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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 2023, 6:18 PM CDT for Kane County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 12, 2023, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2023, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Kane County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 11, 6:39 PM CDT, 23 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 6:39 PM CDT, 23 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 3:49 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Will | 15 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook, DeKalb, Kendall, Will | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 20 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Putnam | 63 min |
| Jul 12, 12:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 1:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Will | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook | 20 min |
| Jul 12, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | McHenry | 32 min |
| Jul 12, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 113 min | |
| Jul 12, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lake | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 24 min |
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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.