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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Chicago, IL

May 28, 1998Will County, Illinois; Lake County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1998, 11:08 PM CDT for Will County, Illinois; Lake County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 1998, 11:08 PM CDT (04:08 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 1998, 11:40 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Will County, IL, Lake County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 28, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee, Ogle, Winnebago	48 min
May 28, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb	55 min
May 28, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb	34 min
May 28, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kane, McHenry	36 min
May 28, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will	49 min
May 28, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kendall	49 min
May 28, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Kane	36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1998 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1998 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

Sources

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