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Gale Watch 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 18, 2013

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this gale watch at Apr 18, 2013, 4:18 AM CDT. It took effect at Apr 19, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2013, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 19, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 18, 2013, 10:23 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at Apr 18, 4:06 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 4:06 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 8:09 PM CDT, 8 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
809 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-190115-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
809 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SLOW MOVING AND STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THURSDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO
3.5 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

AN AREAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. RIVERS
WILL RISE WITH MANY REACHING FLOOD STAGE ONCE AGAIN...WHILE OTHER
RIVERS ALREADY IN FLOOD WILL WORSEN...RISING INTO MODERATE AND MAJOR
FLOOD LEVELS. SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE PONDING AND WATER COVERED
ROADS EVEN AWAY FROM WATERWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. THIS
WILL ALSO BRING A CHANCE FOR URBAN FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY...SOUTHEAST OF A
SHEBOYGAN TO MADISON TO DARLINGTON LINE...AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD
FRONT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

AN AREAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A NUMBER
OF RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL RISE ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTS OR
FLOODING REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED.

LMZ643>646-190115-
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-
809 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR BRISK EAST TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS AND HIGH WAVES.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA INTO TONIGHT.
SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY...AHEAD OF AN
ADVANCING COLD FRONT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE ON THURSDAY.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

WEST WINDS WILL LIKELY REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS AGAIN EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TO EASTERN ONTARIO.

HENTZ

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 11:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1144 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1144 PM     HEAVY RAIN       5 SW MADISON            43.03N 89.45W
04/17/2013  M1.38 INCH       DANE               WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT.

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MEB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 8:06 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX8 hr
Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXJefferson6 days
Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXLafayette48 hr
Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXOzaukee24 hr
Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXGreen7 days
Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee43 hr
Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXRacine68 hr
Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXSheboygan24 hr
Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXRock44 hr
Apr 17, 9:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMKXRacine18 hr
Apr 18, 5:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXSauk4 hr
Apr 18, 5:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXSauk4 hr
Apr 18, 5:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXRacine53 hr
Apr 18, 10:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXRacine5 days
Apr 18, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee11 hr
Apr 18, 10:23 AM CDTGale WarningMKX33 hr
Apr 18, 10:23 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX16 hr
Apr 18, 4:12 PM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMKX5 hr
Apr 18, 5:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXRock28 hr

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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.