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Gale Watch 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI

January 3, 2017

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this gale watch at Jan 3, 2017, 3:09 AM CST. It took effect at Jan 3, 2017, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2017, 3:09 AM CST (09:09 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 3, 2017, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 3, 2017, 3:12 PM CST
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 Jan 3, 3:07 AM CST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 3:07 AM CST, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 11:40 PM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1140 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-040545-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
1140 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT

SLICK SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADS MAY LINGER OVERNIGHT NORTH AND WEST
OF MADISON...TOWARD THE WISCONSIN DELLS AND MONTELLO AREAS.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR THE MILWAUKEE AND
MADISON METRO AREAS...AND POINTS SOUTH...FOR VISIBILITY VALUES
DOWN TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ARCTIC AIR WILL PREVAIL OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FROM WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES
WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 20 BELOW ZERO EACH MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST
READINGS TOWARD CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ643>646-040545-
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-
1140 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT

FOG WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A MILE ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. A
DENSE FOG ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...FOR BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS...FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THESE
WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. HIGH WAVES
AND SOME FREEZING SPRAY ARE EXPECTED TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS.

WOOD
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 9:38 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMKXDane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Iowa, Jefferson and 10 more12 hr
Jan 3, 3:12 PM CSTGale WarningMKX21 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.