Alert archive / Illinois / 1998
Weather alerts in Illinois, April 1998
164 weather alerts in April 1998, 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 April 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 164
- Warnings
- 146
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 7, 199838 alerts
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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 3, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Massac, Pulaski | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Cass, Christian, DeWitt, Fulton and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 61 min |
| Apr 7, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Schuyler | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 53 min |
| Apr 7, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason | 54 min |
| Apr 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 46 min |
| Apr 7, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | McDonough | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 69 min |
| Apr 7, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 63 min |
| Apr 7, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Warren | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 55 min |
| Apr 7, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Apr 7, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 65 min |
| Apr 7, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason | 53 min |
| Apr 7, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Warren | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 69 min |
| Apr 7, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 66 min |
| Apr 7, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 63 min |
| Apr 7, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Warren | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Mercer | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon, Shelby | 69 min |
| Apr 7, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Menard | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 42 min |
| Apr 7, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox, Stark | 46 min |
| Apr 7, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Piatt | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 63 min |
| Apr 7, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 59 min |
| Apr 7, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 57 min |
| Apr 7, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 61 min |
| Apr 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 67 min |
| Apr 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Douglas | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 66 min |
| Apr 7, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Livingston | 58 min |
| Apr 7, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham | 54 min |
| Apr 7, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 42 min |
| Apr 7, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Jasper | 64 min |
| Apr 7, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 60 min |
| Apr 7, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 42 min |
| Apr 7, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham, Franklin and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark | 53 min |
| Apr 7, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Jasper | 53 min |
| Apr 7, 10:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 57 min |
| Apr 7, 11:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope, Saline | 7 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin | 35 min |
| Apr 13, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Pike | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Randolph | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 54 min |
| Apr 13, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond | 65 min |
| Apr 13, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 62 min |
| Apr 13, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 68 min |
| Apr 13, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 51 min |
| Apr 13, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 55 min |
| Apr 13, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson | 52 min |
| Apr 13, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 26 min |
| Apr 13, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pope | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Whiteside | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Whiteside | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henderson, Warren | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Mercer | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Lee | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Jasper, Richland | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Lawrence, Wabash | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | McDonough, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Williamson | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 9:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 10:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, White | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Hamilton | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 11:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Perry | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 1:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 4 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Hancock | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Pulaski | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 7:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 61 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 | 45 |
| Tornado Warning | 93 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 17 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 8 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jackson County12
- McLean County11
- Franklin County11
- Washington County10
- Peoria County9
- Tazewell County9
- Randolph County9
- Monroe County9
- Massac County8
- Adams County8
- Fulton County8
- Mason County8
- Hamilton County8
- Madison County8
- Perry County8
- Pulaski County7
- Knox County7
- Warren County7
- Clay County7
- Clinton County7
- Jasper County7
- Jefferson County7
- Macoupin County7
- White County7
- Saint Clair County7
- Christian County6
- Hancock County6
- Logan County6
- Macon County6
- Sangamon County6
- Crawford County6
- Marion County6
- Wabash County6
- Pope County6
- Alexander County6
- Williamson County6
- Cass County5
- DeWitt County5
- McDonough County5
- Stark County5
61 more counties
- Bond County5
- Edwards County5
- Effingham County5
- Lawrence County5
- Richland County5
- Gallatin County5
- Hardin County5
- Johnson County5
- Brown County4
- Livingston County4
- Menard County4
- Mercer County4
- Morgan County4
- Piatt County4
- Woodford County4
- Clark County4
- Coles County4
- Edgar County4
- Fayette County4
- Montgomery County4
- Wayne County4
- Bureau County4
- Douglas County4
- Henry County4
- Iroquois County4
- Saline County4
- Union County4
- Lee County4
- Henderson County3
- Marshall County3
- Moultrie County3
- Putnam County3
- Schuyler County3
- Cumberland County3
- Shelby County3
- Champaign County3
- Ford County3
- LaSalle County3
- Vermilion County3
- Pike County3
- Whiteside County3
- Scott County2
- Kankakee County2
- Calhoun County2
- Jersey County2
- Greene County1
- Boone County1
- Carroll County1
- Cook County1
- DeKalb County1
- DuPage County1
- Grundy County1
- Kane County1
- Kendall County1
- Lake County1
- McHenry County1
- Ogle County1
- Rock Island County1
- Stephenson County1
- Will County1
- Winnebago 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.