Alert archive / Illinois / 1986
Weather alerts in Illinois, May 1986
55 weather alerts in May 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 55
- Warnings
- 55
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 16, 198616 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 58 min |
| Apr 30, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 40 min |
| May 6, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock | 55 min |
| May 6, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough, Warren | 38 min |
| May 6, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 50 min |
| May 6, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Woodford | 67 min |
| May 6, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 25 min |
| May 6, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 2 hr |
| May 6, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock, McDonough, Schuyler | 60 min |
| May 6, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 64 min |
| May 6, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Hancock, McDonough, Schuyler | 74 min |
| May 6, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, McDonough, Mason, Schuyler, Tazewell | 59 min |
| May 6, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard | 68 min |
| May 6, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 68 min |
| May 6, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 68 min |
| May 6, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 60 min |
| May 6, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 64 min |
| May 6, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 45 min |
| May 6, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 56 min |
| May 6, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Montgomery, Shelby | 66 min |
| May 7, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 65 min |
| May 7, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 68 min |
| May 8, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 67 min |
| May 13, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 53 min |
| May 13, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 35 min |
| May 13, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond | 35 min |
| May 13, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 39 min |
| May 14, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Williamson | 30 min |
| May 14, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wabash | 45 min |
| May 14, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 46 min |
| May 15, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lee, Ogle | 28 min |
| May 15, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac | 39 min |
| May 15, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 35 min |
| May 15, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 42 min |
| May 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 60 min |
| May 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac | 60 min |
| May 15, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton | 44 min |
| May 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles | 27 min |
| May 15, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander | 59 min |
| May 15, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 35 min |
| May 15, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 32 min |
| May 15, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 60 min |
| May 15, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Union | 60 min |
| May 15, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 60 min |
| May 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 45 min |
| May 16, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Morgan | 59 min |
| May 16, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 42 min |
| May 16, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Sangamon | 56 min |
| May 16, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 25 min |
| May 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon, Sangamon | 31 min |
| May 16, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 51 min |
| May 16, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 56 min |
| May 16, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 12 min |
| May 17, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kane, Kendall | 57 min |
| May 17, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, Lake, McHenry | 67 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 40 |
| Tornado Warning | 15 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sangamon County7
- Champaign County5
- Alexander County5
- McDonough County4
- Vermilion County4
- Morgan County4
- Macon County4
- Pulaski County4
- Hancock County3
- Schuyler County3
- Menard County2
- Logan County2
- Adams County2
- Mason County2
- Tazewell County2
- Fulton County2
- Christian County2
- Franklin County2
- Johnson County2
- Massac County2
- Edgar County2
- Calhoun County2
- Piatt County2
- Warren County1
- Marshall County1
- Peoria County1
- Woodford County1
- Cass County1
- Montgomery County1
- Shelby County1
- Iroquois County1
- Clinton County1
- Washington County1
- Bond County1
- Monroe County1
- Randolph County1
- Jackson County1
- Williamson County1
- Wabash County1
- Lawrence County1
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.