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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1998, 8:42 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 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
- May 12, 1998, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 1998, 9:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County DeKalb County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 9:19 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Cortland, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kendall | 23 min |
| May 12, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kendall | 83 min |
| May 12, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 49 min |
| May 12, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kane | 61 min |
| May 12, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 62 min |
| May 12, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee | 44 min |
| May 12, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee, Ogle | 60 min |
| May 12, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake | 25 min |
| May 12, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DeKalb, LaSalle | 57 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.