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Gale Warning 20, NWS Chicago, IL

March 16, 2016

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Mar 16, 2016, 9:37 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 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: Mar 16, 2016, 9:37 AM CDT (14:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2016, 7:58 PM CDT
In force: 10 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 Mar 16, 6:33 AM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 6:33 AM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 4:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 16, 6:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 16, 9:06 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
906 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1020 PM     HAIL             ST. ANNE                41.02N 87.72W
03/15/2016  M1.25 INCH       KANKAKEE           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

1042 PM     HAIL             GRANT PARK              41.24N 87.64W
03/15/2016  M1.25 INCH       KANKAKEE           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

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BMORRIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle, Livingston	46 min
Mar 15, 8:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Lee	38 min
Mar 15, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston	47 min
Mar 15, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	39 min
Mar 15, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	36 min
Mar 15, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Lee, Ogle	32 min
Mar 15, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee	38 min
Mar 15, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, Will	36 min
Mar 15, 10:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	23 min
Mar 15, 10:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Kankakee	26 min
Mar 15, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kankakee, Will	34 min
Mar 16, 3:10 AM CDT	Storm Warning	LOT		8 hr
Mar 16, 3:58 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Lee and 3 more	7 hr
Mar 16, 11:00 AM CDT	Gale Warning	LOT		9 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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