CST to February 6, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sheboygan forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.756, -87.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Wisconsin, February 5 to 6, 2007
This Cold/Wind Chill event is the leftover event that followed on the heals of a February 5th Extreme Cold/Wind Chill event that occurred in the six counties listed in the header strip above. Daytime maximum temperatures on February 5th were only in the single digits above zero.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MKX wrote it up.
This Cold/Wind Chill event is the leftover event that followed on the heals of a February 5th Extreme Cold/Wind Chill event that occurred in the six counties listed in the header strip above. Daytime maximum temperatures on February 5th were only in the single digits above zero. Overnight minimum temperatures ending the morning of February 6th across south-central and southeast Wisconsin ranged from -7F at Milwaukee Mitchell Field to -17F at Arygle (Lafayette Co.). The minimum temperature on February 6th in Kenosha (Kenosha Co.) was -12F and in Racine (Racine Co.) it was -9F. West to northwest winds were on the order of 5 to 20 mph during this leftover event, resulting in wind chill values of -20F to -33F.|Refer to other Cold/Wind Chill and Extreme Cold/Wind Chill events that occurred in south-central and southeast Wisconsin during the period of February 1-6, 2007, for related stories.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 5, 3:58 AM CST, 6 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:58 AM CST, 6 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 358 AM CST MON FEB 5 2007 .DISCUSSION...FCST FOCUS TODAY AND TONIGHT CONTINUES TO BE ON WIND CHILL ISSUES AND THEN ATTENTION TURNS TO QUICK HITTING SYSTEM FOR TUESDAY. SFC RDG AXIS PROGGD TO REMAIN TO OUR WEST TODAY WITH STILL ENUF GRADIENT TO KEEP WINDS GOING. BASED ON BUFFY SOUNDINGS WE SHOULD SEE 10-15 OR 10-20 MPH...HIGHER WINDS IN ERN AND NRN PORTION OF THE CWA....FURTHER AWAY FROM THE APPCH RDG AXIS. TEMPS TNGT WILL ALSO PLUNGE AGAIN WELL BLO ZERO. RDG AXIS GETS CLOSER LATER TNGT INTO TUE WITH LESS CONFIDENCE IN A VERIFYING WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWA. BUT GUID IS STILL SHOWING 5 TO 10 MPH WINDS. FOR NOW WILL NOT TRIM ADVISORY AS WINDS STILL BORDERLINE AND TEMPS WILL STILL BE FRIGID LATE TNGT AND ERLY TUE. FOCUS THEN SHIFTS TO QUICK HITTING SYS FOR TUESDAY. MODELS BRING 120-130KT H2 JET MAX SEWD ACRS CWA WITH SOME UPR DVRG NOTED. THIS RAPID SHIFT IN THE JET EASTWARDS ALMOST SEEMS LIKE A STRETCH GIVEN PRESENT HIGHER AMPLITUDE RIDGE/TROUGH PATTERN. H5 22 UNIT VORT MAX SCOOTS ACRS AS WELL WITH MAX H7 VV ARND 18Z TUE. GFS INGREDIENTS PLOTS SHOW OVERLAP OF 2D FRONTOGENESIS AND Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE IN SC WI ARND 18Z TUE. NAM IS THE OUTLIER ON TIMING THOUGH THEY MAY BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH SHOWING A MORE GRADUAL MOISTENING GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF ABUNDANT DRY AIR AHEAD OF THIS SYS. WOULD LIKE TO GO MORE CONSERVATIVE ON QPF...GOING MORE WITH THE LOCAL WRF20 IDEA. PWATS ONLY ARND 0.3. EVEN THE MORE ROBUST GFS SHOWS BEST H8 MOIST CONV PASSING WELL SOUTH OF HERE WITH BEST ISENTROPIC FORCING. STILL...RATIOS WILL BE VERY HIGH WITH LIMITED QPF. FOR NOW WILL BOOST POPS CLOSER TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER PER SREF AND GFS ENSEMBLES. A TIGHT NE/SW GRADIENT IS IN ORDER GIVEN THE NATURE OF THIS SYS AND PROXIMITY OF RDG AXIS TO THE CWA. RATHER QUICK DRYING BEHIND THIS SYSTEM ON TUE NGT WITH RATHER DRY LOOK TO PATTERN INTO THU NGT...BUT STILL COLD WITH TEMPS WELL BLO SEASONAL LEVELS. WILL HAVE SLGT CHC -SN TO ACCOUNT FOR NEXT SYS LATER FRIDAY. && 10 .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH ARCTIC HIGH PASSING OVERHEAD. LOCAL 4KM WRF-ARW AND BUFKIT NAM SOUNDINGS INDICATE SUFFICIENT MIXED LAYER FOR SCATTERED DIURNAL CU. WITH APPROACHING CLIPPER LATE TONIGHT SHOULD BE INCREASING MID TO HIGH CLOUDS ESPECIALLY AT KMSN BUT ANY LIGHT SNOW SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER 12Z. .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY FOR WIZ046-047-051- 052-056>060-062>072. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 6:04 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 604 AM CST MON FEB 5 2007 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-061200- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 604 AM CST MON FEB 5 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 20 TO 34 BELOW ZERO. FOR MORE DETAILS...CHECK THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LONE ROCK TO MADISON TO WATERTOWN TO RACINE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ643>646-665-061200- SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE- NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE TO WIND POINT- WIND POINT TO WINTHROP HARBOR ILLINOIS- WISCONSIN ADJACENT OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN TO MID LAKE- 604 AM CST MON FEB 5 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR WINDS AND WAVES. FREEZING SPRAY WILL ALSO REMAIN A PROBLEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX CRAVEN
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Sauk
- When
- February 5, 10:00 AM CST to February 6, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sauk forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.427, -89.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Iowa
- When
- February 5, 10:00 AM CST to February 6, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Iowa forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.001, -90.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Waukesha
- When
- February 5, 10:00 AM CST to February 6, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Waukesha forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.018, -88.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Racine
- When
- February 5, 10:00 AM CST to February 6, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Racine forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -87.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Kenosha
- When
- February 5, 10:00 AM CST to February 6, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kenosha forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 42.573, -87.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Extreme Cold in Delaware, February 5 to 6, 2007
- Extreme Cold in New Jersey, February 5 to 6, 2007
- Extreme Cold in Pennsylvania, February 5 to 6, 2007
- Extreme Cold in Pennsylvania, February 5, 2007
- Extreme Cold in Pennsylvania, February 5 to 6, 2007
- Extreme Cold in Wisconsin, February 5, 2007
- Cold in Maryland, February 5 to 6, 2007
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, February 5 to 6, 2007
- Extreme Cold in Maine, February 5 to 6, 2007
- Astronomical Low Tide in New Jersey, February 5 to 6, 2007
- Astronomical Low Tide in Pennsylvania, February 5 to 6, 2007
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, February 5 to 6, 2007
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, February 2007
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 17962, 17963, 17964, 17965, 17966, 17967.