Alert archive / Wisconsin / Gale Warnings in 2012
Gale Warning 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this gale warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:48 AM CST. It took effect at Mar 2, 2012, 5:00 PM CST. It was in force for 11 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 2, 2012, 4:48 AM CST (10:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 4:12 AM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
414 WHUS73 KMKX 021048 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 448 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WINDY PERIOD WITH STRONG LOW PRESSURE PASSING SOUTH AND EAST... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM ILLINOIS INTO SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY...AND THEN NORTHEAST INTO CANADA BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONG LOW WILL ALLOW NORTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS THIS MORNING AND LINGER INTO MID-AFTERNOON SATURDAY...WITH GALE CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH. LMZ643-644-021900- /O.EXT.KMKX.SC.Y.0019.120302T1500Z-120303T2100Z/ /O.CAN.KMKX.GL.A.0002.120303T0300Z-120303T1800Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- 448 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY... ...GALE WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE GALE WATCH. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST RISING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS BY MID- MORNING...SHIFTING NORTH UP TO 30 KNOTS LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWEST IN THE EVENING...WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS INTO THE OVERNIGHT...EASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS SATURDAY. * WAVES: BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...SLOWLY SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 22 TO 33 KNOTS AND/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. && $$ LMZ645-646-021900- /O.EXT.KMKX.SC.Y.0019.120302T1500Z-120302T2300Z/ /O.UPG.KMKX.GL.A.0002.120303T0300Z-120303T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.GL.W.0005.120302T2300Z-120303T0900Z/ NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 448 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE GALE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS BY MID- MORNING...SHIFTING TO NORTH GALES TO 35 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS VEERING NORTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING WITH GALE GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS INTO EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS BY SATURDAY MORNING. * WAVES: BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FEET THIS EVENING...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET SATURDAY MORNING...AND 2 TO 4 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 22 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ REM WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
4 follow-up statements
439 WHUS73 KMKX 021554 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 954 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WINDY PERIOD WITH STRONG LOW PRESSURE PASSING SOUTH AND EAST... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM ILLINOIS INTO SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY...AND THEN NORTHEAST INTO CANADA BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONG LOW WILL ALLOW NORTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN INCREASE TO GALE WARNING CONDITIONS THIS EVENING UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK THROUGH SATURDAY. LMZ643-644-030000- /O.EXT.KMKX.SC.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120302T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KMKX.GL.W.0005.120302T2300Z-120303T0900Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- 954 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST SATURDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST RISING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS...SHIFTING NORTH UP TO 30 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWEST IN THE EVENING UP TO 30 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOT GALES. WINDS SHIFTING WEST BY LATE TONIGHT 15 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS SATURDAY. * WAVES: BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...LINGERING TONIGHT BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FEET ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 22 TO 33 KNOTS AND/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. && $$ LMZ645-646-030000- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120302T2300Z/ /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0005.120302T2300Z-120303T0900Z/ NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 954 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS...SHIFTING TO NORTH UP TO 30 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWEST IN THE EVENING UP TO 30 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOT GALES. WINDS SHIFTING WEST BY LATE TONIGHT 15 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS SATURDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. * WAVES: BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN 3 TO 6 FEET TONIGHT. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 22 TO 33 KNOTS AND/OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ WOOD WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
971 WHUS73 KMKX 022215 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 415 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WITH STRONG LOW PRESSURE PASSING THROUGH THE REGION... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM INDIANA INTO ONTARIO CANADA TONIGHT. THE STRONG LOW WILL ALLOW NORTH WINDS TO SHIFT NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO GALES BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL BACK WEST AND LINGER THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT. BRISK WEST WINDS REMAIN THROUGH SATURDAY. LMZ643>646-030615- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120302T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KMKX.GL.W.0005.120302T2300Z-120303T1200Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 415 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS...SHIFTING NORTHWEST IN THE EARLY EVENING UP TO 30 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOT GALES. WINDS SHIFTING WEST BY LATE TONIGHT...THEN DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS ON SATURDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS SATURDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. * WAVES: BUILDING TO 3 TO 7 FEET BY EARLY EVENING...THEN 3 TO 6 FEET TONIGHT. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET SATURDAY. 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 22 TO 33 KNOTS AND/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. && $$ WOOD WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
982 WHUS73 KMKX 030206 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 806 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WITH STRONG LOW PRESSURE PASSING THROUGH THE REGION... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER LOWER MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST INTO ONTARIO CANADA TONIGHT. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL RESULT IN WIND GUSTS REACHING GALE STRENGTH OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS ON SATURDAY. LMZ643>646-031015- /O.CON.KMKX.GL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120303T1200Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 806 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST TONIGHT. * WAVES: 4 TO 7 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 6 FEET LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX MBK
556 WHUS73 KMKX 031012 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 412 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO PERSIST INTO THIS AFTERNOON... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER GEORGIAN BAY THIS MORNING WILL PULL AWAY INTO QUEBEC BY THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING AND TURNING TO THE NORTH TONIGHT. LMZ643>646-031800- /O.CAN.KMKX.GL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120303T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.SC.Y.0020.120303T1012Z-120303T2200Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 412 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST AND DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WAVES: 3 TO 5 FEET WITH HIGHEST WAVES TOWARD OPEN WATER. WAVES DIMINISHING TO 2 TO 4 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 22 TO 33 KNOTS AND/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. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX CRAVEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 8:51 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 10 more | 26 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:51 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake, Iowa, Lafayette, Marquette, Sauk | 22 hr |
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