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Gale Warning 10, NWS Chicago, IL

February 17, 2016

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Feb 17, 2016, 3:11 PM CST. It took effect at Feb 18, 2016, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 36 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 17, 2016, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 18, 2016, 3:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 20, 2016, 3:03 AM CST
In force: 36 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 17, 3:08 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 3:08 PM CST, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 3:54 AM CST, 11 hours 17 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
Feb 17, 3:17 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		12 hr
Feb 17, 3:11 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		24 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Illinois, 2016 Every gale warning in 2016

Sources

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