Alert archive / Illinois / 2001
Weather alerts in Illinois, May 2001
62 weather alerts in May 2001, 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 62
- Warnings
- 55
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 17, 200112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Rock Island, Whiteside | 6 hr |
| May 10, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bureau, Carroll, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry and 13 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Rock Island, Whiteside | 40 min |
| May 10, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Mercer | 61 min |
| May 10, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 40 min |
| May 10, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau | 73 min |
| May 10, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Warren | 81 min |
| May 10, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 60 min |
| May 11, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 48 min |
| May 14, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake | 55 min |
| May 14, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 8 more | 3 hr |
| May 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 16, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 55 min |
| May 16, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 60 min |
| May 16, 11:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 3 hr |
| May 17, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 46 min |
| May 17, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henderson, Warren | 52 min |
| May 17, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 47 min |
| May 17, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | McDonough | 46 min |
| May 17, 3:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 41 min |
| May 17, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria | 45 min |
| May 17, 7:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 50 min |
| May 17, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Jasper | 43 min |
| May 17, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 34 min |
| May 17, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 64 min |
| May 18, 1:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 3 hr |
| May 18, 3:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 111 min |
| May 18, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Monroe, Randolph | 6 hr |
| May 18, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pulaski, Union | 38 min |
| May 18, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Williamson | 47 min |
| May 18, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 52 min |
| May 20, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Jackson, Perry, Randolph, Union | 6 hr |
| May 20, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 21 min |
| May 21, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin | 31 min |
| May 21, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 34 min |
| May 21, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 35 min |
| May 22, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 52 min |
| May 22, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 52 min |
| May 22, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 63 min |
| May 22, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 50 min |
| May 22, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 60 min |
| May 22, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 55 min |
| May 22, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 61 min |
| May 22, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 41 min |
| May 22, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 60 min |
| May 22, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 44 min |
| May 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 32 min |
| May 22, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 52 min |
| May 23, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 57 min |
| May 23, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 66 min |
| May 23, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 65 min |
| May 23, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 43 min |
| May 23, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 46 min |
| May 23, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 67 min |
| May 23, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton | 28 min |
| May 26, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 34 min |
| May 26, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 46 min |
| May 26, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 32 min |
| May 26, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey | 32 min |
| May 28, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 41 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 | 49 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Whiteside County5
- Rock Island County4
- Knox County4
- McLean County4
- Christian County4
- Henry County3
- Mercer County3
- Tazewell County3
- Warren County3
- Clark County3
- Edgar County3
- Jasper County3
- Effingham County3
- Randolph County3
- Johnson County3
- Union County3
- Alexander County3
- Jackson County3
- Sangamon County3
- Shelby County3
- Carroll County2
- Bureau County2
- Fulton County2
- Henderson County2
- McDonough County2
- Marshall County2
- Peoria County2
- Lake County2
- Ford County2
- Iroquois County2
- Kankakee County2
- Livingston County2
- Will County2
- Clay County2
- Coles County2
- Pulaski County2
- Williamson County2
- Franklin County2
- Perry County2
- Jersey County2
44 more counties
- Logan County2
- Mason County2
- Jo Daviess County1
- Hancock County1
- Lee County1
- Ogle County1
- Putnam County1
- Stark County1
- Boone County1
- Cook County1
- DeKalb County1
- DuPage County1
- Grundy County1
- Kane County1
- Kendall County1
- McHenry County1
- Champaign County1
- Crawford County1
- Cumberland County1
- Douglas County1
- Lawrence County1
- Moultrie County1
- Piatt County1
- Richland County1
- Vermilion County1
- Monroe County1
- Gallatin County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hardin County1
- Jefferson County1
- Massac County1
- Pope County1
- Saline County1
- White County1
- Macoupin County1
- Greene County1
- Morgan County1
- Scott County1
- DeWitt County1
- Macon County1
- Woodford County1
- Menard County1
- Clinton County1
- Calhoun 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.