Weather alerts in Illinois, December 2013

144 weather alerts in December 2013, 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 December 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 144
Warnings: 46
Watches: 21
Advisories: 68
Busiest day: December 21, 201322 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
Dec 2, 9:56 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		17 hr
Dec 2, 10:52 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LSX	Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Greene and 9 more	11 hr
Dec 2, 11:09 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Jackson, Perry, Pulaski, Union	9 hr
Dec 3, 3:23 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more	38 hr
Dec 3, 3:24 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ILX	Cass, Christian, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan and 13 more	8 hr
Dec 3, 6:50 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle and 5 more	6 hr
Dec 3, 1:58 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake and 5 more	27 hr
Dec 3, 2:51 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LOT		30 hr
Dec 3, 3:42 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	PAH	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more	24 hr
Dec 3, 9:19 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more	15 hr
Dec 3, 10:48 PM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		17 hr
Dec 4, 3:30 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		60 hr
Dec 4, 5:43 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	PAH	Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson and 8 more	2 hr
Dec 4, 2:33 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ILX	Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more	13 hr
Dec 4, 3:18 PM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		30 hr
Dec 4, 3:20 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	LSX	Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair and 1 more	12 hr
Dec 4, 3:52 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more	50 hr
Dec 5, 3:19 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	39 hr
Dec 5, 3:19 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Effingham, Shelby	39 hr
Dec 5, 3:47 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Marion, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington	37 hr
Dec 5, 3:47 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair	37 hr
Dec 5, 12:00 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 12 more	5 hr
Dec 5, 6:25 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Bond, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 35 more	5 hr
Dec 6, 2:39 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Saline	5 hr
Dec 6, 6:46 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 1 more	5 hr
Dec 6, 11:31 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 15 more	4 hr
Dec 6, 3:02 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Gallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope	3 hr
Dec 7, 12:04 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Edwards, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac and 6 more	23 hr
Dec 8, 3:05 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		12 hr
Dec 8, 3:05 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		53 hr
Dec 8, 3:21 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 19 more	9 hr
Dec 8, 5:51 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	6 hr
Dec 8, 6:06 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LSX	Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more	6 hr
Dec 8, 8:15 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more	7 hr
Dec 9, 3:34 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		11 hr
Dec 9, 3:34 AM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		23 hr
Dec 9, 2:47 PM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		36 hr
Dec 10, 3:46 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 6 more	30 hr
Dec 10, 3:30 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Putnam, Rock Island and 2 more	19 hr
Dec 11, 3:00 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		31 hr
Dec 11, 3:06 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ILX	Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell and 1 more	29 hr
Dec 11, 3:46 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more	25 hr
Dec 11, 3:59 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Putnam, Rock Island and 2 more	26 hr
Dec 12, 3:50 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	LSX	Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 2 more	24 hr
Dec 12, 3:15 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	PAH	Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 8 more	39 hr
Dec 12, 3:40 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren	12 hr
Dec 12, 3:41 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LSX	Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more	43 hr
Dec 12, 4:03 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more	44 hr
Dec 12, 7:50 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee and 3 more	46 hr
Dec 13, 3:34 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		35 hr
Dec 13, 4:05 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Bureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough, Mercer and 2 more	26 hr
Dec 13, 10:33 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	28 hr
Dec 13, 11:31 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Clinton, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Randolph and 2 more	5 hr
Dec 14, 3:46 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		54 hr
Dec 16, 7:08 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		14 hr
Dec 16, 7:08 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		69 hr
Dec 16, 8:54 PM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		22 hr
Dec 17, 3:23 PM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		6 hr
Dec 17, 9:24 PM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		30 hr
Dec 18, 3:31 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		22 hr
Dec 19, 3:41 AM CST	Flood Watch	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison and 6 more	66 hr
Dec 19, 3:50 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Rock Island and 2 more	35 hr
Dec 19, 3:54 AM CST	Flood Watch	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 12 more	68 hr
Dec 19, 10:38 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lake, Lee, McHenry and 2 more	32 hr
Dec 19, 2:36 PM CST	Flood Watch	PAH	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more	54 hr
Dec 19, 2:56 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more	24 hr
Dec 19, 3:35 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		29 hr
Dec 19, 3:38 PM CST	Flood Watch	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	45 hr
Dec 19, 3:53 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lake, Lee, McHenry and 2 more	34 hr
Dec 19, 11:39 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	19 hr
Dec 19, 11:45 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LOT		21 hr
Dec 20, 4:19 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	11 hr
Dec 20, 10:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	7 days
Dec 20, 10:29 AM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Wabash	15 days
Dec 20, 10:29 AM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Wabash	15 days
Dec 20, 10:29 AM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Crawford, Lawrence	6 days
Dec 20, 10:29 AM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Crawford, Lawrence	4 days
Dec 20, 10:29 AM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Edwards, Gallatin, Wabash, White	15 days
Dec 20, 3:02 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more	44 hr
Dec 20, 3:37 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago	42 hr
Dec 20, 3:43 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark	38 hr
Dec 20, 3:43 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	ILX	Cass, DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard and 5 more	32 hr
Dec 20, 3:43 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	36 hr
Dec 20, 3:43 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery	32 hr
Dec 20, 7:06 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	114 min
Dec 20, 10:39 PM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	5 days
Dec 21, 2:20 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle	32 hr
Dec 21, 2:20 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	14 hr
Dec 21, 2:37 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Pike, Scott	4 hr
Dec 21, 3:27 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		18 hr
Dec 21, 7:31 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry and 4 more	6 hr
Dec 21, 8:10 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LOT		13 hr
Dec 21, 8:32 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more	6 hr
Dec 21, 8:44 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Wayne, White	70 hr
Dec 21, 8:48 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Wayne, White	13 days
Dec 21, 10:16 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Wabash, White	14 days
Dec 21, 10:46 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin	15 days
Dec 21, 10:46 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Hardin, Pope	7 days
Dec 21, 11:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin, Williamson	7 days
Dec 21, 11:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson	10 days
Dec 21, 12:36 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	12 hr
Dec 21, 12:53 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton, Greene and 8 more	4 hr
Dec 21, 1:08 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Clinton, Marion, Randolph, Washington	22 hr
Dec 21, 1:16 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry and 3 more	23 hr
Dec 21, 2:27 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more	22 hr
Dec 21, 5:08 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	6 hr
Dec 21, 7:17 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope, Pulaski	6 hr
Dec 21, 8:10 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, White	4 hr
Dec 21, 8:14 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	White	4 hr
Dec 21, 8:58 PM CST	Flood Watch	PAH	Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Massac and 6 more	3 hr
Dec 21, 9:26 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		18 hr
Dec 21, 9:32 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Clark, Crawford	6 days
Dec 21, 9:32 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Crawford, Lawrence	6 days
Dec 21, 11:03 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	12 hr
Dec 22, 12:15 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery	4 hr
Dec 22, 1:14 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope, Pulaski	12 hr
Dec 22, 10:53 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Clinton, Marion, Washington	6 hr
Dec 23, 3:13 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ILX	Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Mason, Peoria and 4 more	30 hr
Dec 23, 3:46 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		11 hr
Dec 23, 3:46 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		24 hr
Dec 23, 4:06 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more	30 hr
Dec 23, 3:01 PM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		36 hr
Dec 23, 3:33 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	LOT	DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, Ogle, Winnebago	17 hr
Dec 24, 4:03 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		48 hr
Dec 26, 3:56 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		6 hr
Dec 26, 2:48 PM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		14 hr
Dec 27, 4:30 AM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		20 hr
Dec 27, 10:00 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		18 hr
Dec 27, 11:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Massac	6 days
Dec 28, 3:37 AM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		41 hr
Dec 28, 11:48 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Massac, Pulaski	5 days
Dec 28, 3:14 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, McDonough and 6 more	42 hr
Dec 28, 4:24 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		12 hr
Dec 28, 4:24 PM CST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	LOT		36 hr
Dec 29, 3:24 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ILX	Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Mason, Peoria and 4 more	30 hr
Dec 29, 4:00 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake and 6 more	29 hr
Dec 29, 4:08 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		5 hr
Dec 29, 9:35 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		55 min
Dec 29, 9:35 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		5 hr
Dec 29, 9:38 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 7 more	8 hr
Dec 29, 8:54 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		13 hr
Dec 30, 2:21 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake and 4 more	52 hr
Dec 30, 3:10 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Whiteside	51 hr
Dec 31, 9:38 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		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
Mesoscale Discussion	9
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	5
Flash Flood Warning	6
River Flood Warning	18
Flood Watch	5
Areal Flood Advisory	2
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	8
Winter Storm Watch	8
Freezing Rain Advisory	9
Winter Weather Advisory	15
Cold
Wind Chill Advisory	9
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	10
Marine
Gale Warning	8
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	1
Gale Watch	8
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	3
Small Craft Advisory	20

By county

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

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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.