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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Chicago, IL

July 17, 1996Will County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 17, 1996, 5:38 PM CDT for Will County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 1996, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 1996, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Whole counties

County Will County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 17, 5:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Shorewood, IL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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 tornado 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 17, 5:06 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 5:24 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Cook, Will	25 min
Jul 17, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	50 min
Jul 17, 5:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	2 hr
Jul 17, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Kankakee, Will	31 min
Jul 17, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Kankakee	47 min
Jul 17, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Jasper, Pulaski, Starke	43 min
Jul 17, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Pulaski	53 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.