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Storm Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this storm warning at Dec 28, 2015, 3:45 AM CST. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 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
- Dec 28, 2015, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
613 WHUS73 KMKX 280945 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 345 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...STORM FORCE EAST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL LEAD TO EAST GALES THIS MORNING AND STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AS THE LOW REACHES NORTHERN ILLINOIS. LMZ643>646-281745- /O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0116.000000T0000Z-151228T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMKX.GL.W.0034.151228T1200Z-151229T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.SR.W.0001.151228T1200Z-151229T0400Z/ 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- 345 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO 30 KNOTS... VEERING EAST AND INCREASING TO GALES UP TO 35 KNOTS THIS MORNING. THEN EAST STORM FORCE WINDS OF 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS SLOWLY EASE AND LATE TONIGHT. * WAVES: 4 TO 7 FEET BUILDING TO 9 TO 11 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND 10 TO 134 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. && $$ HENTZ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
4 follow-up statements
223 WHUS73 KMKX 281318 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 718 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...STORM FORCE EAST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL LEAD TO EAST GALES THIS MORNING AND STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AS THE LOW REACHES NORTHERN ILLINOIS. LMZ643>646-282130- /O.CON.KMKX.SR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151229T0400Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 718 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO 30 KNOTS...VEERING EAST AND INCREASING TO GALES UP TO 35 KNOTS THIS MORNING. THEN EAST STORM FORCE WINDS OF 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS SLOWLY EASE AND LATE TONIGHT. * WAVES: 4 TO 7 FEET BUILDING TO 9 TO 11 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND 10 TO 134 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. && $$ HENTZ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
692 WHUS73 KMKX 281509 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 909 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...STORM FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL LEAD TO EAST GALES THIS MORNING AND STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...AS THE LOW REACHES NORTHERN ILLINOIS. MARINE TRAVEL ON THE NEAR SHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN IS NOT RECOMMENDED. LMZ643>646-282315- /O.CON.KMKX.SR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151229T0400Z/ 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- 909 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: NORTHEAST TO 30 KNOTS...VEERING EAST AND INCREASING TO GALES UP TO 35 KNOTS THIS MORNING. THEN EAST STORM FORCE WINDS OF 45 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS SLOWLY EASE LATER TONIGHT. * WAVES: 4 TO 7 FEET BUILDING TO 9 TO 11 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND 10 TO 13 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX KAVINSKY
202 WHUS73 KMKX 282047 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 247 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...STORM FORCE GUSTS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING... STRONG LOW PRESSURE NEAR ST. LOUIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG EAST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES AND MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND LAKE MICHIGAN LATER TONIGHT...WIND SPEEDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH. MARINE TRAVEL ON THE NEAR SHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN IS NOT RECOMMENDED. LMZ643>646-290400- /O.CON.KMKX.SR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151229T0400Z/ SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 247 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: NORTHEAST GALES TO 35 KNOTS WITH STORM FORCE GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS. WINDS DECREASING LATER TONIGHT. * WAVES: 9 TO 13 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 8 FEET LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A STORM WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 48 TO 63 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEA CONDITIONS...AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND WAVES SUBSIDE. && $$ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX KAVINSKY
300 WHUS73 KMKX 290403 MWWMKX URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1003 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK TOWARD KENOSHA AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. AS A RESULT...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS WILL REMAIN ONSHORE THROUGH TUESDAY...THUS WAVES WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LMZ643>646-291215- /O.EXP.KMKX.SR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151229T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.SC.Y.0117.151229T0403Z-151230T0000Z/ 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- 1003 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... ...STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS BY MORNING. A FEW GALE GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * WAVES: 9 TO 12 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 23 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 8:39 PM CST | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan | 27 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.