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Gale Warning 54, NWS Chicago, IL

February 28, 2011

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Feb 28, 2011, 2:57 PM CST. It took effect at Mar 1, 2011, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 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: Feb 28, 2011, 2:57 PM CST (20:57 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 1, 2011, 8:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 1, 2011, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 13 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 Feb 27, 4:06 PM CST, 22 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 4:06 PM CST, 22 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 4:59 PM CST, 21 hours 58 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
Feb 27, 9:16 PM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		12 hr
Feb 27, 9:20 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook, Grundy, Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston, Will	5 hr
Feb 28, 2:43 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		12 hr
Feb 28, 10:16 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois	17 hr
Feb 28, 10:58 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	55 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.