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Gale Warning 74, NWS Chicago, IL

December 27, 2015

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Dec 27, 2015, 3:25 AM CST. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 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: Dec 27, 2015, 3:25 AM CST (09:25 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 28, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 15 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 Dec 27, 12:08 AM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 12:08 AM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 4:01 PM CST, 11 hours 24 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
Dec 26, 8:48 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	7 days
Dec 26, 8:48 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Grundy, Will	6 days
Dec 26, 9:41 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Grundy	6 days
Dec 26, 11:20 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	12 hr
Dec 27, 3:25 AM CST	Storm Watch	LOT		12 hr
Dec 27, 11:12 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	57 hr
Dec 27, 11:12 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	46 hr
Dec 27, 11:12 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Kane, McHenry	57 hr
Dec 27, 11:12 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Kane, Kendall	6 days
Dec 27, 11:12 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	LaSalle	4 days
Dec 27, 2:54 PM CST	High Wind Warning	LOT	Lake	28 hr
Dec 27, 2:54 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LOT	DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	27 hr
Dec 27, 2:57 PM CST	Lakeshore Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	33 hr
Dec 27, 3:07 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee and 7 more	33 hr
Dec 27, 3:07 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	24 hr
Dec 27, 3:20 PM CST	Storm Warning	LOT		36 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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