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Storm Watch 1, NWS Chicago, IL

October 28, 2012

NWS Chicago, IL issued this storm watch at Oct 28, 2012, 4:06 AM CDT. It took effect at Oct 30, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 28, 2012, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 30, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 28, 2012, 4:10 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm watch went out at Oct 28, 3:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 3:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 4:26 PM CDT, 11 hours 40 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 28, 4:06 AM CDT	Gale Warning	LOT	71 hr
Oct 28, 4:17 AM CDT	Lakeshore Flood Watch	LOT	12 hr
Oct 28, 3:31 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	LOT	21 hr
Oct 28, 4:00 PM CDT	Lakeshore Flood Warning	LOT	66 hr
Oct 28, 4:10 PM CDT	Gale Warning	LOT	71 hr
Oct 28, 4:10 PM CDT	Storm Warning	LOT	48 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.