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Gale Watch 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI

February 2, 2009

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this gale watch at Feb 2, 2009, 4:05 PM CST. It took effect at Feb 3, 2009, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 2, 2009, 4:05 PM CST (22:05 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 3, 2009, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 2, 2009, 9:25 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, 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 Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at Feb 2, 3:20 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 3:20 PM CST, 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 2, 3:39 PM CST, 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
339 PM CST MON FEB 2 2009

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-030945-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
339 PM CST MON FEB 2 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ARCTIC AIR AND BRISK NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS WIND
CHILLS LATE TONIGHT IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT FOR PORT
WASHINGTON AND SHEBOYGAN AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY MORNING FOR
LAKESHORE COUNTIES. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE NEAR LAKE
MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. ONLY SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ARE
EXPECTED INLAND.

WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND 20 BELOW ZERO ARE LIKELY TUESDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL REPORTS
ARE APPRECIATED.

LMZ643>646-030945-
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI-
NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI-
WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL-
339 PM CST MON FEB 2 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

BRISK NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT. A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GALE FORCE WINDS TO 35 KNOTS.
WINDS MAY REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA THURSDAY AND AGAIN
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

MRC

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 3:31 PM CSTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan19 hr
Feb 2, 3:31 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Dane, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Lafayette and 2 more17 hr

Nearby

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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.