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Small Craft Advisory 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI

January 20, 2026

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this small craft advisory at Jan 20, 2026, 2:47 PM CST. It took effect at Jan 21, 2026, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2026, 2:47 PM CST (20:47 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 21, 2026, 3:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 23, 2026, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 51 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 Jan 20, 10:51 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 10:51 AM CST, 3 hours 56 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
Jan 20, 2:40 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	MKX	Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette and 5 more	27 hr
Jan 20, 12:40 PM CST	Extreme Cold Watch	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	25 hr
Jan 20, 2:47 PM CST	Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	MKX		6 hr

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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.