An arctic airmass bringing well below zero air temperatures combined with light winds to produce wind chill temperatures of 20 below zero to 34 below zero. Some schools were closed over south central and east central Wisconsin on January 26th.
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The episode as NWS MKX wrote it up.
An arctic airmass bringing well below zero air temperatures combined with light winds to produce wind chill temperatures of 20 below zero to 34 below zero. Some schools were closed over south central and east central Wisconsin on January 26th.
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 Jan 25, 3:23 PM CST, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 238 PM CST Tue Jan 25 2022 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-262045- Marquette-Green Lake-Fond du Lac-Sheboygan-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge- Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee- Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- 238 PM CST Tue Jan 25 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Wisconsin, south central Wisconsin and southeast Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight Bitterly cold wind chills of 20 to 30 below are expected to occur overnight tonight. A Wind Chill advisory is in effect for all of southern Wisconsin from 8pm tonight to Noon Wednesday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Tuesday Winds chills between 20 to 30 below will continue through Noon on Wednesday. Light snow showers will be possible near the lakeshore and over southeastern Wisconsin Thursday afternoon through Friday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. LMZ643>646-262045- 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- 238 PM CST Tue Jan 25 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters from Sheboygan Wisconsin to Winthrop Harbor Illinois. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Tuesday Small Craft Advisory conditions are expected Wednesday evening into Thursday morning due to southwest wind gusts of 25 to 30 knots. A few isolated gusts may reach gale force between Sheboygan and Port Washington. LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868- 870-872-874-876-878-262045- Lake Michigan Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NM offshore to mid-line of lake.- Lake Michigan from Seul Choix Point to Rock Island Passage 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the Mackinac Bridge and North of a line from Charlevoix MI to South Fox Island 5NM offshore- Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to mid lake- Lake Michigan from Point Betsie to Manistee MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Rock Island Passage to Sturgeon Bay WI 5NM offshore to mid lake- Lake Michigan from Sturgeon Bay to Two Rivers WI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Two Rivers to Sheboygan WI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Sheboygan to Port Washington WI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Port Washington to North Point Light WI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from North Point Light to Wind Point WI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wilmette Harbor to Michigan City in 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Pentwater to Manistee MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Whitehall to Pentwater MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to Whitehall MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Holland to Grand Haven MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from South Haven to Holland MI 5NM offshore to Mid lake- Lake Michigan from St Joseph to South Haven MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- 238 PM CST Tue Jan 25 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the open waters of Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Tonight Freezing spray will be possible today and tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Tuesday Confidence is growing in the potential for southwest gales late Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning. A a two-segment Gale Warning is in effect north of a line from Winthrop Harbor Illinois to South Haven Michigan Freezing spray will remain possible at times through much of the week. www.weather.gov/mkx
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind chill temperatures of 20 below to 31 below zero.
Wind chill temperatures of 20 below to 30 below zero.
Wind chill temperatures of 20 below to 32 below zero.
Wind chill temperatures of 20 below to 30 below zero.
Wind chill temperatures of 20 below to 32 below zero.
Wind chill temperatures of 20 below to 30 below zero.
Wind chill temperatures of 20 below to 30 below zero.
Wind chill temperatures of 20 below to 30 below zero.
Wind chill temperatures of 20 below to 30 below zero.
Wind chill temperatures of 20 below to 34 below zero, but briefly cooled to 39 below zero at Tri-County Regional Airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, January 2022
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 994276, 994277, 994278, 994279, 994280, 994282, 994283, 994284, 994285, 994286.