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Gale Warning 16, NWS Milwaukee, WI

March 14, 2026

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this gale warning at Mar 14, 2026, 3:26 PM CDT. It took effect at Mar 15, 2026, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 52 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 14, 2026, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 15, 2026, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 17, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 52 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 13, 11:56 PM CDT, 15 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 11:56 PM CDT, 15 hours 30 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 14, 1:10 AM CDT	Gale Watch	MKX	20 hr
Mar 14, 1:10 AM CDT	Storm Watch	MKX	23 hr
Mar 14, 1:10 AM CDT	Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	MKX	23 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.