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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 7, 20208 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this freeze warning at May 7, 2020, 9:17 AM CDT for 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 8, 2020, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 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: May 7, 2020, 9:17 AM CDT (14:17 UTC)
In effect from: May 8, 2020, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 8, 2020, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Columbia County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Washington County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at May 7, 6:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 6:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 3:29 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 2:53 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		40 hr
May 7, 9:25 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	18 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Wisconsin, 2020 Every freeze warning in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.