Alert archive / Wisconsin / Gale Watches in 2013
Gale Watch 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
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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</html>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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MEBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 8:06 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 8 hr | |
| Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 6 days |
| Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 48 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 24 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Green | 7 days |
| Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 43 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Racine | 68 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 24 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Rock | 44 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:33 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Racine | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sauk | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sauk | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Racine | 53 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Racine | 5 days |
| Apr 18, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 11 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:23 AM CDT | Gale Warning | MKX | 33 hr | |
| Apr 18, 10:23 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 16 hr | |
| Apr 18, 4:12 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | 5 hr | |
| Apr 18, 5:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Rock | 28 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.