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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Chicago, IL

October 26, 2010Jasper County, Lake County, Porter County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 8:15 AM CDT for Jasper County, Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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: Oct 26, 2010, 8:15 AM CDT (13:15 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2010, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Porter County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 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
Oct 26, 3:28 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Oct 25, 6:47 PM CDT, 13 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 6:47 PM CDT, 13 hours 28 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
Oct 25, 7:48 PM CDT	Gale Warning	LOT		17 hr
Oct 26, 4:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Lee, Ogle	27 min
Oct 26, 4:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee, Ogle	48 min
Oct 26, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, Ogle, Winnebago	32 min
Oct 26, 5:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	DeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Livingston	33 min
Oct 26, 6:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Lee, Ogle	33 min
Oct 26, 6:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Kane	13 min
Oct 26, 7:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake	12 min
Oct 26, 7:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Kankakee, Will	23 min
Oct 26, 7:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois	29 min
Oct 26, 7:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake	10 min
Oct 26, 8:26 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		49 min
Oct 26, 6:41 PM CDT	Gale Warning	LOT		12 hr
Oct 26, 6:41 PM CDT	Storm Warning	LOT		27 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.