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Gale Watch 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI

February 13, 2020

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this gale watch at Feb 13, 2020, 12:10 PM CST. It took effect at Feb 15, 2020, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 13, 2020, 12:10 PM CST (18:10 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 15, 2020, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 14, 2020, 2:26 AM 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 Feb 13, 5:32 AM CST, 6 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 5:32 AM CST, 6 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 9:27 AM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 13, 8:09 AM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Feb 13, 8:27 AM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 13, 8:51 AM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
851 AM CST THU FEB 13 2020

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

0830 AM     SNOW             GLENDALE                43.13N 87.93W
02/13/2020  M2.0 INCH        MILWAUKEE          WI   PUBLIC

            RELAYED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.

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Local storm report, Feb 13, 9:58 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
958 AM CST THU FEB 13 2020

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

0958 AM     SNOW             3 SW WAUKESHA           42.98N 88.28W
02/13/2020  M2.5 INCH        WAUKESHA           WI   PUBLIC

            RELAYED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.

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Local storm report, Feb 13, 10:32 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1032 AM CST THU FEB 13 2020

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

1032 AM     SNOW             RIPON                   43.85N 88.85W
02/13/2020  M2.5 INCH        FOND DU LAC        WI   PUBLIC

            RELAYED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.

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Local storm report, Feb 13, 10:49 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1049 AM CST THU FEB 13 2020

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

1034 AM     SNOW             2 SE BIG BEND           42.85N 88.18W
02/13/2020  M2.4 INCH        WAUKESHA           WI   PUBLIC

0815 AM     SNOW             3 E ROSENDALE           43.83N 88.62W
02/13/2020  E2.0 INCH        FOND DU LAC        WI   PUBLIC

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 13, 2:29 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	20 hr

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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.