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Storm Warning 3, NWS Chicago, IL

December 28, 2025

NWS Chicago, IL issued this storm warning at Dec 28, 2025, 3:56 AM CST. It took effect at Dec 28, 2025, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 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: Dec 28, 2025, 3:56 AM CST (09:56 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2025, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 29, 2025, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 21 hr
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 Dec 28, 3:53 AM CST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 3:53 AM CST, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 9:40 PM CST, 6 hours 16 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
Dec 27, 10:18 PM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		47 hr
Dec 27, 10:18 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LOT		19 hr
Dec 28, 3:09 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and 6 more	6 hr
Dec 28, 10:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Livingston	63 min
Dec 28, 10:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	51 min
Dec 28, 1:17 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Cook, Kankakee, Will	5 hr
Dec 28, 2:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Livingston	41 min
Dec 28, 2:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Grundy	34 min
Dec 28, 3:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	34 min
Dec 28, 3:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	20 min
Dec 28, 3:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	27 min
Dec 28, 3:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	33 min
Dec 28, 3:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	32 min
Dec 28, 4:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois	48 min
Dec 28, 4:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LOT	Jasper	27 min
Dec 28, 4:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LOT	Jasper	12 min

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