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Small Craft Advisory 62, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 16, 2025

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this small craft advisory at May 16, 2025, 2:12 AM CDT. It took effect at May 16, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2025, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 17, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at May 15, 10:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 10:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 8:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 15, 8:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 8:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 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 15, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		33 min
May 16, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Waukesha	37 min
May 16, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Iowa	48 min
May 16, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Waukesha	27 min
May 16, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington	38 min
May 16, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia	31 min
May 16, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac	35 min
May 16, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Sheboygan	24 min
May 16, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac	27 min
May 16, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha	18 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.