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Gale Warning 15, NWS Milwaukee, WI

March 12, 2026

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this gale warning at Mar 12, 2026, 3:00 AM CDT. It took effect at Mar 12, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 27 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: Mar 12, 2026, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 14, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 27 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 Mar 12, 12:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 12:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 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
Mar 11, 9:13 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	16 hr
Mar 12, 9:35 AM CDT	Storm Warning	MKX		34 hr
Mar 12, 12:57 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	27 hr
Mar 12, 2:24 PM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	57 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Wisconsin, 2026 Every gale warning in 2026

Sources

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