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Gale Warning 56, NWS Chicago, IL

March 11, 2011

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Mar 11, 2011, 3:37 PM CST. It took effect at Mar 12, 2011, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 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: Mar 11, 2011, 3:37 PM CST (21:37 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2011, 9:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 12, 2011, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 12 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 Mar 11, 3:16 PM CST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 3:16 PM CST, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 10:55 AM CST, 4 hours 42 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
Mar 10, 8:07 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	16 hr
Mar 11, 3:28 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		12 hr
Mar 11, 10:38 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake	64 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Illinois, 2011 Every gale warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.