Gale Warning

NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI · US

Updated

Details

Gale Warning Will Expire At 1 PM CDT This Afternoon

Event: Gale Warning
Issued: 2026-09-15 17:53:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-15 17:53:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-15 19:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-15 18:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

Wind gusts and wave heights will continue to slowly decrease this afternoon. Therefore, the Gale Warning will be allowed to expire. Waves in the 5 to 9 ft range will linger for several hours.

Affected areas

Lake Michigan from Seul Choix Point to Rock Island Passage 5NM offshore to Mid Lake
Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the Mackinac Bridge and North of a line from Charlevoix MI to South Fox Island 5NM offshore
Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to mid lake
Lake Michigan from Rock Island Passage to Sturgeon Bay WI 5NM offshore to mid lake

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-15 17:54:06 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~1m6s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M2K38RSAZ7BABXMMP8YTWC0F
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.78d12455848319399646e65bf64b6e75f0b74476.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
AWIPS ID: CAPMKX
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.8153
WMO heading: XOUS53
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 53

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3a7ed352625561c6b1dab9252eaea084064aa72d.003.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-15 10:15:00 UTC

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Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-15 12:00:00 UTC

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Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-15 13:29:00 UTC

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Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-15 07:46:00 UTC

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Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-15 01:47:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e48a3e132fb837f4910d871309eee58d19b9fee8.003.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-14 19:44:00 UTC

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Sent: 2026-09-14 13:52:00 UTC

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Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-14 08:19:00 UTC

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Sent: 2026-09-14 02:08:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	GLW

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	MWWMKX
WMOidentifier	WHUS73 KMKX 151753
NWSheadline	GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.EXP.KMKX.GL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-260915T1800Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-15T13:00:00-05:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c58a5f6df3580edea0d91e8a47e1eddc73149257.003.1,2026-09-15T02:46:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4f53bb39da23d0528ca055012c3fc6b1c3caf9bd.003.1,2026-09-14T20:47:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e48a3e132fb837f4910d871309eee58d19b9fee8.003.1,2026-09-14T14:44:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2ebbaa92fb946bb0134b3ad84fbeb5e3e92f4408.003.1,2026-09-14T08:52:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.15c032deea8c2a98bcbcab7d99428ad443ea290e.003.1,2026-09-14T03:19:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cfcc3b88df8507199c0089a5b4f83f3b083f5074.003.2,2026-09-13T21:08:00-05:00

Locations

Location data

Lake Michigan from Seul Choix Point to Rock Island Passage 5NM offshore to Mid Lake
Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the Mackinac Bridge and North of a line from Charlevoix MI to South Fox Island 5NM offshore
Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to mid lake
Lake Michigan from Rock Island Passage to Sturgeon Bay WI 5NM offshore to mid lake

Name	Value
SAME	092261
SAME	092362
SAME	092364
SAME	092563
UGC	LMZ261
UGC	LMZ362
UGC	LMZ364
UGC	LMZ563