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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this high wind warning at Apr 14, 2022, 10:41 AM CDT for 18 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 8 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 14, 2022, 10:41 AM CDT (15:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
All 23 counties
Boone County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Ford County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kane County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Lake County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Lee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Will County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1929 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 97 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Apr 14, 6:06 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 6:06 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 3:44 AM CDT, 6 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL 344 AM CDT Thu Apr 14 2022 ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002- 010-011-019-150845- 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- 344 AM CDT Thu Apr 14 2022 /444 AM EDT Thu Apr 14 2022/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Central Illinois...Northeast Illinois and Northwest Indiana. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Elevated Non Thunderstorm Wind Risk. Elevated Fire Weather Risk. DISCUSSION... Strong southwesterly wind gusts to 55 mph are expected today. the combination of the strong winds and low relative humidity values this afternoon will result in increased wildfire conditions. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be necessary through tonight. LMZ740>745-150845- 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- 344 AM CDT Thu Apr 14 2022 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...Today and Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Gale force winds and or very hazardous waves. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Friday... Hazardous conditions for small craft are likely. Monday... Hazardous conditions for small craft are likely. Kluber Visit us at www.weather.gov/chicago Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube at: www.facebook.com/nwschicago www.twitter.com/nwschicago www.youtube.com/nwschicago
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 6:59 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 20 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Illinois, 2022High Wind Warnings in Indiana, 2022Every high wind warning in 2022
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.