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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Chicago, IL

July 11, 1989Kane County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1989, 2:53 PM CDT for Kane County, Illinois. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1989, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1989, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Kane County, IL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 9:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 12:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:45 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
2 45 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 1989

     ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

   AT 2 40 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  THE AREA OF STRONGEST STORMS WAS LOCATED
OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF DE KALB COUNTY. HOWEVER...SATELLITE IMAGERY
OVER THE PAST HOUR HAS INDICATED AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITY SOUTHWESTWARD
TO WEST OF MARSEILLES. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25
MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING WESTERN KANE AND KENDALL COUNTIES BY 4 PM CDT.

   MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

MERZLOCK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTKane66 min
Jul 11, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTKankakee52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.