Weather alerts in Illinois, April 1997

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in April 1997. Tap one for its archive.

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 5, 2:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henderson	47 min
Apr 5, 2:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Mercer, Warren	42 min
Apr 5, 2:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	30 min
Apr 5, 2:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox, LaSalle and 8 more	5 hr
Apr 5, 2:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bond, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 34 more	5 hr
Apr 5, 2:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason, Menard, Sangamon	29 min
Apr 5, 2:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Rock Island	44 min
Apr 5, 3:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Peoria, Tazewell	45 min
Apr 5, 3:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Stark	45 min
Apr 5, 3:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	29 min
Apr 5, 3:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Whiteside	47 min
Apr 5, 3:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Woodford	39 min
Apr 5, 3:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall	39 min
Apr 5, 3:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon	34 min
Apr 5, 3:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle, Lee, Livingston	45 min
Apr 5, 3:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ogle	45 min
Apr 5, 3:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess	42 min
Apr 5, 3:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	47 min
Apr 5, 4:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	34 min
Apr 5, 4:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	34 min
Apr 5, 4:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Stephenson	45 min
Apr 5, 4:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy and 13 more	4 hr
Apr 5, 4:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle	34 min
Apr 5, 4:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Livingston	34 min
Apr 5, 4:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee	34 min
Apr 5, 4:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	57 min
Apr 5, 4:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee	31 min
Apr 5, 4:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, McHenry	31 min
Apr 5, 4:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Will	31 min
Apr 5, 4:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DuPage	31 min
Apr 5, 5:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Lake, McHenry	34 min
Apr 5, 5:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DuPage, Kankakee, Will	34 min
Apr 5, 5:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	34 min
Apr 18, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun	39 min
Apr 18, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	47 min
Apr 18, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Franklin, Greene and 18 more	4 hr
Apr 18, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Scott	30 min
Apr 18, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun	45 min
Apr 18, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henderson, Warren	46 min
Apr 18, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Saint Clair	40 min
Apr 18, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison	43 min
Apr 18, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jersey, Madison	49 min
Apr 19, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington	41 min
Apr 20, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alexander, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Johnson, Perry and 6 more	6 hr
Apr 20, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski, Union	40 min
Apr 20, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson	40 min
Apr 20, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hardin, Massac, Pope	33 min
Apr 30, 12:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, DeKalb and 28 more	7 hr
Apr 30, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	29 min
Apr 30, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	34 min
Apr 30, 1:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Hancock	34 min
Apr 30, 1:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Adams	48 min
Apr 30, 2:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Schuyler	27 min
Apr 30, 2:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	McDonough	34 min
Apr 30, 2:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Warren	48 min
Apr 30, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Clair	52 min
Apr 30, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee	35 min
Apr 30, 2:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	48 min
Apr 30, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin	47 min
Apr 30, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bond, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 20 more	7 hr
Apr 30, 2:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Macoupin	42 min
Apr 30, 2:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Lee	34 min
Apr 30, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	43 min
Apr 30, 2:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Knox	42 min
Apr 30, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette	54 min
Apr 30, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	47 min
Apr 30, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell	43 min
Apr 30, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Mason	43 min
Apr 30, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	40 min
Apr 30, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb	48 min
Apr 30, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian	45 min
Apr 30, 3:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Marshall, Stark	37 min
Apr 30, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	46 min
Apr 30, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Henry	50 min
Apr 30, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Champaign, Cook, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 8 more	6 hr
Apr 30, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon	43 min
Apr 30, 3:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell	47 min
Apr 30, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette	32 min
Apr 30, 3:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt	40 min
Apr 30, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Piatt	48 min
Apr 30, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Marshall	30 min
Apr 30, 4:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign	55 min
Apr 30, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Wayne	41 min
Apr 30, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Livingston	31 min
Apr 30, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland	30 min
Apr 30, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	50 min
Apr 30, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Carroll, Whiteside	34 min
Apr 30, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jo Daviess	32 min
Apr 30, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Lake	32 min
Apr 30, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 6 more	6 hr
Apr 30, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence, Richland	29 min
Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Saline and 1 more	6 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	59
Tornado Warning	23
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	6
Tornado Watch	4

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.