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Gale Watch 1, NWS Green Bay, WI

October 24, 2008

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this gale watch at Oct 24, 2008, 3:55 PM CDT. It took effect at Oct 25, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 2008, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 25, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 25, 2008, 3:53 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at Oct 24, 3:02 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 3:02 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 3:28 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
328 PM CDT FRI OCT 24 2008

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-251100-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
328 PM CDT FRI OCT 24 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

WINDY WEATHER WILL DEVELOP THIS WEEKEND. WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS
OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY. SIMILAR WIND
SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT...THOUGH THE WIND SHOULD BECOME
NORTHWEST AT THAT TIME. GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY OVER THE
DOOR PENINSULA.

WINDS OVER 40 MPH CAN MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
DIFFICULT...AND BLOW ABOUT UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN
FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS COULD RESULT
IN THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

LMZ521-522-541>543-251100-
THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK
ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN-
328 PM CDT FRI OCT 24 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN
AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY STARTING LATE
SATURDAY...AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. GALE FORCE WINDS
ARE LIKELY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. GUSTS APPROACHING STORM FORCE
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE DOOR
PENINSULA.

JS/MG

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.