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Gale Warning 25, NWS Chicago, IL

April 5, 2016

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Apr 5, 2016, 2:47 PM CDT. It took effect at Apr 5, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 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: Apr 5, 2016, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 5, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 6, 2016, 9:11 AM CDT
In force: 11 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 Apr 4, 6:25 PM CDT, 20 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 6:25 PM CDT, 20 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT, 22 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
Apr 5, 3:41 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		35 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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