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Gale Warning 17, NWS Chicago, IL

March 24, 2013

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Mar 24, 2013, 9:55 AM CDT. It took effect at Mar 24, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 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
Mar 24, 2013, 9:55 AM CDT (14:55 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 24, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 25, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
17 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 Mar 24, 9:17 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 9:17 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 4:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 24, 8:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 2:46 AM CDTWinter Storm WarningLOTFord, Iroquois28 hr
Mar 24, 2:46 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLOTKankakee, Livingston28 hr
Mar 24, 9:55 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOT53 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.