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Gale Warning 14, NWS Chicago, IL

February 28, 2017

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Feb 28, 2017, 3:07 PM CST. It took effect at Mar 1, 2017, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 22 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 28, 2017, 3:07 PM CST (21:07 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 1, 2017, 2:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 2, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 22 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 28, 2:31 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 2:31 PM CST, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 11:53 AM CST, 3 hours 14 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 28, 3:48 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		11 hr
Feb 28, 3:48 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		24 hr
Feb 28, 8:27 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Will	36 hr
Feb 28, 10:17 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	LaSalle	5 days
Feb 28, 10:17 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam	5 days
Feb 28, 3:07 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		43 hr
Feb 28, 4:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	46 min
Feb 28, 4:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LOT	LaSalle	48 min
Feb 28, 4:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee, Ogle	34 min
Feb 28, 4:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LOT	Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle	39 min
Feb 28, 5:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	47 min
Feb 28, 5:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Lee, Ogle	45 min
Feb 28, 5:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kendall, Will	47 min
Feb 28, 5:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LOT	LaSalle, Livingston	39 min
Feb 28, 5:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry	39 min
Feb 28, 5:53 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LOT		2 hr

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Sources

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