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Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Chicago, IL

January 1, 201812 counties in Illinois; Benton County, Jasper County, Newton County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this wind chill warning at Jan 1, 2018, 2:10 PM CST for 12 counties in Illinois; Benton County, Jasper County, Newton County, Indiana. It took effect at Jan 1, 2018, 7:00 PM CST. It was in force for 17 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: Jan 1, 2018, 2:10 PM CST (20:10 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 1, 2018, 7:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 2, 2018, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

Counties DeKalb County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Newton County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill warning went out at Jan 1, 1:53 PM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 1:53 PM CST, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 3:49 AM CST, 10 hours 21 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
Jan 1, 2:35 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		24 hr
Jan 1, 2:53 PM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		36 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Warnings in Illinois, 2018 Wind Chill Warnings in Indiana, 2018 Every wind chill 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.