Alert archive / Illinois / 1996
Weather alerts in Illinois, May 1996
172 weather alerts in May 1996, 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 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 172
- Warnings
- 172
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 8, 199623 alerts
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 38 min |
| May 2, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 49 min |
| May 2, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 49 min |
| May 2, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair, Washington | 43 min |
| May 2, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 36 min |
| May 2, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 30 min |
| May 3, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 41 min |
| May 3, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 34 min |
| May 3, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey | 34 min |
| May 3, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Madison | 48 min |
| May 3, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton | 46 min |
| May 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 36 min |
| May 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton | 45 min |
| May 3, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 42 min |
| May 3, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 45 min |
| May 3, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson, Wayne | 55 min |
| May 3, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 40 min |
| May 3, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Jasper | 52 min |
| May 3, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 45 min |
| May 3, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 17 min |
| May 3, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 50 min |
| May 3, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 59 min |
| May 3, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 35 min |
| May 3, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 37 min |
| May 3, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 33 min |
| May 3, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 26 min |
| May 3, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 58 min |
| May 3, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 46 min |
| May 3, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Piatt | 50 min |
| May 3, 10:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Macon, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| May 3, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas | 53 min |
| May 3, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 40 min |
| May 4, 12:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie | 3 hr |
| May 4, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 46 min |
| May 5, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 45 min |
| May 5, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond | 48 min |
| May 5, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 28 min |
| May 5, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 31 min |
| May 5, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 55 min |
| May 5, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 60 min |
| May 5, 10:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 42 min |
| May 5, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 59 min |
| May 5, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 60 min |
| May 5, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 60 min |
| May 5, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac | 53 min |
| May 5, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Williamson | 53 min |
| May 5, 2:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 27 min |
| May 5, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pope, Saline | 69 min |
| May 5, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Randolph | 3 hr |
| May 5, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin | 58 min |
| May 5, 3:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson | 4 hr |
| May 5, 3:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 4 hr |
| May 5, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 65 min |
| May 5, 3:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White | 3 hr |
| May 7, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 28 min |
| May 8, 12:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 56 min |
| May 8, 2:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Saline | 3 hr |
| May 8, 4:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Schuyler | 3 hr |
| May 8, 4:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| May 8, 5:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Jasper | 3 hr |
| May 8, 5:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford | 3 hr |
| May 8, 7:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Sangamon, Schuyler | 4 hr |
| May 8, 7:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 4 hr |
| May 8, 8:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 3 hr |
| May 8, 8:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham | 3 hr |
| May 8, 9:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 2 hr |
| May 8, 10:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Schuyler | 5 hr |
| May 8, 10:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 5 hr |
| May 8, 10:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan | 5 hr |
| May 8, 12:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 3 hr |
| May 8, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 41 min |
| May 8, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 33 min |
| May 8, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 41 min |
| May 8, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham | 38 min |
| May 8, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Jasper | 25 min |
| May 8, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Richland | 30 min |
| May 8, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence, Richland | 43 min |
| May 9, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 45 min |
| May 9, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Will | 64 min |
| May 9, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 22 min |
| May 9, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 48 min |
| May 9, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 48 min |
| May 9, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Livingston | 33 min |
| May 9, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Mercer | 69 min |
| May 9, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 45 min |
| May 9, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Warren | 58 min |
| May 9, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 52 min |
| May 9, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Stark | 53 min |
| May 9, 11:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 8 hr |
| May 10, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 54 min |
| May 10, 2:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 49 min |
| May 10, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 44 min |
| May 10, 3:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll | 45 min |
| May 10, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ogle | 56 min |
| May 10, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 32 min |
| May 10, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 30 min |
| May 10, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 43 min |
| May 10, 11:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 3 hr |
| May 10, 12:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Douglas, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| May 10, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 10, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline, White | 4 hr |
| May 10, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Saline, White | 5 hr |
| May 10, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson, Union, Williamson | 5 hr |
| May 10, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 5 hr |
| May 16, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 64 min |
| May 16, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 67 min |
| May 16, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Will | 61 min |
| May 16, 8:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 29 min |
| May 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock | 67 min |
| May 16, 9:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Mercer | 6 hr |
| May 19, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 30 min |
| May 24, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 55 min |
| May 24, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer | 56 min |
| May 24, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson | 45 min |
| May 24, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | McDonough | 64 min |
| May 24, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Edgar, Vermilion | 51 min |
| May 25, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey | 43 min |
| May 25, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 39 min |
| May 25, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 60 min |
| May 25, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 66 min |
| May 25, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 67 min |
| May 25, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 67 min |
| May 25, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton | 65 min |
| May 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 45 min |
| May 25, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond | 44 min |
| May 25, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 47 min |
| May 25, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 60 min |
| May 25, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 50 min |
| May 25, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 45 min |
| May 25, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 25 min |
| May 25, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 55 min |
| May 25, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 65 min |
| May 25, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland | 45 min |
| May 25, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Richland | 38 min |
| May 25, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 62 min |
| May 26, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 61 min |
| May 26, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 32 min |
| May 26, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 37 min |
| May 26, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 44 min |
| May 26, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Jasper | 25 min |
| May 27, 1:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | McDonough | 2 hr |
| May 27, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 53 min |
| May 27, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 53 min |
| May 27, 2:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Hancock | 3 hr |
| May 27, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 30 min |
| May 27, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | McDonough | 2 hr |
| May 27, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey | 42 min |
| May 27, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Henderson, Warren | 2 hr |
| May 27, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 43 min |
| May 27, 4:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean | 63 min |
| May 27, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 51 min |
| May 27, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph, Saint Clair | 49 min |
| May 27, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson | 35 min |
| May 27, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 41 min |
| May 27, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 45 min |
| May 27, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 40 min |
| May 27, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 32 min |
| May 27, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 42 min |
| May 27, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 66 min |
| May 27, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 42 min |
| May 27, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 61 min |
| May 27, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 50 min |
| May 27, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 61 min |
| May 28, 11:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Ogle, Winnebago | 4 hr |
| May 28, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 38 min |
| May 28, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 69 min |
| May 28, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 45 min |
| May 28, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 43 min |
| May 28, 3:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Ogle, Winnebago | 3 hr |
| May 28, 6:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Ogle, Winnebago | 4 hr |
| May 31, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Rock Island, Whiteside | 7 hr |
| May 31, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Rock Island, Whiteside | 7 hr |
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 | 110 |
| Tornado Warning | 23 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 39 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sangamon County9
- Clay County8
- Christian County7
- Moultrie County7
- Jasper County6
- Adams County6
- Richland County6
- Champaign County6
- Vermilion County6
- Pike County6
- Jersey County5
- Macon County5
- Douglas County5
- Saline County5
- Logan County5
- Monroe County4
- Saint Clair County4
- Wayne County4
- Menard County4
- Effingham County4
- Jackson County4
- Williamson County4
- Gallatin County4
- Cumberland County4
- Crawford County4
- Brown County4
- Morgan County4
- Shelby County4
- Mercer County4
- Rock Island County4
- Whiteside County4
- Ogle County4
- Greene County4
- Randolph County3
- Union County3
- Calhoun County3
- Madison County3
- Clinton County3
- Bond County3
- Marion County3
49 more counties
- Montgomery County3
- Fayette County3
- Johnson County3
- White County3
- Cass County3
- Schuyler County3
- Edgar County3
- Lawrence County3
- Knox County3
- Hancock County3
- McDonough County3
- Scott County3
- Macoupin County3
- Winnebago County3
- Perry County2
- Franklin County2
- Edwards County2
- Wabash County2
- Piatt County2
- Clark County2
- Pulaski County2
- Pope County2
- Hardin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Coles County2
- Woodford County2
- Will County2
- Warren County2
- Henderson County2
- Washington County1
- Jefferson County1
- Alexander County1
- Massac County1
- Mason County1
- Fulton County1
- Grundy County1
- Marshall County1
- LaSalle County1
- Livingston County1
- Peoria County1
- Stark County1
- Carroll County1
- Stephenson County1
- Cook County1
- Kankakee County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Tazewell County1
- DeWitt County1
- McLean County1
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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.