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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2023, 7:42 PM CDT for Ford County, Iroquois County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2023, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2023, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Ford County, IL, Iroquois County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:01 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Will | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Lake | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DeKalb, Lee, Ogle | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kane, Kendall | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 95 min | |
| Mar 31, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Lake, McHenry, Will | 68 min |
| Mar 31, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook | 11 min |
| Mar 31, 11:04 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 22 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam | 3 days |
| Apr 1, 6:34 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 9 hr | |
| Mar 31, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Benton | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake | 14 min |
| Mar 31, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake, Porter | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake, Porter | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Jasper | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lake, Porter | 18 min |
| Mar 31, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 42 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.