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Storm Warning 1, NWS Chicago, IL

March 14, 2025

NWS Chicago, IL issued this storm warning at Mar 14, 2025, 4:00 PM CDT. It took effect at Mar 15, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 105 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 14, 2025, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 15, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 15, 2025, 8:45 AM CDT
In force: 105 min
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Mar 14, 3:33 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 3:33 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 1:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 14, 2:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 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 14, 4:11 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more	20 hr
Mar 14, 2:26 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more	18 hr
Mar 14, 2:26 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more	26 hr

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Sources

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