Alert archive / Wisconsin / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this gale warning at May 14, 2011, 3:46 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2011, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
147 WHUS73 KMKX 140846 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 346 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING AROUND WIND POINT AND KENOSHA... ...BLUSTERY NORTHERLY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES LASTING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE OVER INDIANA IS RESULTING IN BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THESE BLUSTERY WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE BLUSTERY WINDS AND RESULTANT HIGH WAVES. FOR A TIME THIS MORNING...WIND SPEEDS WILL REACH GALE FORCE LEVELS FROM WIND POINT SOUTH TO WINTHROP HARBOR. HENCE A GALE WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 10 AM CDT. LMZ646-141700- /O.UPG.KMKX.SC.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-110517T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.GL.W.0010.110514T0846Z-110514T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.SC.Y.0043.110514T1500Z-110517T0600Z/ WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 346 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO 40 KNOTS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 30 KNOTS THIS MORNING...AND THEN PERSIST INTO MONDAY. * WAVES: WAVES 5 TO 8 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES OF AT LEAST 3 TO 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ643>645-141700- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-110517T0600Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- 346 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THESE BLUSTERY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * WAVES: WAVES 6 TO 10 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES OF AT LEAST 3 TO 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX MBK
1 follow-up statement
259 WHUS73 KMKX 141515 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1015 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...STRONG WINDS INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE OVER INDIANA IS RESULTING IN BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THESE BLUSTERY WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. GALE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FROM NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE SOUTH TO WINTHROP HARBOR. LMZ646-142315- /O.EXP.KMKX.GL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110514T1500Z/ /O.UPG.KMKX.SC.Y.0043.000000T0000Z-110517T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.GL.W.0011.110514T1515Z-110515T1800Z/ WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 1015 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS EXTENDED THE GALE WARNING...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST GALES TO 35 KNOTS. SOME GUSTS MAY REACH 40 KNOTS LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WAVES: WAVES 5 TO 8 FEET BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ645-142315- /O.UPG.KMKX.SC.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-110517T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.GL.W.0011.110514T1515Z-110515T1800Z/ NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- 1015 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST GALES TO 35 KNOTS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * WAVES: WAVES 6 TO 10 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ LMZ643-644-142315- /O.EXT.KMKX.SC.Y.0042.000000T0000Z-110515T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.GL.A.0005.110515T0000Z-110515T1800Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- 1015 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A GALE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * WAVES: WAVES 6 TO 10 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES OF AT LEAST 3 TO 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. A GALE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK OF GALE FORCE WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED...BUT THE SPECIFIC TIMING AND/OR LOCATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME FOR MARINERS WHO MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERING THEIR PLANS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:46 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 6 hr | |
| May 14, 10:15 AM CDT | Gale Watch | MKX | 5 hr | |
| May 14, 10:15 AM CDT | Gale Warning | MKX | 35 hr |
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Sources
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