Alert archive / Wisconsin / Gale Warnings in 2016
Gale Warning 5, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this gale warning at Feb 29, 2016, 3:39 AM CST. 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
- Feb 29, 2016, 3:39 AM CST (09:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2016, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
The text
As transmitted.
670 WHUS73 KGRB 290939 MWWGRB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 339 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016 ...GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES EXPECTED TODAY... .A POWERFUL ARCTIC FRONT WILL TRACK THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS MORNING...WITH COLD TEMPERATURES AND VERY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN DURING THIS TIME...WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN. WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED...WILL ISSUE A GALE WARNING FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF STURGEON BAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER SOUTH A FEW GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER NOT FOR LONG ENOUGH TO ISSUE A GALE WARNING. THEREFORE WILL STICK WITH THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SOUTH OF STURGEON BAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS AND WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW HEADLINE CRITERIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY NIGHT. LMZ541-291745- /O.UPG.KGRB.SC.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-160229T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.GL.W.0005.160229T0939Z-160229T2200Z/ ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- 339 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WEST WINDS TO 30 KTS VEERING NORTHWEST MID-DAY. GUSTS TO 40 KTS. * WAVES...3 TO 5 FEET. 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. && $$ LMZ542-543-291745- /O.CON.KGRB.SC.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-160229T2200Z/ STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI-TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI- 339 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KTS VEERING NW MID-DAY...THEN BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 20 KTS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OVER 20 KNOTS OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ KURIMSKI
1 follow-up statement
357 WHUS73 KGRB 291507 MWWGRB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 907 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016 ...GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES EXPECTED TODAY... .A POWERFUL ARCTIC FRONT IS TRACKING THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS MORNING...CARRYING COLD TEMPERATURES AND VERY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH IT. GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN. A FEW GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA AS WELL...BUT NOT AS STRONG OR AS FREQUENTLY AS IN THE GALE WARNING AREA. WINDS AND WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. LMZ541-292200- /O.CON.KGRB.GL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160229T2200Z/ ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- 907 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...WEST WINDS TO 30 KTS VEERING NORTHWEST MID-DAY. GUSTS TO 40 KTS. * WAVES...3 TO 5 FEET. 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. && $$ LMZ542-543-292200- /O.CON.KGRB.SC.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-160229T2200Z/ STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI-TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI- 907 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KTS VEERING NW MID-DAY...THEN BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 20 KTS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OVER 20 KNOTS OR WAVES GREATER THAN 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 11:28 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRB | Vilas | 12 hr |
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