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Gale Warning 10, NWS Chicago, IL

February 10, 2015

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Feb 10, 2015, 3:42 PM CST. It took effect at Feb 11, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 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: Feb 10, 2015, 3:42 PM CST (21:42 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 11, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 12, 2015, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 21 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 Feb 10, 3:22 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 3:22 PM CST, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 3:51 AM CST, 11 hours 51 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 10, 3:09 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT	13 hr
Feb 10, 3:09 AM CST	Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	LOT	13 hr
Feb 10, 3:42 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	32 hr
Feb 10, 3:42 PM CST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	LOT	47 hr

Nearby

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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.