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Gale Warning 15, NWS Chicago, IL

April 29, 2020

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Apr 29, 2020, 2:57 AM CDT. It took effect at Apr 29, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 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 29, 2020, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 30, 2020, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 20 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 29, 1:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 1:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 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 29, 2:57 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LOT		7 hr
Apr 29, 3:19 AM CDT	Lakeshore Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	46 hr
Apr 29, 3:19 AM CDT	Lakeshore Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	12 hr
Apr 29, 3:55 AM CDT	Flood Watch	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and 3 more	26 hr
Apr 29, 9:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	6 days
Apr 29, 9:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	8 days
Apr 29, 9:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	8 days
Apr 29, 9:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Cook	7 days
Apr 29, 9:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Kane, McHenry	21 days
Apr 29, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	6 days
Apr 29, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook	12 hr
Apr 29, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Kane, Kendall	21 days
Apr 29, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Will	71 hr
Apr 29, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	DuPage, Will	68 hr
Apr 29, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy	20 hr
Apr 29, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	DuPage	20 hr
Apr 29, 11:09 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Boone	4 days
Apr 29, 11:09 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Ogle	3 days
Apr 29, 11:21 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Grundy	10 hr
Apr 29, 11:54 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	LaSalle	10 hr
Apr 29, 11:54 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	LaSalle	5 days
Apr 29, 11:54 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	LaSalle	21 days
Apr 29, 11:54 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Winnebago	10 hr
Apr 29, 11:54 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	LaSalle	10 hr
Apr 29, 1:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	DuPage, Will	65 hr
Apr 29, 1:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Kane, Kendall	68 hr
Apr 29, 1:51 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Iroquois	61 hr
Apr 29, 2:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	LaSalle	4 days
Apr 29, 2:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam	21 days
Apr 29, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake, Newton	7 days
Apr 29, 1:12 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Lake	8 hr
Apr 29, 1:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Lake, Newton	6 days

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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.