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Gale Watch 2, NWS Chicago, IL

January 11, 2012

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale watch at Jan 11, 2012, 3:22 PM CST. It took effect at Jan 12, 2012, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2012, 3:22 PM CST (21:22 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2012, 3:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 12, 2012, 3:46 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 watch went out at Jan 11, 2:53 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 2:53 PM CST, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 4:27 AM CST, 10 hours 55 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
Jan 11, 3:13 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 6 more	11 hr
Jan 11, 2:05 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more	43 hr
Jan 11, 3:22 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		60 hr

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Sources

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