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Gale Warning 13, NWS Chicago, IL

March 12, 2026

NWS Chicago, IL issued this gale warning at Mar 12, 2026, 9:49 AM CDT. It took effect at Mar 13, 2026, 3:05 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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: Mar 12, 2026, 9:49 AM CDT (14:49 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2026, 3:05 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 13, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Mar 12, 6:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 6:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 2:41 AM CDT, 7 hours 8 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 12, 1:33 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake and 2 more	10 hr
Mar 12, 1:33 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more	40 hr
Mar 12, 3:16 AM CDT	Gale Warning	LOT		23 hr
Mar 12, 9:49 AM CDT	Storm Warning	LOT		29 hr
Mar 12, 11:28 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 9 more	29 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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