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Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Chicago, IL

January 14, 200916 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this wind chill warning at Jan 14, 2009, 3:23 AM CST for 16 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jan 14, 2009, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 42 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: Jan 14, 2009, 3:23 AM CST (09:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 14, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 16, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

All 21 counties

Boone County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 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 wind chill 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 wind chill warning went out at Jan 13, 10:40 PM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 10:40 PM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 14, 1:08 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 14, 1:58 AM CST, 1 hour 25 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
Jan 14, 3:59 AM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		17 hr
Jan 14, 3:59 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		47 hr
Jan 14, 3:59 AM CST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	LOT		41 hr
Jan 14, 6:52 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle	17 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Warnings in Illinois, 2009 Wind Chill Warnings in Indiana, 2009 Every wind chill warning in 2009

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.