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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2003, 7:18 AM CDT for Cook County, Lake County, McHenry County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 4, 2003, 7:18 AM CDT (12:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2003, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cook County, IL, Lake County, IL, McHenry County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 5:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
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.
NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 3, 3:13 PM CDT, 16 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:13 PM CDT, 16 hours 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 88 min | |
| Jul 4, 6:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 88 min | |
| Jul 4, 6:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 88 min | |
| Jul 4, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 51 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.