405  
WWUS43 KMKX 141040  
WSWMKX  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI  
540 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2026  
   
..WINTER STORM BEGINS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY
 
 
.A STRONG LATE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHERN  
WISCONSIN DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEKEND IN 3 PHASES:  
 
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING EXPECTING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1  
TO 3 INCHES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE  
ACCUMULATION.  
 
SUNDAY LATE MORNING INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL SEE MILDER TEMPS AND  
MOSTLY RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
LATE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EXPECT HEAVY BANDED SNOW TO  
IMPACT SOUTHERN WI WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES WITH  
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 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>060-141845-  
/O.CON.KMKX.WW.Y.0014.260315T0000Z-260315T1500Z/  
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.A.0001.260315T2100Z-260317T0000Z/  
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-  
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CEDARBURG, ENDEAVOR, LAKE WISCONSIN,  
PLYMOUTH, LODI, HOWARDS GROVE, FOND DU LAC, REEDSBURG, MAYVILLE,  
BARABOO, BEAVER DAM, OXFORD, HARTFORD, SAUK CITY, MONTELLO,  
OOSTBURG, GRAFTON, BERLIN, SHEBOYGAN FALLS, MEQUON, COLUMBUS,  
PRAIRIE DU SAC, NESHKORO, MARKESAN, PRINCETON, WAUPUN, WESTFIELD,  
PORTAGE, WEST BEND, AND GERMANTOWN  
540 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING  
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 UP TO AROUND 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 AND LOCALLY HIGHER 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 EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND SOUTHEAST  
WISCONSIN.  
 
* WHEN...FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING 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>072-141845-  
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.A.0001.260315T2100Z-260317T0000Z/  
IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-  
WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF JEFFERSON, ARGYLE, DELAVAN, WATERTOWN,  
KENOSHA, NEW BERLIN, DODGEVILLE, MONROE, BRODHEAD, WHITEWATER,  
MINERAL POINT, MADISON, RACINE, LAKE GENEVA, EAST TROY,  
DARLINGTON, ELKHORN, BARNEVELD, BELMONT, JANESVILLE, MUSKEGO,  
BLANCHARDVILLE, MENOMONEE FALLS, MILWAUKEE, BENTON, BELOIT,  
SHULLSBURG, FORT ATKINSON, WAUKESHA, AND BROOKFIELD  
540 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
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