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Gale Warning 12, NWS Chicago, IL

February 24, 2017

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Feb 24, 2017, 3:09 PM CST. It took effect at Feb 25, 2017, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 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 24, 2017, 3:09 PM CST (21:09 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 25, 2017, 3:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 25, 2017, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 12 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 24, 2:36 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 2:36 PM CST, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 4:45 AM CST, 10 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 24, 2:29 PM CST, 40 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 23, 10:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Lee	17 min
Feb 23, 10:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee	26 min
Feb 23, 11:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LOT	McHenry	33 min
Feb 24, 12:26 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Lake	34 min
Feb 24, 12:38 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LOT	DuPage	37 min
Feb 24, 12:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Cook	34 min
Feb 24, 3:26 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		12 hr
Feb 24, 4:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LOT	DuPage, Lake, McHenry	44 min
Feb 24, 11:23 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LOT		4 hr
Feb 24, 3:09 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		36 hr
Feb 24, 2:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Benton	31 min

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Illinois, 2017 Every gale warning in 2017

Sources

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