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Gale Warning 4, NWS Chicago, IL

January 13, 2014

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Jan 13, 2014, 3:26 PM CST. It took effect at Jan 14, 2014, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 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: Jan 13, 2014, 3:26 PM CST (21:26 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 14, 2014, 3:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 15, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 18 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 Jan 13, 3:18 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 3:18 PM CST, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 3:29 AM CST, 11 hours 57 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 8:53 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy, Will	36 hr
Jan 13, 3:22 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		12 hr
Jan 13, 3:26 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		24 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Illinois, 2014 Every gale warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.