926  
WWUS43 KMKX 140236  
WSWMKX  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI  
936 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 AROUND 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.  
 
WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-141045-  
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/O.CON.KMKX.WS.A.0001.260315T2100Z-260317T0000Z/  
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-  
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LAKE WISCONSIN, GERMANTOWN, BEAVER DAM,  
GRAFTON, FOND DU LAC, MAYVILLE, WAUPUN, LODI, WEST BEND, MEQUON,  
BARABOO, NESHKORO, SAUK CITY, REEDSBURG, COLUMBUS, OOSTBURG,  
MARKESAN, BERLIN, ENDEAVOR, HOWARDS GROVE, PLYMOUTH, HARTFORD,  
WESTFIELD, PRAIRIE DU SAC, MONTELLO, PRINCETON, CEDARBURG,  
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, OXFORD, AND PORTAGE  
936 PM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO  
10 AM CDT SUNDAY...  
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS 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 AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH, UP TO A  
QUARTER INCH OF ICE IN SPOTS. 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.  
 
 
 
 
 
WIZ062>072-141045-  
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.A.0001.260315T2100Z-260317T0000Z/  
IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-  
WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BELOIT, BELMONT, DARLINGTON, MONROE,  
DELAVAN, MUSKEGO, MADISON, DODGEVILLE, NEW BERLIN, MINERAL POINT,  
WATERTOWN, LAKE GENEVA, ELKHORN, FORT ATKINSON, WAUKESHA, RACINE,  
BARNEVELD, JANESVILLE, ARGYLE, BLANCHARDVILLE, KENOSHA, MENOMONEE  
FALLS, MILWAUKEE, JEFFERSON, WHITEWATER, BROOKFIELD, EAST TROY,  
BRODHEAD, BENTON, AND SHULLSBURG  
936 PM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON  
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW  
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND  
ONE TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.  
 
* 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.  
 
 
 
 
 
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