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Gale Warning 23, NWS Chicago, IL

October 16, 2020

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Oct 16, 2020, 3:56 AM CDT. It took effect at Oct 17, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT. 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: Oct 16, 2020, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 17, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 18, 2020, 3:17 AM CDT
In force: 17 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 Oct 16, 3:35 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 3:35 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 15, 10:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 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
Oct 16, 3:52 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	11 hr
Oct 16, 2:40 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more	28 hr
Oct 16, 2:52 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LOT	Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 3 more	12 hr
Oct 16, 2:52 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LOT	Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 7 more	29 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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