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Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Chicago, IL

January 13, 202418 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this wind chill warning at Jan 13, 2024, 2:17 PM CST for 18 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jan 14, 2024, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 60 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 13, 2024, 2:17 PM CST (20:17 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 14, 2024, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 16, 2024, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 60 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 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill warning went out at Jan 12, 5:54 PM CST, 20 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 5:54 PM CST, 20 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 3:15 PM CST, 23 hours 2 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 13, 3:23 AM CST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	LOT		36 hr
Jan 13, 3:29 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more	4 days
Jan 13, 2:17 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 10 more	20 hr
Jan 13, 2:40 PM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		24 hr
Jan 13, 2:40 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		11 hr
Jan 13, 4:00 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LOT	Iroquois	16 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Warnings in Illinois, 2024 Wind Chill Warnings in Indiana, 2024 Every wind chill warning in 2024

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.