Thursday, April 18, 2013
Flood watches and warnings are in effect throughout Southeastern Wisconsin, some lasting until Friday. Officials are keeping watch on area rivers as they continue to rise, approaching or surpassing flood stages.
The rain that just keeps coming is causing trouble throughout the Milwaukee area, from to sewage dumping. JSOnline has a roundup of road closures throughout the Milwaukee area. Travel Midwest has a congestion map that shows incidents and traffic speeds in the Milwaukee area. The Flood Watch for Southeastern Wisconsin through 9 p.m. Thursday evening and rainfall is expected to reach 4 inches in some areas. According to the Emergency Services Department, rivers will rise reaching a number of flood stages. Rivers that are already in flood stage will worsen, rising into moderate and major flood levels. Officials are watching the Rock, Fox, Root and Milwaukee Rivers as localized flooding caused concerns last week. The ground may be thawed, but …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
If it seems like we've been here before, we have - after last week's rains brought up to 5 inches of rain and flooding to some areas, another 2.5 to 3.5 inches is expected Wednesday to Friday
Apparently the memo hasn't gotten to Mother Nature to turn off the tap, as Wisconsin emerged from its drought, only to face flooding last week and again this week. The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch that goes into effect noon Wednesday, and will continue until Friday at 7 a.m., according to Patch's media partners at WISN 12 Weather. A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on current forecasts. You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. Another area of moderate to heavy rain is moving into the southern half of Wisconsin, adding as much as 2.5 to 3.5 inches of rain to …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Forecasters are expecting as much as 3 inches of rain over the next few days, and concerns for flooding rise as the rain falls.
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for portions of Southeast Wisconsin, including Dodge, Jefferson, Kenosha. Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha counties. According to Patch's media partners at WISN 12, the watch will be in effect from noon Tuesday to Friday morning. A series of low pressure systems are setting up along the jet stream, placing them directly over the area. Rainfall totals of 2 to 3 inches are forecast, and as the soil is already saturated or in some areas still frozen, runoff of moderate to heavy rainfall will cause many rivers to reach their banks with some reaching moderate flood stage. In addition roadways in low-lying areas typically susceptible to flooding should be …
Thursday, April 4, 2013
It's hard to bust a drought, and even tougher to do it in winter; however the third wettest "dry season" puts the dusty summer of 2012 to rest.
It seems a long time ago that we were wilting under record heat and wondering what happened to the rain, as Muskego was one of many cities in an extreme drought during the summer of 2012. However a rainy start to the winter in December kept the totals up even before the first snowflakes fell, and continued well into March. "It is quite unusual to bust a drought in the winter, but we did it," explained Weather Watch 12 meterologist Mark Baden. "It was Milwaukee's third wettest winter in our history which records go back to 1871." Well above normal precipitation has fallen this winter to bring the area back from a five inch deficit to nearly as much over the normal for the winter. So how wet did we get? Obviously rain is liquid, but snow is …
Sunday, March 3, 2013
If you don't hear the siren, don't panic - it's just a test of the internal system, so there's no need to call Muskego police.
On Monday, March 4, at 10:30am, the National Weather Service will be issuing a “Test Tornado Warning” for our area, according to Muskego Police. The test will last 15 minutes and is being done to test internal communication systems, and is not designed to replace the Tornado and Severe Weather tests planned for April 18, during Wisconsin’s Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week. "What it does mean is that, while you may hear test messages on television and radio, you will not hear our tornado sirens, as they are not part of the test. You will have to wait until April 18th to get the full effect, " explained Lieutenant Dave Constantineau. "So if you don’t hear our sirens during the test on Monday, you don’t have to call and tell us, we …
A third storm in as many weeks is proving to be difficult to forecast, and has been downgraded from a Winter Storm Warning to a Winter Weather Advisory in some parts; find out if your community will have less to shovel
This has been updated to reflect the downgrade of forecast in certain counties as of March 4, 3 p.m. According to Patch's media partners at WISN 12 News, the National Weather Service has now issued a Winter Weather Advisory for parts of southeastern Wisconsin from 6 a.m. Tuesday through midnight Tuesday. Milwaukee, Waukesha, and portions of Dodge County have been taken off of the Winter Storm Warning issued earlier, and Ozaukee County has been dropped altogether. However, Racine, Kenosha, Jefferson and Dodge County residents remain under the warning, with 4-8 inches forecast. If this sounds familiar, this is the third storm in as many weeks to barrel through the area during a winter that started off relatively warm and rainy. For those …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
A powerful storm system that will start impacting the area with a mixed bag of sleet and freezing rain will give way to heavy snow on Thursday
It's almost funny to consider that a week ago you could've been running around in short sleeves outdoors. Since then, southeastern Wisconsin has seen subzero temps and a string of 'Alberta clippers' that have brought snow to the area every day except Wednesday — and the snow will return on Thursday. Patch's media partners at WISN have posted a Winter Storm Warning from the National Weather Service, which is expected to bring 4-8 inches of snow to the area. The forecasted storm for Thursday, however, will bring snow that's the wet and heavy variety. While it's sunny Wednesday, conditions will deteriorate later this evening, as sleet and freezing rain may mix with the snow from Jefferson County south to the Illinois border, with light ice …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Flooding rains are headed our way, changing to snow, so the National Weather Service has issued a flood watch this afternoon until later tonight, and a Winter Weather Advisory starting 6 a.m. Wednesday.
(This was updated to reflect the new advisory from the National Weather Service) The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch from 3 p.m. until later Tuesday night for Waukesha, Milwaukee, Rock, Walworth, Racine and Kenosha counties. Communities in southeastern Wisconsin saw 1/2- to 1-inch of rain fall overnight into Tuesday, with some areas seeing higher rain totals. Additional rain is expected this afternoon and ice jams could cause flooding. While the possible two inches of rain that could fall today isn't a ton of water, rapid runoff is expected because the ground is frozen and saturated. Some larger rivers can handle this rainfall, but small to medium rivers and streams will likely flood. This could cause flooding on some …
Saturday, January 26, 2013
It's not the snow totals to be overly concerned about from an approaching system, it's the potential for a coating of ice due to changing conditions.
Walking the line between frozen and liquid precipitation, an approaching storm system will bring just about everything on the lousy weather menu, and has prompted a winter weather advisory to be posted by the National Weather Service. The advisory begins Sunday at 2 p.m. and continues through midnight and affects all of southeastern Wisconsin. Sunday will start off with a short burst of snow, expected to bring about a half to an inch to the area, but as the afternoon approaches, the snow will transition to a sleet and freezing rain mix. It's that mix that has the greatest potential for hazardous conditions on the street, with as much as 0.15 inch of ice expected in some areas. As the evening progresses, it's expected that the increasing …
Friday, January 18, 2013
Let's face it, we've been a bit spoiled last winter and so far this winter. However, enjoy the 30 and 40 degree temps going into the weekend, because Sunday's serving up a dose of cold reality
According to the National Weather Service, the first half of our winter (Dec. 1 - Jan 15) has been much warmer than normal, with some areas of the state as much as six degrees above average temperatures. However, let's not get ahead of ourselves. There's still another half to go, and the coldest airmass of the season is poised to enter the Upper Midwest late this weekend and early next week. While Friday and Saturday's temps will hopefully help to melt that stubborn half inch of icy snow that fell about a week ago, Sunday will give way to an Arctic chill. This frigid airmass has been bottled up in Canada for much of this week, but it appears it will move into the area early next week bringing us the coldest temps of the winter so far. High…
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7:11 am on Saturday, April 20, 2013
I just remember a couple of years ago, when a construction worker dumped a small piece of concrete into the river. Mayor hear no evil, speak no evil, Barrett had a cow!The contractor got a huge fine and the employee was fired. Maybe he should have just crapped all over the concrete and Barrett would have looked the other way. I guess Milwaukee could promote themselves as being one of the biggest … more ›