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Gale Warning 3, NWS Chicago, IL

January 10, 2020

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Jan 10, 2020, 3:11 AM CST. It took effect at Jan 11, 2020, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 27 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: Jan 10, 2020, 3:11 AM CST (09:11 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 11, 2020, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 12, 2020, 3:00 AM CST
In force: 27 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 Jan 9, 10:57 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 10:57 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 4:07 PM CST, 11 hours 4 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
Jan 9, 8:50 PM CST	Lakeshore Flood Warning	LOT	Lake	57 hr
Jan 10, 4:03 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago	44 hr
Jan 10, 10:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Livingston	57 hr
Jan 10, 10:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	LaSalle	3 days
Jan 10, 10:32 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LOT	Kane, Kendall	9 hr
Jan 10, 10:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Grundy	57 hr
Jan 10, 10:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	LaSalle	6 days
Jan 10, 10:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam	12 days
Jan 10, 11:44 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake and 2 more	38 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.