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Gale Warning 68, NWS Chicago, IL

May 14, 2011

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at May 14, 2011, 3:06 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 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: May 14, 2011, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2011, 10:09 AM CDT
In force: 7 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 May 14, 1:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 1:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 9:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 44 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
May 13, 8:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	DeKalb	14 hr
May 13, 8:53 PM CDT	Gale Warning	LOT		48 hr
May 14, 11:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston and 1 more	4 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.