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Gale Warning 26, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 11, 2026

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this gale warning at May 11, 2026, 8:30 PM CDT. It took effect at May 12, 2026, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 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 11, 2026, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
In effect from: May 12, 2026, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 12, 2026, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 14 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 11, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 7:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 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 12, 3:45 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	4 hr
May 12, 6:07 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		22 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.