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Gale Warning 1, NWS Chicago, IL

January 3, 2015

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Jan 3, 2015, 3:05 PM CST. It took effect at Jan 4, 2015, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 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 3, 2015, 3:05 PM CST (21:05 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 4, 2015, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 5, 2015, 3:05 AM CST
In force
24 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 3, 2:51 PM CST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 2:51 PM CST, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 4:30 AM CST, 10 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
430 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
041030-
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-
430 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 /530 AM EST SAT JAN 3 2015/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH
MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 55.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW
ZERO MONDAY MORNING...WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THURSDAY MORNING.

ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

LMZ740>745-041030-
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-
430 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG THE ILLINOIS SHORES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY FOR THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS...INCLUDING
POSSIBLE GALES SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE INDIANA
NEARSHORE. FREEZING SPRAY IS LIKELY.

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY AGAIN LATE
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH GALES POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MAINLY FOR THE INDIANA NEARSHORE WATERS. FREEZING
SPRAY IS LIKELY.

HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT AND FREEZING SPRAY ARE
POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT

&&

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-041030-
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-
430 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

GALE FORCE WINDS AND FREEZING SPRAY ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...THEN AGAIN
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PERIODIC GALES ARE POSSIBLE
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 4:03 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOT59 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Illinois, 2015Every gale warning in 2015

Sources

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