Alert archive / Wisconsin / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 11, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this gale warning at Apr 16, 2012, 10:56 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Apr 16, 2012, 10:56 AM CDT (15:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2012, 9:09 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
779 WHUS73 KGRB 161556 MWWGRB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1056 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...GALE FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL MOVE TOWARD SOUTHEAST ONTARIO THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW PULLS OUT OF THE REGION...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP...WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. HIGH WAVES WILL SUBSIDE AFTER THE WINDS TURN WEST THIS EVENING. LMZ521-522-541>543-170000- /O.UPG.KGRB.SC.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-120417T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.GL.W.0011.120416T1556Z-120417T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.SC.Y.0029.120417T0300Z-120417T0900Z/ THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE STURGEON BAY WI- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI- 1056 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KTS...WITH GUSTS TO 35 KTS...WILL VEER TO THE WEST OR NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 KTS TONIGHT. * WAVES WILL BE 4 TO 7 FT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SUBSIDE TO 3 TO 5 FEET AFTER THE WINDS TURN WEST THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. 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 OVER 20 KNOTS OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
571 WHUS73 KGRB 162035 MWWGRB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 335 PM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...GALE FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD ONTARIO THROUGH THE EVENING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE TO AROUND 35 KTS CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING. HIGH WAVES WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH THE EVENING ON THE OFFSHORE FLOW. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING TO BELOW GALE WARNING CRITERIA...BUT WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER WISCONSIN AND WINDS SUBSIDE. LMZ521-522-541>543-170445- /O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120417T0300Z/ /O.CON.KGRB.SC.Y.0029.120417T0300Z-120417T0900Z/ THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE STURGEON BAY WI- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI- 335 PM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CDT TUESDAY... * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KTS...WITH GUSTS TO 35 KTS...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...BEFORE SUBSIDING TO 15 TO 25 KTS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WAVES WILL BE 4 TO 6 FT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SUBSIDE TO 3 TO 5 FEET AFTER THE WINDS TURN WEST THIS EVENING AND TO 2 TO 4 FT BY MIDNIGHT.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. 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 OVER 20 KNOTS OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ WOLF
908 WHUS73 KGRB 170209 MWWGRB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 909 PM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND OVERNIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SITUATED TO THE EAST OF UPPER MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST. WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH TONIGHT ON OFFSHORE FLOW. WINDS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER WISCONSIN AND WINDS SUBSIDE. LMZ521-522-541>543-170900- /O.CAN.KGRB.GL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120417T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KGRB.SC.Y.0029.120417T0209Z-120417T0900Z/ THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE STURGEON BAY WI- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI- 909 PM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WARNING. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 KTS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * WAVES WILL BE 3 TO 5 FEET THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT BY MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OVER 20 KNOTS OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ WOLF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 10:56 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 17 hr | |
| Apr 16, 2:44 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Marathon, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto and 7 more | 17 hr |
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Sources
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