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Gale Warning 53, NWS Chicago, IL

October 18, 2015

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Oct 18, 2015, 3:04 AM CDT. It took effect at Oct 19, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 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: Oct 18, 2015, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 19, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 19, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 19 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 Oct 18, 2:49 AM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 2:49 AM CDT, 15 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
Oct 18, 3:04 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		30 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Illinois, 2015 Every 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.