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Ice Storm Warning 3, NWS Chicago, IL

December 10, 20078 counties in Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this ice storm warning at Dec 10, 2007, 1:02 PM CST for 8 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Dec 11, 2007, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 10, 2007, 1:02 PM CST (19:02 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 11, 2007, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 12, 2007, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

Counties Boone County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, Kane County, IL, Lake County, IL, Lee County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this ice storm 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 ice storm warning went out at Dec 9, 5:40 PM CST, 19 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 5:40 PM CST, 19 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 3:36 PM CST, 21 hours 26 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
Dec 9, 9:00 PM CST	Freezing Fog Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	12 hr
Dec 9, 9:26 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more	16 hr
Dec 10, 1:02 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	LOT	DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall and 2 more	35 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.