Alert archive / Wisconsin / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 5, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this gale warning at Feb 25, 2012, 3:20 PM CST. It took effect at Feb 26, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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
- Feb 25, 2012, 3:20 PM CST (21:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
274 WHUS73 KGRB 252120 MWWGRB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 320 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...SOUTH GALES EXPECTED SUNDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING TOWARD LAKE SUPERIOR WILL LIKELY GENERATE SOUTH GALES ON SUNDAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE A BIT AND VEER WEST SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM CROSSES LAKE SUPERIOR AND BEGINS TO PULL AWAY FROM THE REGION. LMZ541>543-260530- /O.UPG.KGRB.GL.A.0001.120226T1500Z-120227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.GL.W.0005.120226T1500Z-120227T0000Z/ 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- 320 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 KNOT GALES ON SUNDAY. * WAVES WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET BY LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY. * WINDS WILL VEER SOUTHWEST AND THEN WEST SUNDAY NIGHT WHILE SLOWLY DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND WAVES REMAINING HIGH FROM THE SOUTH GALES ON SUNDAY WILL LIKELY NECESSITATE THE POSTING OF A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ONCE THE GALES END. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
574 WHUS73 KGRB 260312 MWWGRB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 912 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...SOUTH GALES EXPECTED SUNDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING TOWARD LAKE SUPERIOR WILL GENERATE SOUTH GALES ON SUNDAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE A BIT AND VEER WEST SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM CROSSES LAKE SUPERIOR AND BEGINS TO PULL AWAY FROM THE REGION. LMZ541>543-261115- /O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0005.120226T1500Z-120227T0000Z/ LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI- 912 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... * SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 KNOT GALES ON SUNDAY. * WAVES WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET BY LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY. * WINDS WILL VEER SOUTHWEST AND THEN WEST SUNDAY NIGHT WHILE SLOWLY DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND WAVES REMAINING HIGH FROM THE SOUTH GALES ON SUNDAY WILL LIKELY NECESSITATE THE POSTING OF A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ONCE THE GALES END. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$
239 WHUS73 KGRB 261006 MWWGRB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 406 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST GALES EXPECTED TODAY... .A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING TOWARD NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WILL GENERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST GALES TODAY. WINDS WILL VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST AND THEN WEST TONIGHT AS THE STORM TRACKS TO EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON MONDAY AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY FROM THE REGION. LMZ541>543-261815- /O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0005.120226T1500Z-120227T0000Z/ 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- 406 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 KNOT GALES BY MID-DAY...THEN VEER SOUTH LATE. * WAVES WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET BY LATE IN THE DAY...THEN BEGIN TO SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING AS WINDS VEER OFFSHORE. * A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS IS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY EVENING...THEN THEY WILL INCREASE AGAIN FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST...WITH AT LEAST OCCASIONAL GALE FORCE GUSTS OVERNIGHT. EITHER THE GALE WARNING WILL NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...OR A HIGH-END SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL NEED TO BE POSTED ONCE THE GALE WARNING EXPIRES. 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. && $$ JS
599 WHUS73 KGRB 261538 MWWGRB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 938 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST GALES EXPECTED TODAY... .A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING TOWARD NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WILL GENERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST GALES TODAY. WINDS WILL VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST AND THEN WEST TONIGHT AS THE STORM TRACKS TO EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON MONDAY AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY FROM THE REGION. LMZ541>543-262345- /O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120227T0000Z/ LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY WI TO TWO RIVERS WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS WI TO SHEBOYGAN WI- 938 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 KNOT GALES BY MID-DAY... THEN VEER SOUTH LATE. * WAVES WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET BY LATE IN THE DAY...THEN BEGIN TO SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING AS WINDS VEER OFFSHORE. * A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS IS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY EVENING...THEN THEY WILL INCREASE AGAIN FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST...WITH AT LEAST OCCASIONAL GALE FORCE GUSTS OVERNIGHT. EITHER THE GALE WARNING WILL NEED TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...OR A HIGH-END SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL NEED TO BE POSTED ONCE THE GALE WARNING EXPIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS AROUND 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$
910 WHUS73 KGRB 262132 MWWGRB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 332 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...SOUTH GALES INTO THE EARLY EVENING... .A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WILL MOVE TO EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT. SOUTH GALES WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING... AND THEN BECOME SOUTHWEST AND DIMINISH DURING THE LATE EVENING. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST BY DAYBREAK AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY FROM THE REGION. LMZ541>543-270545- /O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.SC.Y.0016.120227T0000Z-120227T1800Z/ 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- 332 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * SOUTH GALES TO 35 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KTS INTO THE EARLY EVENING WILL BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO 30 KTS AND DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 KTS DURING THE EVENING...THEN VEER TO WEST MONDAY MORNING. * WAVES OF 8 TO 12 FEET WILL SUBSIDE TO 5 TO 8 FT BY MIDNIGHT AND 3 TO 5 FT MONDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 4:09 AM CST | Gale Watch | GRB | 11 hr |
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Sources
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