Alert archive / Illinois / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 74, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Sep 30, 2011, 3:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 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
- Sep 30, 2011, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 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 Sep 30, 3:44 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 3:44 AM CDT, 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 29, 4:11 PM CDT, 11 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 411 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 302115- 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- 411 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 /511 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY EARLY INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHWEST INDIANA LAKESHORE. DUE TO VERY LARGE WAVES DEVELOPING ON LAKE MICHIGAN...COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY FOR THE PORTER COUNTY LAKESHORE THROUGH TONIGHT. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT FOR BOTH THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA LAKE SHORES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CONTINUED COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY FOR THE PORTER COUNTY LAKESHORE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT FOR BOTH THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA LAKE SHORES. .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>745-302115- 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- 411 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 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 WILL BE INCREASING TO STORM FORCE ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA NEAR SHORE WATERS BY EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH STORM FORCE WINDS CONTINUING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE INDIANA NEAR SHORE FROM GARY TO MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA INTO EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STORM FORCE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO GALE FORCE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA NEAR SHORE WATERS TO GARY INDIANA...WITH GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA NEAR SHORES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO 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- 870-872-874-876-878-302115- 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- 411 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH GALE FORCE WINDS PERSISTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO RC
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 30, 12:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 11:58 AM CDT | Lakeshore Flood Statement | LOT | 4 hr | |
| Sep 30, 3:15 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 43 hr |
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