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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2012, 12:11 PM CST for Cook County, DuPage County, Will County, Illinois. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2012, 12:11 PM CST (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2012, 12:32 PM CST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Cook County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Will County, IL
The radar
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 10, 12:01 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 12:01 PM CST, 10 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 426 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 111030- 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 CST SAT NOV 10 2012 /526 AM EST SAT NOV 10 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE MORNING... MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY. GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. .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>745-111030- 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 CST SAT NOV 10 2012 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. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. STRONG WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. && 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- 870-872-874-876-878-111030- 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 CST SAT NOV 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO BMD
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 10:02 PM CST | Gale Watch | LOT | 5 hr | |
| Nov 9, 10:02 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 12 hr | |
| Nov 10, 3:16 AM CST | Gale Warning | LOT | 42 hr | |
| Nov 10, 7:50 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lee | 25 min |
| Nov 10, 10:24 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 23 hr | |
| Nov 10, 10:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Winnebago | 36 min |
| Nov 10, 11:03 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kane | 27 min |
| Nov 10, 11:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 27 min |
| Nov 10, 12:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 29 min |
| Nov 10, 12:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 3:50 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.