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Gale Warning 10, NWS Chicago, IL

March 9, 2020

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Mar 9, 2020, 3:35 AM CDT. It took effect at Mar 9, 2020, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 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
Mar 9, 2020, 3:35 AM CDT (08:35 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2020, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 9, 2020, 3:03 PM CDT
In force
4 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 Mar 9, 3:18 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:18 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 3:11 PM CDT, 12 hours 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
311 PM CDT Sun Mar 8 2020

ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002-
010-011-019-092015-
Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-DuPage-
La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-
Northern Cook-Central Cook-Southern Cook-Northern Will-
Southern Will-Eastern Will-Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-Benton-
311 PM CDT Sun Mar 8 2020 /411 PM EDT Sun Mar 8 2020/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Central
Illinois...Northeast Illinois and Northwest Indiana.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Elevated Fire Weather Risk.

DISCUSSION...

Dry and breezy conditions will continue to support an elevated
fire danger through the rest of the afternoon. Conditions will
ease around and shortly after sunset.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Monday...
  Limited Non Thunderstorm Wind Risk.
Tuesday...
  Elevated Lakeshore Flood Risk for the Porter County shore.

DISCUSSION:

Southwest winds with gusts of 35 to 40 mph will be possible
southeast of I-55 on Monday. A period of strong and gusty
northwest winds may drive higher wave action into the Porter
County, Indiana shore resulting a period of elevated lakeshore
flooding concerns Tuesday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotter activation will not be necessary through tonight.

LMZ740>745-092015-
Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL-
Wilmette Harbor to Northerly Island IL-
Northerly Island to Calumet Harbor IL-
Calumet Harbor IL to Gary IN-Gary to Burns Harbor IN-
Burns Harbor to Michigan City IN-
311 PM CDT Sun Mar 8 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Illinois
nearshore waters of Lake Michigan and the Indiana nearshore
waters of Lake Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Hazardous conditions for small craft.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Monday and Tuesday...
  Hazardous conditions for small craft are likely.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 2:49 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLOTFord, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Will16 hr
Mar 9, 2:50 AM CDTLakeshore Flood AdvisoryLOTCook40 hr

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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.