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Small Craft Advisory 85, NWS Milwaukee, WI

September 18, 2026

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this small craft advisory at Sep 18, 2026, 2:02 PM CDT. It took effect at Sep 18, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 18, 2026, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 18, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 24, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 days
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 Sep 18, 7:14 AM CDT, 6 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 7:14 AM CDT, 6 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 18, 12:19 AM CDT, 13 hours 43 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
Sep 17, 9:07 PM CDT	Flood Watch	MKX	Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more	58 hr
Sep 18, 2:03 PM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan	6 days

Nearby

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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.