Alert archive / Illinois / 2009
Weather alerts in Illinois, February 2009
139 weather alerts in February 2009, 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 February 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 139
- Warnings
- 72
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 43
- Busiest day
- February 11, 200936 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2:54 AM CST | Gale Watch | LOT | 13 hr | |
| Feb 2, 3:03 PM CST | Gale Warning | LOT | 33 hr | |
| Feb 2, 3:16 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren | 19 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:31 PM CST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | LOT | Lake | 29 hr |
| Feb 2, 4:08 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 8 hr | |
| Feb 3, 2:27 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LSX | Adams, Brown | 7 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:01 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark | 7 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:42 AM CST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | LOT | 19 hr | |
| Feb 3, 3:25 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Mason, Peoria and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:40 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 24 hr | |
| Feb 6, 4:08 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 32 hr | |
| Feb 7, 4:19 AM CST | Gale Warning | LOT | 10 hr | |
| Feb 7, 11:47 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 8 hr | |
| Feb 7, 8:45 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 11 days |
| Feb 7, 9:54 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 5 hr | |
| Feb 8, 10:20 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MKX | Lake | 8 days |
| Feb 9, 1:27 AM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:53 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 5 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:06 AM CST | Gale Watch | LOT | 12 hr | |
| Feb 9, 4:06 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 41 hr | |
| Feb 9, 1:45 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 24 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 10 more | 44 hr |
| Feb 10, 12:50 AM CST | High Wind Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:00 AM CST | Flood Watch | LOT | DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee and 4 more | 41 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:09 AM CST | Gale Watch | LOT | 17 hr | |
| Feb 10, 8:51 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 49 hr |
| Feb 10, 8:51 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 7 days |
| Feb 10, 10:33 AM CST | Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 10, 12:36 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 27 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 10, 12:44 PM CST | High Wind Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:41 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Marion and 5 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 10, 5:19 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook, LaSalle | 121 days |
| Feb 10, 7:42 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Piatt | 49 hr |
| Feb 10, 9:29 PM CST | Gale Warning | LOT | 37 hr | |
| Feb 10, 9:56 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 48 hr |
| Feb 10, 10:03 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 24 hr |
| Feb 10, 10:15 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Boone | 34 hr |
| Feb 11, 1:31 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:30 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Monroe, Randolph | 90 min |
| Feb 11, 3:40 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston | 18 hr |
| Feb 11, 5:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette | 4 days |
| Feb 11, 5:26 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more | 64 min |
| Feb 11, 6:15 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 7 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 11, 8:08 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Hardin, Massac, Pope | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 8:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Clark, Crawford | 12 days |
| Feb 11, 8:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Crawford, Lawrence | 15 days |
| Feb 11, 8:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Crawford, Lawrence | 15 days |
| Feb 11, 9:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 4 days |
| Feb 11, 9:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 36 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:34 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Wayne, White | 13 days |
| Feb 11, 9:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Wayne, White | 27 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:46 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Wabash | 10 days |
| Feb 11, 9:46 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Wabash | 11 days |
| Feb 11, 9:50 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Wabash, White | 13 days |
| Feb 11, 9:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 11 hr |
| Feb 11, 10:28 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Wabash | 14 days |
| Feb 11, 10:28 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Wabash | 14 days |
| Feb 11, 10:28 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Edwards, Gallatin, Wabash, White | 13 days |
| Feb 11, 10:52 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 47 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:43 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Grundy | 34 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:43 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle | 6 days |
| Feb 11, 12:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Morgan, Pike | 10 days |
| Feb 11, 12:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike, Scott | 147 days |
| Feb 11, 1:05 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Ogle | 20 hr |
| Feb 11, 1:14 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson | 78 days |
| Feb 11, 1:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford | 16 min |
| Feb 11, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 26 min |
| Feb 11, 8:04 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 9 days |
| Feb 11, 8:47 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 3 days |
| Feb 11, 8:47 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 8 days |
| Feb 12, 3:35 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:05 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 6 hr | |
| Feb 12, 8:54 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 4 days |
| Feb 13, 4:16 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Grundy | 23 hr |
| Feb 13, 10:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 145 days |
| Feb 13, 10:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 145 days |
| Feb 16, 2:48 PM CST | Gale Watch | LOT | 24 hr | |
| Feb 17, 3:39 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 23 hr | |
| Feb 17, 2:52 PM CST | Gale Warning | LOT | 48 hr | |
| Feb 17, 9:14 PM CST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | LOT | 45 hr | |
| Feb 18, 4:13 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Lee and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:29 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 25 hr | |
| Feb 19, 11:18 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Clinton | 16 days |
| Feb 19, 1:38 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:47 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Putnam, Rock Island and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:34 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark and 2 more | 38 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 6 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:41 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 41 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:17 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Whiteside | 35 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:17 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough, Mercer and 3 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:15 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 24 hr | |
| Feb 20, 11:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess, Kane and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 9:03 AM CST | Gale Warning | LOT | 18 hr | |
| Feb 22, 3:55 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 36 hr | |
| Feb 25, 2:52 PM CST | Gale Watch | LOT | 6 hr | |
| Feb 25, 8:58 PM CST | Gale Warning | LOT | 42 hr | |
| Feb 26, 3:28 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:50 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 26, 6:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Hancock and 8 more | 93 min |
| Feb 26, 9:22 AM CST | River Flood Watch | MKX | Lake | 22 hr |
| Feb 26, 9:26 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton, Greene and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 26, 10:09 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough, Mercer and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 26, 10:41 AM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle | 19 hr |
| Feb 26, 12:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 33 min |
| Feb 26, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 49 min |
| Feb 26, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 26, 7:02 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee and 4 more | 110 days |
| Feb 26, 7:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Pike | 41 min |
| Feb 26, 7:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clay, Clinton and 26 more | 93 min |
| Feb 26, 7:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall | 6 hr |
| Feb 26, 8:22 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MKX | Lake | 3 days |
| Feb 26, 8:33 PM CST | River Flood Watch | LOT | LaSalle | 9 hr |
| Feb 26, 8:33 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Morgan, Pike | 128 days |
| Feb 26, 8:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Perry and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 26, 10:36 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Randolph | 114 min |
| Feb 27, 5:43 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 38 hr |
| Feb 27, 5:43 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle | 5 days |
| Feb 27, 7:09 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Will | 30 hr |
| Feb 27, 8:13 AM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 26 hr |
| Feb 27, 9:19 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Clark, Crawford | 51 hr |
| Feb 27, 9:19 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Crawford, Lawrence | 4 days |
| Feb 27, 9:19 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Crawford, Lawrence | 3 days |
| Feb 27, 10:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 34 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Cook | 10 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:33 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 19 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:33 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 49 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 4 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 4 days |
| Feb 27, 10:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 3 days |
| Feb 27, 10:51 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Boone | 48 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:51 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Winnebago | 48 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:51 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Ogle | 33 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LOT | Grundy | 24 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:56 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:38 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 18 hr | |
| Feb 28, 2:32 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 63 hr | |
| Feb 28, 11:47 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:01 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LOT | DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will | 20 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- LaSalle County16
- Lake County14
- DuPage County12
- Kane County12
- Grundy County11
- Crawford County11
- Winnebago County11
- Alexander County10
- Kendall County10
- Lawrence County10
- Fulton County9
- Wabash County9
- Morgan County9
- Ogle County9
- Rock Island County8
- Schuyler County8
- Pike County8
- Boone County8
- DeKalb County8
- Lee County8
- Peoria County7
- Mason County7
- Gallatin County7
- Jackson County7
- Union County7
- White County7
- McHenry County7
- Kankakee County7
- Henry County7
- Scott County7
- Hancock County6
- Brown County6
- Knox County6
- Franklin County6
- Hardin County6
- Johnson County6
- Massac County6
- Pope County6
- Pulaski County6
- Greene County6
62 more counties
- Macoupin County6
- Randolph County6
- Whiteside County6
- Cass County6
- Clark County6
- Sangamon County6
- Vermilion County6
- Cook County6
- Bureau County6
- Henderson County5
- Marshall County5
- McLean County5
- Tazewell County5
- Woodford County5
- Clay County5
- Jefferson County5
- Perry County5
- Wayne County5
- Williamson County5
- Calhoun County5
- Jersey County5
- Madison County5
- Monroe County5
- Iroquois County5
- Livingston County5
- Coles County5
- Edgar County5
- Jasper County5
- Menard County5
- Shelby County5
- McDonough County4
- Mercer County4
- Warren County4
- Adams County4
- Stark County4
- Richland County4
- Edwards County4
- Saline County4
- Clinton County4
- Fayette County4
- Montgomery County4
- Saint Clair County4
- Washington County4
- Ford County4
- Christian County4
- Cumberland County4
- Douglas County4
- Effingham County4
- Logan County4
- Macon County4
- Moultrie County4
- Piatt County4
- Carroll County4
- Jo Daviess County4
- Stephenson County4
- Hamilton County3
- Bond County3
- Marion County3
- Champaign County3
- DeWitt County3
- Putnam County3
- Will County3
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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.