Alert archive / Illinois / 1997
Weather alerts in Illinois, July 1997
101 weather alerts in July 1997, 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 July 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 101
- Warnings
- 92
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- July 14, 199729 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 1:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 68 min |
| Jul 14, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Jasper | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton | 68 min |
| Jul 14, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wayne | 71 min |
| Jul 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wabash | 74 min |
| Jul 14, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Williamson | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 75 min |
| Jul 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Saline | 75 min |
| Jul 14, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pope | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 69 min |
| Jul 14, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 69 min |
| Jul 14, 7:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Pope | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, McHenry and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 63 min |
| Jul 18, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 66 min |
| Jul 18, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 53 min |
| Jul 18, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DeKalb, Lee | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 68 min |
| Jul 18, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage, Kane, Kendall | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 68 min |
| Jul 18, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Will | 63 min |
| Jul 18, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 68 min |
| Jul 18, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Ford and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 53 min |
| Jul 18, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 58 min |
| Jul 19, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Warren | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | White | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Saline, Williamson | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | McDonough | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 49 min |
| Jul 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Carroll, Cook, Jo Daviess, Kane, Lake and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Kane | 59 min |
| Jul 26, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cook, DuPage, Kendall, Lake, Will | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Rock Island, Whiteside | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | McDonough | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 39 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 | 86 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cook County8
- Will County7
- Vermilion County6
- McLean County6
- Champaign County6
- Piatt County6
- McHenry County6
- Lake County6
- Iroquois County5
- Kane County5
- Jo Daviess County4
- Coles County4
- Douglas County4
- Ford County4
- Shelby County4
- Macon County4
- Christian County4
- Boone County4
- Whiteside County4
- Winnebago County4
- DuPage County4
- Kankakee County4
- Kendall County4
- Rock Island County4
- McDonough County4
- Mason County4
- Stephenson County3
- Alexander County3
- Pulaski County3
- Clay County3
- Edgar County3
- Effingham County3
- Moultrie County3
- Wayne County3
- Pope County3
- Saline County3
- Williamson County3
- Carroll County3
- DeKalb County3
- Lee County3
50 more counties
- Ogle County3
- Grundy County3
- LaSalle County3
- Sangamon County3
- Mercer County3
- Knox County3
- Fulton County3
- Menard County3
- DeWitt County3
- Logan County2
- Bond County2
- Clark County2
- Fayette County2
- Jasper County2
- Lawrence County2
- Richland County2
- Franklin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Edwards County2
- Johnson County2
- Massac County2
- Wabash County2
- White County2
- Adams County2
- Warren County2
- Hancock County2
- Henderson County2
- Henry County2
- Tazewell County2
- Crawford County1
- Cumberland County1
- Clinton County1
- Marion County1
- Jefferson County1
- Gallatin County1
- Hardin County1
- Jackson County1
- Perry County1
- Union County1
- Morgan County1
- Pike County1
- Bureau County1
- Cass County1
- Livingston County1
- Marshall County1
- Peoria County1
- Putnam County1
- Schuyler County1
- Stark County1
- Woodford 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.