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Gale Warning 22, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 20, 2025

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this gale warning at May 20, 2025, 2:10 AM CDT. It took effect at May 20, 2025, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 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 20, 2025, 2:10 AM CDT (07:10 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2025, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 20, 2025, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at May 19, 9:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 9:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 9:22 PM CDT, 4 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 20, 2:10 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		49 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.