Alert archive / Illinois / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 42, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Jan 1, 2011, 3:55 AM CST. It took effect at Jan 1, 2011, 9:50 AM CST. It was in force for 16 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 1, 2011, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 1, 2011, 9:50 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2011, 2:07 AM CST
- In force
- 16 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 Jan 1, 3:44 AM CST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 3:44 AM CST, 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 31, 4:12 PM CST, 11 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 412 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 012215- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE- DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 412 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /512 PM EST FRI DEC 31 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER OF A MILE WILL LINGER INTO EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SHARPLY COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT WILL CAUSE FREEZING OF PONDED WATER...AND MAY RESULT IN SIDEWALKS...PARKING LOTS AND ROADS BECOMING ICY AND SLIPPERY. RECENT SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL HAS LED TO PONDING OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND DITCHES...AND RUNOFF HAS CAUSED RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. SOME OF THE SMALLER TRIBUTARIES WILL SEE MORE IMMEDIATE RISES FROM THIS RUNOFF...WHILE LARGER RIVERS MAY SEE SLOWER RISES OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ICE BREAKUP AND ICE JAM FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO LMZ740>745-012215- WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR- WILMETTE HARBOR TO NORTHERLY ISLAND- NORTHERLY ISLAND TO CALUMET HARBOR-CALUMET HARBOR TO GARY- GARY TO BURNS HARBOR-BURNS HARBOR TO MICHIGAN CITY- 412 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WINDS AND WAVES HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS AND WAVES HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868- 870-872-874-876-878-012215- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MICHIGAN CITY IN TO ST. JOSEPH MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEUL CHOIX POINT TO THE MACKINAC BRIDGE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLEVOIX MI TO SOUTH FOX ISLAND 5 NM OFFSHORE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM CHARLEVOIX TO POINT BETSIE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM POINT BETSIE TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WILMETTE HARBOR IL 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WILMETTE HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- LAKE MICHIGAN FROM ST. JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI 5 NM OFFSHORE TO MID LAKE- 412 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST GALE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SOUTHWEST GALE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF LAKE MICHIGAN. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO RATZER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 10:57 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 24 hr |
| Jan 1, 11:10 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle | 18 hr |
| Jan 1, 11:39 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Grundy | 8 hr |
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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.