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Gale Warning 28, NWS Chicago, IL

August 11, 2014

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Aug 11, 2014, 10:01 PM CDT. It took effect at Aug 12, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
Aug 11, 2014, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 12, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 12, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
8 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 Aug 11, 6:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 6:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 3:22 PM CDT, 6 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
322 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2014

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
122030-
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-
322 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2014 /422 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE:

   OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
   BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
   A FEW SPORADIC WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON...NORTHEAST AND PARTS OF
  EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING
  AND NORTHWEST INDIANA EARLY THIS EVENING.

  DISCUSSION:

  A COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS
  AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
  AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. DAYTIME HEATING HAS LED TO WEAK
  DESTABILIZATION OF THE AIR MASS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...AND AN
  UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA.
  ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED JUST AHEAD OF
  THE FRONT...AND WILL MOVE EAST WITH THE FRONT THROUGH EARLY THIS
  EVENING. RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS ALOFT SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY
  SUBSTANTIAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THOUGH THE STRONGEST STORMS
  MAY PRODUCE SPORADIC BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO PERHAPS 40 MPH MAINLY
  ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS MAY ALSO
  PRODUCE BRIEF DOWNPOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DECREASE IN
  COVERAGE LATER THIS EVENING...THOUGH A FEW ISOLATED STORMS MAY
  REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER FAR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN LAKE
  MICHIGAN INTO THE NIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

HIGH WAVES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING
CONDITIONS TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ALONG THE ILLINOIS SHORE OF
LAKE MICHIGAN...AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR BEACHES ALONG THE
INDIANA SHORE.

THERE WILL BE PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA FROM
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

LMZ740>745-122030-
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-
322 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS NEARSHORE
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

STRONG WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR
SMALL CRAFT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT ALONG THE ILLINOIS SHORE AND
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG THE INDIANA SHORE.

THERE WILL BE PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA
FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

&&

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-122030-
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-
322 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LAKE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NORTH GALE FORCE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ON NORTHERN LAKE
MICHIGAN TUESDAY.

THERE WILL BE PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LAKE
FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 6:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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