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Gale Watch 30, NWS Milwaukee, WI

October 15, 2020

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this gale watch at Oct 15, 2020, 2:20 PM CDT. It took effect at Oct 17, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 15, 2020, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 17, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 16, 2020, 2:24 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 Oct 15, 2:15 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 2:15 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 15, 8:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 28 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
Oct 14, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Fond du Lac, Green Lake	35 min
Oct 15, 2:56 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	29 hr
Oct 15, 8:50 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		9 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.