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Gale Watch 5, NWS Chicago, IL

March 24, 2021

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale watch at Mar 24, 2021, 3:52 AM CDT. It took effect at Mar 25, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2021, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 25, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 24, 2021, 3:16 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 watch went out at Mar 23, 3:15 PM CDT, 12 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 3:15 PM CDT, 12 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 3:37 PM CDT, 12 hours 15 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
Mar 24, 3:16 PM CDT	Gale Warning	LOT		39 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.