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Winter Storm Rocky

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Brookfield Gets Back to Business After Surprisingly Big Snowfall

While schools remained open for Wednesday, the big dig out began as a winter storm slowly exited the area.

By Wednesday morning, an expected snowfall of 3-5 inches piled up to around 8 inches in a storm that had many scratching their heads. It was the snowfall that seemed to change from the moment it was first forecast and continued to "morph" even as the flakes fell. WeatherWatch 12 chief meteorologist Mark Baden called it "a humbling storm for all meteorologists in southeast Wisconsin. It was quite a storm; I think the most surprising thing about this storm was the amount of moisture it was able to transport." Much of Waukesha County fell within a 7-13 inch snowband, but never was under a winter storm warning. Nevertheless Elmbrook schools were in session, and residents felt the decision was a good one, needing only a few tweaks in the …

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

UPDATED: Winter Storm Warning in Effect Until Noon Wednesday

Winter Storm Rocky wasn't expected to pack much of a punch in southeastern Wisconsin, but intensity of major system has upgraded initial advisory to a Winter Storm Warning for lakeside counties.

This article has been updated to reflect the upgrade of the snowfall to a Winter Storm Warning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday for portions of our area. Another major winter storm, dubbed "Rocky," will stay largely south of Wisconsin, opting instead to deliver a blizzard to the central plains for the second time in less than a week. Nevertheless, the National Weather Service has upgraded the Winter Weather Advisory that was initially posted to a Winter Storm Warning for lakeside counties of Sheboygan, Ozaukee, Milwaukee Racine and Kenosha as well as Walworth and Washington. All other counties in much of southern Wisconsin remain under a Winter Weather Advisory, according to Patch's media partners at WISN 12. Strong winds and snow will continue …

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Craig

3:27 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013

In that case I want to see the President chill out on using executive privilege, issue a freeze on spending, and a flood of democrats resigning. Maybe then we can get a heat wave to warm up the economy.   more ›

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