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Gale Warning 9, NWS Green Bay, WI

March 26, 2012

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this gale warning at Mar 26, 2012, 3:51 PM CDT. It took effect at Mar 27, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 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
Mar 26, 2012, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 27, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 27, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

076 
WHUS73 KGRB 262051
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
351 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

...SOUTHEAST GALES AND LARGE WAVES EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...

.GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS A STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...PUSHING A WARM
FRONT INTO THE GREAT LAKES. 

LMZ521-522-541>543-270500-
/O.NEW.KGRB.GL.W.0009.120327T0900Z-120327T2100Z/
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-
351 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 KTS THIS EVENING...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25
  KTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 35 FT OVERNIGHT. SE GALES TO 35 KTS
  ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 40 KTS POSSIBLE.
  WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
  HOWEVER A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED WHEN THE GALE
  WARNING EXPIRES.

* WAVES WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 6 FT ON THE BAY OF GREEN BAY...AND TO 7
  TO 11 FT ON LAKE MICHIGAN.

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.

&&

$$
BERSCH
4 follow-up statements
665 
WHUS73 KGRB 270216
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
916 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

...SOUTHEAST GALES AND LARGE WAVES EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...

.GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS A STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...PUSHING A WARM
FRONT INTO THE GREAT LAKES.

LMZ521-522-541>543-271030-
/O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0009.120327T0900Z-120327T2100Z/
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-
916 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM CDT TUESDAY...

* WINDS...EAST 5 TO 15 KTS LATE THIS EVENING...INCREASING TO 15 TO
  25 KTS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 35 FT OVERNIGHT. SOUTH TO
  SOUTHEAST GALES TO 35 KTS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY MORNING...
  WITH GUSTS TO 40 KTS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... HOWEVER A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
  WILL BE NEEDED WHEN THE GALE WARNING EXPIRES.

* WAVES WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 6 FT ON THE BAY OF GREEN BAY...AND TO 
  7 TO 11 FT ON LAKE MICHIGAN. 

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.

&&

$$
BERSCH
733 
WHUS73 KGRB 270845
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
345 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...SOUTHEAST GALES WILL GENERATE SUBSTANTIAL WAVES ON THE LAKE
TODAY...

.GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A STORM SYSTEM TRACKS
TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THERE IS LIKELY TO BE
A LULL IN THE WINDS LATE TODAY...THEN A BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONG
SOUTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN AND REMAIN QUITE STRONG FROM
THE WEST TO NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY.

LMZ521-522-541>543-271645-
/O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0009.120327T0900Z-120327T2100Z/
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-
345 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

* SE GALES TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...THOUGH WINDS WILL
  TURN MORE SOUTH AND EASE A BIT LATE IN THE DAY.

* WAVES WILL BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FT ON THE BAY...AND TO 7 TO 11 FT ON
  LAKE MICHIGAN.

* WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND COULD BE QUITE GUSTY FOR A
  TIME THIS EVENING. THEN GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED WHEN
  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
091 
WHUS73 KGRB 271501
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1001 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...SOUTHEAST GALES WILL GENERATE SUBSTANTIAL WAVES ON THE LAKE
TODAY...

.GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS A STORM SYSTEM
TRACKS TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THERE WILL LIKELY
TO BE A LULL IN THE WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN A BRIEF PERIOD
OF STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS THE
AREA THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN AND REMAIN QUITE
STRONG FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY.

LMZ521-522-541>543-272100-
/O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120327T2100Z/
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-
1001 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

* SOUTHEAST GALES TO 35 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED
  THIS AFTERNOON...THEN VEERING SOUTH AND DIMINISHING A BIT LATE
  IN THE DAY.

* WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FT ON THE BAY...AND TO 7 TO 11 FT ON LAKE  MICHIGAN.

* WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND COULD BE QUITE GUSTY FOR A
  TIME THIS EVENING. THEN GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
  WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED WHEN 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.

&&

$$
944 
WHUS73 KGRB 272117
MWWGRB

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
417 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH WAVES TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

..STRONG LOW PRESSURE TRACKING FROM NORTHEAST MINNESOTA TO
NORTHERN LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH WAVES
THROUGH THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS LATE THIS EVENING...
WITH WINDS FALLING BELOW GALE FORCE BUT REMAINING AT SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY LEVELS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 

LMZ521-522-541>543-280300-
/O.EXP.KGRB.GL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120327T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.GL.W.0010.120327T2117Z-120328T0300Z/
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-
417 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* SOUTH GALES TO 35 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED
  THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN VEERING SOUTHWEST AND
  DIMINISHING A BIT OVERNIGHT.

* WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FT ON THE BAY...AND TO 6 TO 9 FT ON LAKE
  MICHIGAN EARLY...WILL EASE TO 3 TO 5 FT OVERNIGHT.

* WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND COULD BE QUITE GUSTY FOR 
  A TIME THIS EVENING. THEN GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE 
  EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED WHEN 
  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.

&&

$$

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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.