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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Chicago, IL

May 19, 2019Cook County, Illinois

NWS Chicago, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2019, 1:38 PM CDT for Cook County, Illinois. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2019, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2019, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cook County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:37 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLOTLaSalle33 hr
May 19, 3:11 AM CDTGale WarningLOT15 hr
May 19, 11:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTOgle, Winnebago43 min
May 19, 11:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTLee42 min
May 19, 11:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTBoone, DeKalb, Ogle, Winnebago47 min
May 19, 12:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTLee49 min
May 19, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTCook18 min
May 19, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLOT75 min
May 19, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTCook13 min
May 19, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTCook28 min
May 19, 6:41 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLOT15 hr
May 19, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTBenton48 min
May 19, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTPorter29 min
May 19, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOTBenton18 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.