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Storm Watch 2, NWS Chicago, IL

February 19, 2014

NWS Chicago, IL issued this storm watch at Feb 19, 2014, 3:59 AM CST. It took effect at Feb 20, 2014, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2014, 3:59 AM CST (09:59 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2014, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 20, 2014, 4:08 AM CST
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 Feb 19, 3:42 AM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 3:42 AM CST, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 8:19 PM CST, 7 hours 40 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 19, 3:37 AM CST, 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 3:21 AM CSTFlood WatchLOTDeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 5 more36 hr
Feb 19, 3:59 AM CSTGale WatchLOT11 hr
Feb 19, 3:05 PM CSTGale WarningLOT33 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.