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Gale Warning 55, NWS Chicago, IL

December 20, 2008

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Dec 20, 2008, 3:16 AM CST. It took effect at Dec 20, 2008, 4:10 PM CST. It was in force for 41 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 20, 2008, 3:16 AM CST (09:16 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 20, 2008, 4:10 PM CST
Expired: Dec 22, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 41 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Dec 19, 10:15 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 10:15 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 19, 3:57 PM CST, 11 hours 19 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 20, 3:16 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		13 hr
Dec 20, 3:16 AM CST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	LOT		54 hr
Dec 20, 4:17 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more	56 hr
Dec 20, 4:17 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	LOT	Boone, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago	7 hr
Dec 20, 5:16 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	Kane	6 hr
Dec 20, 10:06 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		11 hr
Dec 20, 10:57 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee and 7 more	37 hr

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Sources

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