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Gale Warning 62, NWS Chicago, IL

April 14, 2011

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Apr 14, 2011, 3:15 AM CDT. It took effect at Apr 15, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 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: Apr 14, 2011, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 15, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 16, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 30 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 Apr 14, 3:05 AM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 3:05 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 3:46 PM CDT, 11 hours 29 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
Apr 13, 9:35 PM CDT	Gale Watch	LOT		12 hr
Apr 13, 9:35 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		29 hr
Apr 14, 5:04 AM CDT	Lakeshore Flood Statement	LOT	Lake	39 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.