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Gale Warning 5, NWS Chicago, IL

February 6, 2019

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Feb 6, 2019, 9:43 PM CST. It took effect at Feb 7, 2019, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 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 6, 2019, 9:43 PM CST (03:43 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 7, 2019, 3:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 8, 2019, 9:00 AM CST
In force
18 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 6, 8:33 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 8:33 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 4:14 PM CST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 6, 4:38 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 6, 4:48 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 6:00 PM CSTIJ AdvisoryLOT4 days
Feb 7, 9:21 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLOTDeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 6 more5 hr
Feb 7, 9:21 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTWill54 hr
Feb 7, 9:24 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLOT5 hr
Feb 7, 9:45 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTKankakee4 days
Feb 7, 9:51 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTIroquois34 hr
Feb 7, 9:56 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTKane, Kendall4 days
Feb 7, 10:00 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTKane, McHenry21 days
Feb 7, 10:09 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTLake4 days
Feb 7, 10:09 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTCook56 hr
Feb 7, 10:09 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLOTLaSalle56 hr
Feb 7, 10:14 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTCook23 hr
Feb 7, 10:16 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTBoone24 hr
Feb 7, 10:20 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTLaSalle21 hr
Feb 7, 12:14 PM CSTWind AdvisoryLOTDuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee and 3 more15 hr
Feb 7, 12:14 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLOTBoone, DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee, McHenry, Ogle and 1 more14 hr
Feb 7, 9:28 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTJasper51 hr
Feb 7, 9:45 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTPorter6 days
Feb 7, 9:45 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTJasper, Porter24 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.