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Maximum Wind Gusts

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
612 PM CST Wed Mar 8 2017

...Wind Reports...

Location                     Speed     Time/Date

...Illinois...

...Boone County...
Belvidere                    46 MPH    1242 PM 03/08

...Cook County...
Hyde Park                    63 MPH    0335 PM 03/08
Lansing Airport              59 MPH    0215 PM 03/08
Chicago O`Hare               58 MPH    0230 PM 03/08
Chicago Midway               56 MPH    1226 PM 03/08
1 S Hometown                 54 MPH    0247 PM 03/08
Rosemont                     54 MPH    1242 PM 03/08
Wheeling - Chi Exec Airport  51 MPH    0121 PM 03/08
1 ENE South Barrington       49 MPH    1244 PM 03/08
1 W Chicago                  49 MPH    0159 PM 03/08
Mount Prospect               49 MPH    1210 PM 03/08
2 W Montrose Harbor          48 MPH    0130 PM 03/08
Oak Lawn                     47 MPH    1119 AM 03/08
1 ENE Merrionette Park       46 MPH    0216 PM 03/08
Calumet Harbor               46 MPH    0100 PM 03/08
Palatine                     46 MPH    1257 PM 03/08
1 WSW Lakeview               45 MPH    0225 PM 03/08
2 E Harwood Heights          45 MPH    0410 PM 03/08
1 ENE Logan Square           44 MPH    0849 AM 03/08
1 NNW Englewood              44 MPH    0305 PM 03/08
Markham                      44 MPH    0120 PM 03/08
Lakeview                     43 MPH    1132 AM 03/08
1 WNW Glenview               43 MPH    1100 AM 03/08
Harwood Heights              43 MPH    0230 PM 03/08
2 SE Lincolnwood             42 MPH    1034 AM 03/08
Logan Square                 42 MPH    0334 PM 03/08
1 NNW Navy Pier              42 MPH    1120 AM 03/08
Wilmette                     42 MPH    1220 PM 03/08
1 WNW Hickory Hills          41 MPH    1204 PM 03/08
Chicago Heights              41 MPH    1225 PM 03/08
River Grove                  41 MPH    0305 PM 03/08
Burbank                      40 MPH    1110 AM 03/08
Indian Head Park             40 MPH    0113 PM 03/08
Douglas Park                 40 MPH    1120 AM 03/08
2 W Palos Park               40 MPH    1255 PM 03/08
Orland Park                  40 MPH    1046 AM 03/08

...De Kalb County...
De Kalb Airport              54 MPH    1235 PM 03/08
Sycamore                     51 MPH    0129 PM 03/08

...DuPage County...
Dupage Airport               60 MPH    1238 PM 03/08
Elmhurst                     53 MPH    1225 PM 03/08
Westmont                     50 MPH    1224 PM 03/08
2 NW Bolingbrook             46 MPH    0212 PM 03/08
Addison                      45 MPH    1228 PM 03/08
1 S Lombard                  44 MPH    1149 AM 03/08
Hinsdale                     42 MPH    0445 PM 03/08
1 SE Naperville              41 MPH    1254 PM 03/08

...Grundy County...
Morris Airport               53 MPH    0115 PM 03/08
4 NNW Coal City              44 MPH    0115 PM 03/08

...Iroquois County...
5 E Ashkum                   44 MPH    0154 PM 03/08

...Kane County...
Sugar Grove - Aurora Airport 56 MPH    1251 PM 03/08
2 W Geneva                   56 MPH    1230 PM 03/08
Hampshire                    44 MPH    0204 PM 03/08
Elburn                       44 MPH    0139 PM 03/08
Geneva                       40 MPH    1236 PM 03/08
1 S Gilberts                 40 MPH    1238 PM 03/08

...Kankakee County...
Kankakee Airport             48 MPH    0155 PM 03/08
2 NE Bradley                 43 MPH    1018 AM 03/08
1 ENE Bonfield               41 MPH    0241 PM 03/08

...Kendall County...
2 SSW Oswego                 40 MPH    0219 PM 03/08

...La Salle County...
Peru Airport                 56 MPH    1255 PM 03/08
2 WSW Sheridan               46 MPH    0128 PM 03/08
Grand Ridge                  44 MPH    0142 PM 03/08

...Lake County...
Waukegan Airport             51 MPH    1012 AM 03/08
1 ESE Highland Park          50 MPH    1200 PM 03/08
Deer Park                    45 MPH    1229 PM 03/08
1 SE Grayslake               43 MPH    1223 PM 03/08

...Lee County...
2 ESE Dixon                  48 MPH    0124 PM 03/08
2 WNW Dixon                  40 MPH    0150 PM 03/08

...Livingston County...
Pontiac Airport              49 MPH    0215 PM 03/08

...McHenry County...
Cary                         51 MPH    1210 PM 03/08
1 SSW Harvard                48 MPH    0845 AM 03/08
1 NNE Crystal Lake           46 MPH    0214 PM 03/08
2 W Huntley                  46 MPH    1233 PM 03/08
1 ESE Lakewood               45 MPH    0850 AM 03/08
2 W Woodstock                43 MPH    1157 AM 03/08
Woodstock                    41 MPH    1201 PM 03/08

...Ogle County...
Rochelle Airport             54 MPH    0155 PM 03/08

...Will County...
1 NNE Elwood                 53 MPH    0315 PM 03/08
Peotone                      52 MPH    0211 PM 03/08
Lewis Airport, Romeoville    52 MPH    0255 PM 03/08
3 N Manhattan                45 MPH    0233 PM 03/08
Joliet Airport               43 MPH    0235 PM 03/08
Frankfort                    42 MPH    1213 PM 03/08
5 SW Naperville              42 MPH    0108 PM 03/08
1 W Lemont                   40 MPH    1200 PM 03/08

...Winnebago County...
1 SE Winnebago               60 MPH    1257 PM 03/08
3 ENE Roscoe                 55 MPH    1132 AM 03/08
Rockford Airport             53 MPH    1204 PM 03/08
2 SW Pecatonica              52 MPH    1115 AM 03/08
2 ENE Rockford               41 MPH    1030 AM 03/08

...Indiana...

...Jasper County...
2 W Collegeville             49 MPH    0150 PM 03/08
Rensselaer Airport           48 MPH    0115 PM 03/08

...Lake County...
Gary Airport                 63 MPH    1245 PM 03/08
1 WNW New Chicago            55 MPH    0220 PM 03/08
3 NW De Motte                50 MPH    0127 PM 03/08
1 SW Hammond                 43 MPH    1230 PM 03/08
Munster                      41 MPH    1135 AM 03/08
1 WSW East Chicago           40 MPH    1020 AM 03/08

...Newton County...
5 WSW De Motte               43 MPH    0230 PM 03/08

...Porter County...
Valparaiso Airport           56 MPH    1207 PM 03/08
Valparaiso                   43 MPH    1059 AM 03/08
Porter                       43 MPH    0317 PM 03/08
2 SW Valparaiso              42 MPH    0141 PM 03/08

...Illinois...

...Maritime Stations...
Chicago Crib                 62 MPH    0800 AM 03/08
Waukegan Harbor              59 MPH    1130 AM 03/08

...Indiana...
Burns Harbor                 55 MPH    1050 AM 03/08
Michigan City C-man          47 MPH    0300 PM 03/08

Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. Not all data listed are considered official.

 

Wind Impact Reports

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
149 PM CST WED MAR 08 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1145 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG ROCKFORD                42.27N 89.06W 
03/08/2017                   WINNEBAGO          IL   PUBLIC          

            SMALL TREE DAMAGE, ROOF SHINGLES BLOWN OFF.

1152 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT     41.75N 87.79W 
03/08/2017  M62.00 MPH       COOK               IL   TRAINED SPOTTER 

1230 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG GURNEE                  42.38N 87.94W 
03/08/2017                   LAKE               IL   PUBLIC          

            TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.

1238 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST DUPAGE AIRPORT          41.92N 88.25W 
03/08/2017  M62.00 MPH       DUPAGE             IL   ASOS            

            PEAK WIND GUST AT DPA AIRPORT.

0130 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG WAUKEGAN                42.37N 87.87W 
03/08/2017                   LAKE               IL   PUBLIC          

            TREES DOWN ON CARS.
0130 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG HOBART                  41.53N 87.27W 
03/08/2017                   LAKE               IN   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            LARGE 1 FT DIAMETER 30 FT LONG LIMB FELL ON HOUSE NEAR 
            3RD ST AND WISCONSIN. NUMEROUS APPROX 5-6 INCH DIAMETER 
            LIMBS BLOWN DOWN NEAR 10TH ST AND WISCONSIN.


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