Alert archive / Illinois / Gale Warnings in 2011
Gale Warning 78, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Oct 20, 2011, 9:32 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 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
- Oct 20, 2011, 9:32 AM CDT (14:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2011, 3:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 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 Oct 20, 9:03 AM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 9:03 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 20, 4:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 426 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 210930- 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- 426 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 /526 AM EDT THU OCT 20 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 55 TO 60 MPH WILL BE OVER LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO LAKE MICHIGAN. WINDS WILL QUICKLY DROP OFF AWAY FROM THE LAKEFRONT...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO BATTER THE SHORE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING NEAR THE IMMEDIATE LAKE SHORE AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION. RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 2.5 INCHES OVER NORTHWESTERN INDIANA WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS. FOR LATE TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S...COMBINED WITH LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF FROST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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>745-210930- 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- 426 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS WINDS AND WAVES TO SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WAVES TO SMALL CRAFT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. && 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- 870-872-874-876-878-210930- 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- 426 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TAPER OFF TO GALES OF 35 TO 40 KT THOUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO KREIN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 20, 8:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 3:46 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle and 5 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:01 PM CDT | Gale Warning | LOT | 10 hr | |
| Oct 20, 3:01 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 24 hr |
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