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Gale Warning 49, NWS Chicago, IL

December 16, 2013

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Dec 16, 2013, 8:54 PM CST. It took effect at Dec 17, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 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
Dec 16, 2013, 8:54 PM CST (02:54 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 17, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 17, 2013, 6:30 PM CST
In force
10 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 Dec 16, 8:36 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 8:36 PM CST, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 16, 3:59 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 16, 3:55 PM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 16, 5:51 PM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 16, 6:05 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
605 PM CST MON DEC 16 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     SNOW             3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT     41.75N 87.79W
12/16/2013  M0.5 INCH        COOK               IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TOTAL SINCE 3 PM. 0.03 LIQUID EQUIVALENT.

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MTF
Special weather statement, Dec 16, 6:58 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
658 PM CST MON DEC 16 2013

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-INZ001-002-010-011-171030-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-
JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...GARY...
VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER
658 PM CST MON DEC 16 2013

...ANOTHER QUICK HITTING SHOT OF SNOW TUESDAY MORNING...

A SYSTEM SIMILAR TO THE ONE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL MOVE ACROSS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA ON TUESDAY MORNING
BRINGING ANOTHER QUICK BURST OF SNOW. THIS WILL ALSO LIKELY BRING
TEMPORARY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES. SNOW SHOULD ARRIVE IN
THE ROCKFORD AREA BY ABOUT SUNRISE...AND THE CHICAGO AREA SOON
AFTER SUNRISE. A QUICK ONE TO POSSIBLY TWO INCHES COULD
ACCUMULATE IN A FEW HOUR TIME PERIOD ACROSS THESE AREAS...WITH
LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH.

THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE IMPACT ON THE MORNING COMMUTE IN
BOTH ROCKFORD AND THE CHICAGO METRO AREA WITH MODERATE TO BRIEFLY
HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING. THOSE NEEDING TO TRAVEL SHOULD PLAN FOR
POTENTIAL LONGER COMMUTE TIMES.

IN ADDITION...THE SNOW WILL HAVE AN EVEN LIGHTER WATER CONTENT AND
BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO BLOWING...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS...AS NORTHWEST
WINDS INCREASE LATER TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

MDB/MTF

VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE)

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT:
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV
WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO
WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
Special weather statement, Dec 16, 7:27 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
727 PM CST MON DEC 16 2013

ILZ032-033-039-INZ019-170600-
LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON...FOWLER
727 PM CST MON DEC 16 2013 /827 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013/

...FREEZING FOG THIS EVENING...

MOIST CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS HAVE ALLOWED FOR FOG TO DEVELOP
ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND PARTS OF WESTERN INDIANA. SOME OF
THIS FOG IS DENSE REDUCING VISIBILITY TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A
MILE. DUE TO TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING...ICING ON ROADWAYS
HAS BEEN REPORTED AND IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT OR
SO. SOME AREA ROADWAYS THIS MAY IMPACT INCLUDE INTERSTATES 55 AND
57...AND U.S. HIGHWAYS 24 AND 41.

BY EARLY OVERNIGHT...AN INCREASE IN WESTERLY WINDS IS EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THE FOG...THOUGH ICY CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST
ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS THROUGH DAYBREAK.

MTF

VISIT US AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO (ALL LOWERCASE)

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND YOUTUBE AT:
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHICAGO.GOV
WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSCHICAGO
WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSCHICAGO
Local storm report, Dec 16, 7:45 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
745 PM CST MON DEC 16 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0744 PM     SNOW             WOODSTOCK               42.31N 88.44W
12/16/2013  M1.5 INCH        MCHENRY            IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            SUPPLEMENTAL COOP OBSERVER. 7 INCHES ON GROUND

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 3:23 PM CSTGale WatchLOT6 hr

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Sources

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