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Gale Warning 54, NWS Chicago, IL

December 5, 2012

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Dec 5, 2012, 3:05 AM CST. It took effect at Dec 6, 2012, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 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: Dec 5, 2012, 3:05 AM CST (09:05 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 6, 2012, 2:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 6, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 16 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 Dec 4, 3:57 PM CST, 11 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 3:57 PM CST, 11 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 4, 3:23 PM CST, 11 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
Dec 4, 8:34 PM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		7 hr
Dec 5, 3:16 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		24 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Illinois, 2012 Every gale warning in 2012

Sources

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