NWS – Cardinal News

National Weather Service Website Features for Local Information Inaccessible

Thu Jan 18, 2024 11:18 am Cardinal News

Several National Weather Service webpages, especially at the local level at each NWS office, have been experiencing technical difficulties this week. The outage may have been fixed Thursday morning, January 18, 2024. According to the […]

CONUS Weather Alerts Feb 01 2022 1800Z (SOURCE: National Weather Service | Weather.gov)

A National Perspective of the Winter Storm Coming to Chicagoland Tonight

Tue Feb 1, 2022 12:25 pm Cardinal News

A winter storm is taking shape from the Texas to the Northeast United States while cutting through Central Illinois, but still affecting Chicagoland. YouTube Tips ⓘ Ryan Hall breaks down a two phase winter storm […]

National Weather Service Record for O’Hare International Airport for Monday, November 9, 2020

Tue Nov 10, 2020 06:22 am Cardinal News

Mobile Users: Turn display sideways to read tables … 🔄 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1246 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2020 …………………………….. …THE CHICAGO-OHARE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 9 2020… CLIMATE NORMAL […]

Eight more communities are now StormReady in the northwest suburbs of Chicago (SOURCE: Northwest Central Joint Emergency Management System)

National Weather Service Recognizes Chicago NW Suburban Communities as StormReady; 8 New Recognitions Bring Total to 10

Mon Jan 20, 2020 04:25 pm Cardinal News

The National Weather Service recognized eight local communities with their StormReady Community designation at a presentation on January 16, 2020. StormReady is a program that recognizes communities that make a commitment to prepare for extreme […]

Chicago NWS Office Confirms Tornado in Beach Park and Waukegan About 6:40 PM Tuesday September 3, 2019

Wed Sep 4, 2019 03:59 pm Cardinal News

NO TORNADO WARNING ISSUED; IT CAN HAPPEN WITH A SMALL TORNADO A tornado was suspected to be to blame for major damage to some Waukegan businesses Tuesday night. CBS 2’s Mary Kay Kleist and Charlie […]

HIGH WIND WARNING: Winds Peak 8AM – 10AM; 50 MPH+ Gusts Until 4PM; Temperature Drop to 12°F by Midnight Sunday/Monday

Sun Feb 24, 2019 09:28 am Cardinal News

Gusts of 60 MPH from the west have been observed in the area associated with a low 987 mb (29.15 in) that was in the Wisconsin Door Peninsula area at 3:00 a.m. and forecast to […]

Partial Failure on NWS Chicago Weather Website: No Info for O’Hare

Sun Apr 15, 2018 07:23 am Cardinal News

The National Weather Service office in Chicago experienced a partial outage on the official website Sunday April 15, 2018 morning. The National Weather Service Office Chicago responded promptly to a report of the problem Sunday […]

Record Low for High Temperature Broken for January 1 on Monday January 1, 2018

Tue Jan 2, 2018 05:02 am Cardinal News

While Chicagoland was hit with -10 to -20-degree temperatures and -35 to -40-degree wind chills, the regular daily warm up to the high temperature for the day was the record breaker. The official afternoon high […]

Fast-Moving Hurricane Nate with 90 MPH Threatens Louisiana, Mississippi with Storm Surge, High Winds

Sat Oct 7, 2017 05:11 pm Cardinal News

Landfall for Hurricane Nate is expected about 11:00 p.m. At 4 PM CDT, Hurricane Nate is moving toward the north-northwest about 23 mph as a strong Category 1 hurricane with 90 mph winds, and is […]

Tuesday Sept. 26 2017 Marked the 7th Consecutive Record High Temperature in Chicago

Wed Sep 27, 2017 07:32 am Cardinal News

September 2017 marks the only occurrence on record for Chicago of a seven-day period of consecutive 90°F-plus days entirely within September. The first record high day was Wednesday, September 20, 2017. The record warmth continued […]

Monitor Local Weather Alerts and Radar Images During Hurricane Irma Strike on Florida

Sat Sep 9, 2017 03:33 pm Cardinal News

The Cardinal has created a page for monitoring local weather during Hurricane Irma in Florida by monitoring the TWEETS from National Weather Service offices in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. NWS Office tweets are placed […]

Shelf Cloud and Lightning Image Mimics Mesocyclone and Tornado

Mon Jun 6, 2016 08:29 am Cardinal News

At first glance, this photo by Clint Elko in El Paso, Illinois on May 28, 2016 might look like a mesocyclone, wall cloud and tornado dropping down to the road. However, it is actually a […]

Tornado Warning Test Didn’t Show Test; Scared Some People

Wed Mar 2, 2016 02:59 pm Cardinal News

About 10:00 a.m. Tuesday — about the same time as the “first Tuesday of the month” test of the tornado sirens, some TV viewers were frightened by an onscreen message that stated: “Tornado Warning.” The […]

High Temperature Record Broken for Chicago for Sunday February 28 — Goes Back to 1895

Sun Feb 28, 2016 02:08 pm Cardinal News

MOBILE: chgowx.com PC: forecast.chicagoweatherstation.com Today’s high temperature is a record breaker at 62°F, breaking the previous record of 61°F going back to 1895. TODAY: A 30 percent chance of rain after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with […]

Sonic Boom or Frost Quake Considered Possible Cause of Noise Heard in Southeast Wisconsin

Wed Jan 13, 2016 03:24 pm Cardinal News

The sudden near zero cold temperatures may have caused a “frost quake” in southeastern Wisconsin on Tuesday night, January 12th, 2016, according to the National Weather Service in Milwaukee. Some people reported hearing booms on […]

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