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Gale Warning 48, NWS Chicago, IL

June 22, 2015

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Jun 22, 2015, 4:28 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 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: Jun 22, 2015, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 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 Jun 22, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
317 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
232030-
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-
317 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  THUNDERSTORMS...THE STRONGEST MAY PRODUCE:
    DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
    HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS.
    HEAVY RAIN.
    FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
    A LOCALIZED TORNADO THREAT.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

 SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
 THROUGH EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
 AS THESE MOVE INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO EARLY THIS EVENING THEY
 WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN COVERAGE. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
 POSSIBLE AREAWIDE...WITH A SLIGHTLY HIGHER LIKELIHOOD SOUTH OF
 I-88. THE PRIMARY TIMING LOOKS TO BE 5-9 PM WEST OF THE
 INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR...AND 7 TO 11 PM EAST OF THE INTERSTATE
 55 CORRIDOR.

  DISCUSSION:

 STORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE
 AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS EVENING AS THEY MOVE
 EAST...WITH LIKELY EXPLOSIVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN
 SOME AREAS. A RISK OF LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
 EXISTS WITH ANY OF THE STORMS DURING THIS TIME. THE DAMAGING
 WINDS WILL BE GREATEST WITH ANY ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF
 STORMS...WHICH ONE OR TWO IS LIKELY...AGAIN MORE SO SOUTH OF
 I-88. A TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. IN ADDITION...THE
 STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND
 ISOLATED FLOODING PROBLEMS.

MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE PORTIONS OF THE
IROQUOIS RIVER...MODERATE FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE ILLINOIS
RIVER NEAR LA SALLE...AND MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING CONTINUES
ON PORTIONS OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER.

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

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY...BUT ARE
MORE LIKELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD POTENTIALLY BE SEVERE...THOUGH THE MORE LIKELY
HAZARD WILL PROBABLY BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING.

PORTIONS OF THE IROQUOIS...KANKAKEE...AND ILLINOIS RIVERS WILL
REMAIN IN FLOOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR A PERIOD THIS EVENING.

&&

LMZ740>745-232030-
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-
317 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS
LIKELY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND
PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 50 KT.

STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT
LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

&&

LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868-
870-872-874-876-878-232030-
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-
317 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING...ANY OF
WHICH COULD BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 50 KT.

AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING.

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

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LAKE.

&&

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In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 11:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:52 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:24 PM CDT, 4 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
Jun 21, 7:57 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy	25 hr
Jun 22, 9:46 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		3 hr
Jun 22, 9:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, Ogle, Winnebago	58 min
Jun 22, 10:05 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Winnebago	7 days
Jun 22, 10:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Lee, Ogle	47 min
Jun 22, 10:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Lee, Ogle	33 min
Jun 22, 11:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee	46 min
Jun 22, 11:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	DeKalb	31 min
Jun 22, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	LaSalle	23 min
Jun 22, 4:28 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		6 hr

Nearby

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