Story highlights The State Department could release 550 emails this weekend

The department had asked for more time to release the emails

Weather and a misplacement of documents has delayed the release

(CNN) A federal judge has ordered the State Department to release Hillary Clinton's remaining work-related emails in four installments over the next three weeks.

The order by Judge Rudolph Contreras comes just hours after the State Department proposed releasing the emails in two batches -- one on February 13th and another on February 29th.

Contreras accepted those release dates, but insisted the agency also produce emails by close of business on February 19th and 26th, adding the State Department should "promptly bring any unanticipated problems to the court's attention."

The State Department had offered to release 550 of Clinton's emails this weekend, out of the approximately 3,700 that remain, after Contreras admonished them for continued delays.

The State Department also provided the court with a declaration from an official overseeing the release process, in which they detailed the steps involved in reviewing the emails. The process they laid out seems to have provided the basis for the judge's new time line.

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