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Small Craft Advisory 21, NWS Milwaukee, WI

February 28, 2017

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this small craft advisory at Feb 28, 2017, 3:55 AM CST. It took effect at Feb 28, 2017, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2017, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2017, 4:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 28, 2017, 3:04 PM CST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

The text

As transmitted.

342 
WHUS73 KMKX 280955
MWWMKX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
355 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

...OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS TODAY...

.A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING LOW
PRESSURE AND A WARM FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE OCCASIONAL GUSTY
WINDS TO 25 KNOTS OVER THE LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR SHORE WATERS TODAY. THE
ONSHORE WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE WAVES TO INCREASE. 

THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING BUT THEN WILL
INCREASE FROM THE NORTH LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS LOW
PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER LOWER MICHIGAN. ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED THEN. 

LMZ643>646-281800-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SC.Y.0021.170228T1000Z-170301T0000Z/
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-
355 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 
25 KNOTS. 

* WAVES: INCREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

MBK
3 follow-up statements
465 
WHUS73 KMKX 281539
MWWMKX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
939 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

...OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS TODAY...

.A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING LOW
PRESSURE AND A WARM FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE OCCASIONAL GUSTY
WINDS TO 25 KNOTS OVER THE LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR SHORE WATERS TODAY.
THE ONSHORE WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE WAVES TO INCREASE.

THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING BUT THEN WILL
INCREASE FROM THE NORTH LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS
LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER LOWER MICHIGAN. ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED THEN.

LMZ643>646-282345-
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-170301T0000Z/
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-
939 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 
  25 KNOTS.

* WAVES: INCREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
HENTZ 

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
364 
WHUS73 KMKX 281854
MWWMKX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1254 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

...OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS TODAY...
...DENSE FOG AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT...ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING LOW 
PRESSURE AND A WARM FRONT...ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE OCCASIONAL 
GUSTY WINDS TO 25 KNOTS OVER THE LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR SHORE WATERS 
TODAY. THE ONSHORE WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE WAVES TO INCREASE.

DENSE FOG AT TIMES IS EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO THIS EVENING...WITH
MILD AND MOIST AIR FLOWING OVER THE COOL LAKE MICHIGAN WATERS.

THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING...BUT THEN 
WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING...AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER LOWER MICHIGAN. 
ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED THEN.

LMZ643>646-010300-
/O.NEW.KMKX.MF.Y.0005.170228T1854Z-170301T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMKX.SC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-170301T0000Z/
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-
1254 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 
  TO 25 KNOTS. 

* WAVES: INCREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET.

* VISIBILITY: 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID
NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. 

&&

$$
WOOD
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
177 
WHUS73 KMKX 282104
MWWMKX

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
304 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

...DENSE FOG AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING...
...GUSTY WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.DENSE FOG AT TIMES IS EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO THIS 
EVENING...WITH MILD AND MOIST AIR FLOWING OVER THE COOL LAKE 
MICHIGAN WATERS.

WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY...AS LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER LOWER MICHIGAN. GUSTS
TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED...WITH BUILDING WAVES. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT DURING THIS TIME.

LMZ643>646-010515-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-170301T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMKX.MF.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-170301T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.SC.Y.0022.170301T0600Z-170302T1000Z/
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-
304 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2017

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 4 AM CST THURSDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. 

* WINDS: NORTH AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS.

* WAVES: INCREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET.

* VISIBILITY: 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID
NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
SPM

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 8:54 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXIowa36 min
Feb 28, 9:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane31 min
Feb 28, 9:37 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane38 min
Feb 28, 9:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge48 min
Feb 28, 9:58 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSauk32 min
Feb 28, 10:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge52 min
Feb 28, 10:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington63 min
Feb 28, 10:54 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXColumbia36 min
Feb 28, 10:55 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMKX65 min
Feb 28, 11:21 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXFond du Lac39 min
Feb 28, 11:23 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSheboygan37 min
Feb 28, 11:54 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSheboygan36 min
Feb 28, 12:54 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMKX11 hr
Feb 28, 1:37 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Iowa and 11 more28 hr
Feb 28, 2:15 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Iowa and 5 more9 hr
Feb 28, 3:04 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX36 hr
Feb 28, 5:16 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen29 min
Feb 28, 5:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXKenosha, Racine49 min
Feb 28, 5:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen34 min

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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.