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Gale Warning 19, NWS Chicago, IL

April 12, 2018

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Apr 12, 2018, 9:37 PM CDT. It took effect at Apr 13, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 57 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 12, 2018, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 13, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 16, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 57 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 12, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 4:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 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 12, 9:37 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		27 hr
Apr 12, 9:37 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		36 hr
Apr 13, 2:41 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake and 4 more	28 hr
Apr 13, 3:02 PM CDT	Lakeshore Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake	12 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Illinois, 2018 Every gale warning in 2018

Sources

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