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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
204 PM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...A PROLONGED WINTER WEATHER EVENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE LAST
HALF OF THE WEEKEND AND THROUGH MONDAY...
.A STRONG LATE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEKEND IN 3 PHASES:
THE FIRST PHASE WILL RUN FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AND
WILL FEATURE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. DURING THIS TIME, SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA
ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION.
THE SECOND PHASE IS THEN EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY LATE MORNING INTO
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS WARM AIR CAUSES A TRANSITION TO RAIN OVER A
MAJORITY OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR DURING THIS
TIME.
THE LAST PHASE WILL THEN RUN FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY AS COLD AIR THEN WRAPS BACK INTO THE AREA AND HEAVY BANDED
SNOW MOVES IN. SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES WILL RESULT. A
LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE MAY ALSO OCCUR, ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW
AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS.
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED DURING BOTH HEADLINE TIME FRAMES.
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MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SAUK CITY, HARTFORD, PRAIRIE DU SAC,
WAUPUN, COLUMBUS, CEDARBURG, NESHKORO, FOND DU LAC, WESTFIELD,
REEDSBURG, WEST BEND, PLYMOUTH, LODI, MARKESAN, ENDEAVOR,
PORTAGE, GERMANTOWN, MEQUON, LAKE WISCONSIN, HOWARDS GROVE,
MONTELLO, PRINCETON, MAYVILLE, BEAVER DAM, BARABOO, OXFORD,
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, OOSTBURG, GRAFTON, AND BERLIN
204 PM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO 10 AM CDT
SUNDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, MIXED PRECIPITATION
EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 3
INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. HIGHEST
AMOUNTS FOR BOTH SNOW AND ICE WILL OCCUR TOWARD CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH, HEAVY
SNOW IS POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES.
A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE MAY OCCUR. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH
CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN.
* WHEN...FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO 10
AM CDT SUNDAY. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH, FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
COULD IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS
COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1/4
MILE DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS AND WEIGHT
OF SNOW ON TREE LIMBS MAY DOWN POWER LINES AND COULD CAUSE
SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 5 1 1.
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MINERAL POINT, BROOKFIELD, DODGEVILLE,
SHULLSBURG, MONROE, MILWAUKEE, BELOIT, RACINE, MADISON,
DARLINGTON, KENOSHA, BARNEVELD, MUSKEGO, MENOMONEE FALLS, NEW
BERLIN, JEFFERSON, ELKHORN, LAKE GENEVA, BENTON, ARGYLE,
WATERTOWN, FORT ATKINSON, BRODHEAD, JANESVILLE, DELAVAN,
WHITEWATER, BELMONT, WAUKESHA, BLANCHARDVILLE, AND EAST TROY
204 PM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND
7 INCHES POSSIBLE. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE MAY OCCUR. WINDS COULD
GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY
RESTRICTIONS.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1/4 MILE DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS AND WEIGHT OF SNOW ON TREE LIMBS
MAY DOWN POWER LINES AND COULD CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.
TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD
IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS COULD
BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
CMILLER
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