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Gale Watch 7, NWS Chicago, IL

February 25, 2012

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale watch at Feb 25, 2012, 3:34 AM CST. It took effect at Feb 26, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 25, 2012, 3:34 AM CST (09:34 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 26, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 25, 2012, 2:59 PM 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 Feb 25, 3:33 AM CST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 3:33 AM CST, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 4:09 PM CST, 11 hours 25 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
Feb 25, 2:59 PM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		30 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.