Alert archive / Wisconsin / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this high wind warning at Oct 19, 2011, 4:10 AM CDT for Kenosha County, Milwaukee County, Racine County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 19, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2011, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2011, 3:46 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 5:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 45 | Shorewood, WI | |
| Oct 19, 5:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 47 | 1 W Racine, WI | |
| Oct 19, 5:47 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 3 Sw Racine, WI | STORM SPOTTER IN MOUNT PLEASANT MEASURED 51 MPH ON HIS HOME WEATHER STATION. SMALL TREE BRANCHES DOWN. LARGEST BRANCH DOWN IS 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS 41-51 MPH. |
| Oct 19, 7:27 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 49 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| Oct 19, 10:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Wind Point, WI | TREE DAMAGE TO THE MAIN SECTION OF TREE TRUNK AND ITS MAIN STEM ABOVE BROKEN OFF... TREE WAS FULLY LEAFED OUT. TIME ESTIMATED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1192 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
109 WWUS73 KMKX 190910 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 410 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR SOUTHEAST INTO EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER KENTUCKY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT...REACHING THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES BY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS LOW WILL CAUSE A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TODAY...WITH THE TIGHTEST GRADIENT LIKELY TONIGHT. THIS SITUATION WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...PERSISTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL EXTEND FROM SHEBOYGAN SOUTH TO WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...RACINE AND KENOSHA. WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN THESE AREAS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MILWAUKEE...SOUTH TO RACINE...WIND POINT AND KENOSHA. THE WINDS WILL GET A BOOST FROM THE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN ALONG WITH THE LESS FRICTIONAL EFFECTS OVER THE LAKE. HENCE THE WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 TO 60 MPH AT THE LAKE SHORE FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. WIZ066-071-072-191715- /O.UPG.KMKX.HW.A.0001.111019T2200Z-111020T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.HW.W.0003.111019T2100Z-111020T1500Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 410 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AND BECOME VERY WINDY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT ALONG THE SHORE FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. THESE WINDS MAY BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 60 MPH BY TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE VERY STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE MINOR WIND DAMAGE... INCLUDING DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THEY WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WIZ052-059-060-065-191715- /O.UPG.KMKX.HW.A.0001.111019T2200Z-111020T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0006.111019T2100Z-111020T1500Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD 410 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AND BECOME VERY WINDY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO SOUTH OF PORT WASHINGTON. THESE WINDS MAY BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BUFFETING OF HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WIZ070-191715- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0006.111019T2100Z-111020T1500Z/ WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 410 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AND BECOME VERY WINDY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO SOUTH OF PORT WASHINGTON. THESE WINDS MAY BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BUFFETING OF HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MBK
5 follow-up statements
701 WWUS73 KMKX 190912 CCA NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 412 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR SOUTHEAST INTO EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER KENTUCKY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT...REACHING THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES BY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS LOW WILL CAUSE A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TODAY...WITH THE TIGHTEST GRADIENT LIKELY TONIGHT. THIS SITUATION WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...PERSISTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL EXTEND FROM SHEBOYGAN SOUTH TO WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...RACINE AND KENOSHA. WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN THESE AREAS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MILWAUKEE...SOUTH TO RACINE...WIND POINT AND KENOSHA. THE WINDS WILL GET A BOOST FROM THE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN ALONG WITH THE LESS FRICTIONAL EFFECTS OVER THE LAKE. HENCE THE WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 TO 60 MPH AT THE LAKE SHORE FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. WIZ066-071-072-191730- /O.UPG.KMKX.HW.A.0001.111019T2200Z-111020T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.HW.W.0003.111019T2100Z-111020T1500Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 412 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AND BECOME VERY WINDY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT ALONG THE SHORE FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. THESE WINDS MAY BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 60 MPH BY TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE VERY STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE MINOR WIND DAMAGE... INCLUDING DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THEY WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WIZ052-059-060-065-191730- /O.UPG.KMKX.HW.A.0001.111019T2200Z-111020T1800Z/ /O.COR.KMKX.WI.Y.0006.111019T2100Z-111020T1500Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD 412 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AND BECOME VERY WINDY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO SOUTH OF PORT WASHINGTON. THESE WINDS MAY BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BUFFETING OF HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WIZ070-191730- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0006.111019T2100Z-111020T1500Z/ WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 412 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AND BECOME VERY WINDY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO SOUTH OF PORT WASHINGTON. THESE WINDS MAY BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BUFFETING OF HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MBK
003 WWUS73 KMKX 191651 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1151 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR SOUTHEAST INTO EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN OHIO THIS EVENING... REACHING NORTHWEST OHIO BY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS TRACK IS A LITTLE FARTHER EAST THAN EARLIER FORECAST...BUT IT SHOULD STILL CAUSE A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TODAY...WITH THE TIGHTEST GRADIENT LIKELY TONIGHT. THIS SITUATION WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...PERSISTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL EXTEND FROM SHEBOYGAN SOUTH TO WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...RACINE AND KENOSHA. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH...WILL BE COMMON IN THESE AREAS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MILWAUKEE...SOUTH TO RACINE...WIND POINT AND KENOSHA. THE WINDS WILL GET A BOOST FROM THE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN ALONG WITH THE LESS FRICTIONAL EFFECTS OVER THE LAKE. HENCE THE WINDS MAY GUST BETWEEN 50 MPH AND 60 MPH AT THE LAKE SHORE FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. WIZ066-071-072-200100- /O.CON.KMKX.HW.W.0003.111019T2100Z-111020T1500Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 1151 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AND BECOME VERY WINDY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT ALONG THE SHORE FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. THESE WINDS MAY BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 60 MPH BY TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE VERY STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE MINOR WIND DAMAGE... INCLUDING DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THEY WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WIZ052-059-060-065-070-200100- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0006.111019T2100Z-111020T1500Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 1151 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AND BECOME VERY WINDY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO SOUTH OF PORT WASHINGTON. THESE WINDS MAY BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BUFFETING OF HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ REM/MRC
569 WWUS73 KMKX 192018 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 318 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN OHIO THIS EVENING...REACHING NORTHWEST OHIO BY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS TRACK IS A LITTLE FARTHER EAST THAN EARLIER FORECAST...BUT IT SHOULD STILL CAUSE A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...WITH THE TIGHTEST GRADIENT LIKELY THIS EVENING. THIS SITUATION WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...PERSISTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL EXTEND FROM SHEBOYGAN SOUTH TO WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...RACINE AND KENOSHA. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH...WILL BE COMMON IN THESE AREAS. WINDS WILL EASE AS THEY BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AFTER 4 AM. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR CLOSEST TO LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MILWAUKEE...SOUTH TO RACINE...WIND POINT AND KENOSHA. THE WINDS WILL GET A BOOST FROM THE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN ALONG WITH THE LESS FRICTIONAL EFFECTS OVER THE LAKE. HENCE THE WINDS MAY GUST BETWEEN 50 MPH AND 60 MPH AT THE LAKE SHORE FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. WIZ066-071-072-200400- /O.EXT.KMKX.HW.W.0003.111019T2100Z-111020T0900Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 318 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND BECOME VERY WINDY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT ALONG THE SHORE FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. THESE WINDS MAY BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING. WINDS WILL EASE AS THEY BACK TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AFTER 4 AM. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 60 MPH BY TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE VERY STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE MINOR WIND DAMAGE... INCLUDING DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THEY WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WIZ052-059-060-065-070-200400- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0006.111019T2100Z-111020T1500Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 318 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY AND BECOME VERY WINDY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE TONIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE FROM SHEBOYGAN TO SOUTH OF PORT WASHINGTON. THESE WINDS MAY BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BUFFETING OF HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MRC
494 WWUS73 KMKX 200153 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 853 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...STRONG WINDS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... .A STRONG AND LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR LAKE ERIE WILL MAINTAIN WINDY CONDITIONS OVER EASTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR CLOSEST TO LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MILWAUKEE...SOUTH TO RACINE...WIND POINT AND KENOSHA. THE WINDS WILL GET A BOOST FROM THE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN ALONG WITH THE LESS FRICTIONAL EFFECTS OVER THE LAKE. HENCE THE WINDS MAY GUST BETWEEN 50 MPH AND 60 MPH AT THE LAKE SHORE FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE ILLINOIS BORDER. WIZ059-065-070-200300- /O.CAN.KMKX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-111020T1500Z/ WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BEND...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 853 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE BUT MORE STABLE CONDITIONS INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN WILL KEEP WIND GUSTS LOWER...MAINLY FROM 30 TO 35 MPH. $$ WIZ066-071-072-200900- /O.CON.KMKX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-111020T0900Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 853 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH WINDS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS MAY BE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 60 MPH...MAINLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. WINDS WILL BE LESS INLAND. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE MINOR WIND DAMAGE... INCLUDING DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THEY WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WIZ052-060-201000- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-111020T1500Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON 853 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. WINDS WILL BE LOWER INLAND. * IMPACTS...THE BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BUFFETING OF HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GEHRING
873 WWUS73 KMKX 200846 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 346 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...STRONG WINDS LINGERING THIS MORNING NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN... ...FROST EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER TONIGHT... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE NEAR TOLEDO WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN TODAY. A LINGERING TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AND LAKE MICHIGAN WILL CONTRIBUTE TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER THE LAKE SHORE COUNTIES THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AT THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE DUE TO UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE LAKE. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THE AREAS OF RAIN WILL END LATER TODAY WITH RAPID CLEARING AND DIMINISHING WINDS SPREADING ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S OVER THE REGION...RESULTING IN FROST DEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT. THE FROST WILL BE PATCHY CLOSE TO THE LAKE. WIZ066-071-072-201700- /O.CAN.KMKX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-111020T0900Z/ /O.EXB.KMKX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-111020T1800Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA 346 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS WILL BE LOWER FARTHER INLAND FROM THE LAKE. * IMPACTS...THE BLUSTERY WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BUFFETING OF HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WIZ046-047-051-056>059-062>065-067>070-201700- /O.NEW.KMKX.FR.Y.0007.111021T0600Z-111021T1400Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON- IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 346 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...LASTING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND OTHER VEGETATION WILL BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. && $$ WIZ052-060-201700- /O.EXT.KMKX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-111020T1800Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON 346 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS WILL BE LOWER FARTHER INLAND FROM THE LAKE. * IMPACTS...THE BLUSTERY WINDS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL BUFFETING OF HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 4:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:26 AM CDT | Gale Warning | MKX | 8 hr | |
| Oct 19, 9:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 84 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.