Weather alerts in Illinois, 1988
173 weather alerts in 1988, 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 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 173
- Warnings
- 173
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- May47 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 8, 198840 alerts
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 8:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Massac | 4 hr |
| Mar 24, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 5:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lee | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Carroll | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Warren | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Warren | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stephenson, Winnebago | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau | 60 min |
| Apr 5, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Madison | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 60 min |
| Apr 5, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike, Scott | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau, Putnam | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Kankakee, Will | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage, Kane | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | McHenry | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Sangamon | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Montgomery | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Lake | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Montgomery | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Effingham, Fayette | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Effingham | 18 min |
| Apr 22, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Carroll | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee, Ogle | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Livingston | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock, Henderson | 37 min |
| May 8, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 46 min |
| May 8, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Whiteside | 67 min |
| May 8, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Warren | 23 min |
| May 8, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 44 min |
| May 8, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown, Pike, Scott | 41 min |
| May 8, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island, Whiteside | 34 min |
| May 8, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Carroll, Ogle | 32 min |
| May 8, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 58 min |
| May 8, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 37 min |
| May 8, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 63 min |
| May 8, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 27 min |
| May 8, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stephenson | 40 min |
| May 8, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 30 min |
| May 8, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lee, Ogle | 39 min |
| May 8, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 38 min |
| May 8, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey | 49 min |
| May 8, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Ogle, Winnebago | 33 min |
| May 8, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 63 min |
| May 8, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Menard | 29 min |
| May 8, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 58 min |
| May 8, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 42 min |
| May 8, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan | 39 min |
| May 8, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeKalb, Lee | 54 min |
| May 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 64 min |
| May 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 64 min |
| May 8, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 25 min |
| May 8, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 8, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 47 min |
| May 8, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Boone, Winnebago | 44 min |
| May 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Macon, Shelby | 66 min |
| May 8, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kane | 48 min |
| May 8, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Grundy, Livingston | 52 min |
| May 8, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 36 min |
| May 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 45 min |
| May 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage, Kendall | 45 min |
| May 8, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton | 35 min |
| May 8, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 35 min |
| May 8, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 64 min |
| May 8, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 64 min |
| May 8, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 27 min |
| May 8, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook | 32 min |
| May 8, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 45 min |
| May 8, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Perry, Washington | 45 min |
| May 8, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 42 min |
| May 15, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 64 min |
| May 22, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Jasper, Richland | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 40 min |
| Jul 25, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 15 min |
| Jul 31, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 59 min |
| Jul 31, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 37 min |
| Jul 31, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 59 min |
| Jul 31, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 68 min |
| Aug 8, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Lake, McHenry | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage, Kane | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stephenson, Winnebago | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | McHenry | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau | 69 min |
| Aug 18, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Lake | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeKalb | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle | 67 min |
| Aug 18, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 67 min |
| Aug 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 60 min |
| Sep 3, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 55 min |
| Sep 22, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 18 min |
| Sep 22, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 25 min |
| Oct 17, 9:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 49 min |
| Oct 17, 9:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Livingston | 42 min |
| Oct 17, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 65 min |
| Oct 17, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford | 36 min |
| Oct 17, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 48 min |
| Oct 17, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 64 min |
| Oct 17, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 56 min |
| Oct 17, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 56 min |
| Oct 17, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough | 49 min |
| Oct 17, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 69 min |
| Oct 17, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford | 60 min |
| Oct 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Montgomery | 59 min |
| Oct 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 59 min |
| Oct 17, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 45 min |
| Nov 14, 11:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Will | 69 min |
| Nov 15, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 45 min |
| Nov 15, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock, McDonough, Schuyler | 60 min |
| Nov 15, 8:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough, Schuyler | 42 min |
| Nov 15, 8:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 47 min |
| Nov 15, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 58 min |
| Nov 15, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin | 58 min |
| Nov 15, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 50 min |
| Nov 15, 9:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 63 min |
| Nov 15, 9:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 43 min |
| Nov 15, 9:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 29 min |
| Nov 15, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 33 min |
| Nov 15, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Nov 15, 10:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 45 min |
| Nov 15, 10:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 39 min |
| Nov 15, 10:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 39 min |
| Nov 15, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 46 min |
| Nov 15, 10:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 53 min |
| Nov 15, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone, DeKalb, Ogle | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 11:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 69 min |
| Nov 15, 11:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 69 min |
| Nov 15, 11:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Will | 69 min |
| Nov 16, 12:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee, Will | 32 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 | 143 |
| Tornado Warning | 29 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cook County13
- Woodford County11
- Sangamon County9
- Logan County8
- Will County8
- Lee County7
- Madison County7
- Christian County7
- Pike County6
- Tazewell County6
- Kankakee County6
- DuPage County6
- Montgomery County6
- Menard County6
- Champaign County6
- Calhoun County5
- Jersey County5
- Henry County5
- Saint Clair County5
- McLean County5
- Macon County5
- Ogle County5
- Ford County5
- Winnebago County4
- McHenry County4
- Lake County4
- McDonough County4
- Livingston County4
- Rock Island County4
- Whiteside County4
- DeWitt County4
- Douglas County4
- Carroll County3
- Warren County3
- Stephenson County3
- Bureau County3
- Monroe County3
- Shelby County3
- Kane County3
- Macoupin County3
48 more counties
- Coles County3
- Fulton County3
- Iroquois County3
- Morgan County3
- Mason County3
- Peoria County3
- LaSalle County3
- DeKalb County3
- Boone County3
- Grundy County3
- Randolph County3
- Kendall County3
- Vermilion County3
- Knox County2
- Scott County2
- Marshall County2
- Fayette County2
- Effingham County2
- Cumberland County2
- Clark County2
- Edgar County2
- Hancock County2
- Cass County2
- Washington County2
- Piatt County2
- Pulaski County2
- Alexander County2
- Schuyler County2
- Massac County1
- Putnam County1
- Greene County1
- Moultrie County1
- Henderson County1
- Mercer County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Brown County1
- Bond County1
- Clinton County1
- Jefferson County1
- Perry County1
- Clay County1
- Jasper County1
- Richland County1
- Johnson County1
- Pope County1
- Jackson County1
- Union County1
- Adams County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.