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Small Craft Advisory 43, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 16, 2026

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this small craft advisory at Apr 16, 2026, 9:55 PM CDT. It took effect at Apr 17, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2026, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 17, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 18, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 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 Apr 16, 6:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 6:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 2:49 PM CDT, 7 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 16, 4:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 4:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 4:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 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
Apr 17, 10:40 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	MKX	Green Lake	66 hr
Apr 17, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Sauk	46 min
Apr 17, 2:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Sauk	21 min
Apr 17, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Columbia	39 min
Apr 17, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Lafayette	37 min
Apr 17, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Lafayette	18 min
Apr 17, 3:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Lafayette	43 min
Apr 17, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Lafayette	42 min
Apr 17, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Lafayette	40 min
Apr 17, 4:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Lafayette	3 hr
Apr 17, 4:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Green	42 min
Apr 17, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette	38 min
Apr 17, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Lafayette	29 min
Apr 17, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Green Lake, Iowa, Sauk	66 min
Apr 17, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock	65 min
Apr 17, 4:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dane, Green, Lafayette, Rock	3 hr
Apr 17, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dodge	13 min
Apr 17, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Jefferson	43 min
Apr 17, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Iowa	38 min
Apr 17, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Rock	50 min
Apr 17, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette	22 min
Apr 17, 4:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dane, Iowa	3 hr
Apr 17, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane	36 min
Apr 17, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Iowa	51 min
Apr 17, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Rock	48 min
Apr 17, 5:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Green, Lafayette	4 hr
Apr 17, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Jefferson	59 min
Apr 17, 5:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Iowa	3 hr
Apr 17, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Dane	41 min
Apr 17, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Dane, Green, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha	65 min
Apr 17, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MKX	Rock, Walworth	42 min
Apr 17, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Lafayette	41 min
Apr 17, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Rock	52 min
Apr 17, 5:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Rock, Walworth	5 hr
Apr 17, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington	42 min
Apr 17, 5:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Washington	3 hr
Apr 17, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Washington	51 min
Apr 17, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Iowa	38 min
Apr 17, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane	40 min
Apr 17, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MKX	Jefferson, Rock, Waukesha	25 min
Apr 17, 6:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MKX	Green, Rock	3 hr
Apr 17, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		3 hr
Apr 17, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Walworth	28 min
Apr 17, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Jefferson, Rock	32 min
Apr 17, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Dane, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha	64 min
Apr 17, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green	28 min
Apr 17, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Rock	14 min
Apr 17, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MKX	Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington	57 min
Apr 17, 6:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MKX	Rock	3 hr
Apr 17, 6:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington	3 hr
Apr 17, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington	51 min
Apr 17, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Walworth	35 min
Apr 17, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dane, Dodge, Jefferson	13 min
Apr 17, 6:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MKX	Dane, Jefferson, Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha	3 hr
Apr 17, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Walworth	24 min
Apr 17, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		3 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.