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Gale Watch 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 9, 2016

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this gale watch at Apr 9, 2016, 10:04 AM CDT. It took effect at Apr 10, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2016, 10:04 AM CDT (15:04 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2016, 3:46 PM 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 9, 3:00 AM CDT, 7 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 3:00 AM CDT, 7 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 9:57 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 9, 9:47 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
947 AM CDT SAT APR 09 2016

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

0700 AM     SNOW             3 WNW BEAVER DAM        43.48N 88.89W
04/09/2016  M4.2 INCH        DODGE              WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24-HOUR TOTAL.

0700 AM     SNOW             2 WNW BEAVER DAM        43.48N 88.87W
04/09/2016  M3.2 INCH        DODGE              WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24-HOUR TOTAL.

0700 AM     SNOW             3 NW SHEBOYGAN          43.78N 87.76W
04/09/2016  M2.5 INCH        SHEBOYGAN          WI   COCORAHS

0700 AM     SNOW             3 N SHEBOYGAN           43.79N 87.72W
04/09/2016  M2.5 INCH        SHEBOYGAN          WI   COCORAHS

0700 AM     SNOW             2 SW FOND DU LAC        43.76N 88.48W
04/09/2016  M2.0 INCH        FOND DU LAC        WI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24-HOUR TOTAL.

0700 AM     SNOW             3 SE PRINCETON          43.82N 89.09W
04/09/2016  M4.2 INCH        GREEN LAKE         WI   COCORAHS

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JTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 12:07 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX10 hr
Apr 9, 3:34 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Kenosha and 8 more16 hr
Apr 9, 3:46 PM CDTGale WarningMKX23 hr

Nearby

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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.