Alert archive / Illinois / 2016
Weather alerts in Illinois, September 2016
163 weather alerts in September 2016, 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 September 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 163
- Warnings
- 62
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest day
- September 9, 201619 alerts
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 12:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 48 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:05 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 51 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 39 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:58 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago | 25 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 1:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage and 25 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 3:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 26 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough, Warren | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Stark | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Woodford | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 5:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 116 min |
| Sep 7, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Warren | 60 min |
| Sep 7, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henderson | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henderson | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Henderson, Warren | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 10:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 2:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 55 min |
| Sep 8, 1:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Saline | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 8:39 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Grundy | 21 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:15 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:05 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 19 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:56 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 43 hr | |
| Sep 9, 5:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 20 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 45 min |
| Sep 9, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Washington | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 52 min |
| Sep 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark | 32 min |
| Sep 9, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 4 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Piatt, Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 7:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 4 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:40 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Iroquois | 3 days |
| Sep 10, 2:01 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam | 36 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:01 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Grundy | 36 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:45 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Iroquois | 36 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:13 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | LaSalle | 41 hr |
| Sep 11, 9:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam | 18 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:31 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 30 hr | |
| Sep 13, 3:55 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | LOT | Lake | 36 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Franklin, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan | 41 min |
| Sep 16, 3:44 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | LOT | Lake | 7 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Bond, Madison | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 12:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Macoupin | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Monroe | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Randolph | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 33 min |
| Sep 16, 4:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Randolph and 5 more | 96 min |
| Sep 16, 4:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 62 min |
| Sep 16, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough | 58 min |
| Sep 16, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Warren | 31 min |
| Sep 16, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 54 min |
| Sep 16, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry | 32 min |
| Sep 16, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Saline | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White | 32 min |
| Sep 16, 7:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Perry | 112 min |
| Sep 16, 10:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne, White | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 9:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 72 hr |
| Sep 17, 10:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Wabash | 4 days |
| Sep 17, 10:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Wabash | 6 days |
| Sep 17, 8:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jackson, Randolph | 4 days |
| Sep 19, 2:33 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:38 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:44 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion, Monroe and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 58 min |
| Sep 19, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jo Daviess, Rock Island | 4 hr |
| Sep 19, 5:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Rock Island and 4 more | 113 min |
| Sep 20, 4:52 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Lake, Lee, McHenry, Ogle and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 20, 5:16 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 8:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jo Daviess | 43 min |
| Sep 21, 9:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Boone | 47 min |
| Sep 21, 9:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 44 min |
| Sep 21, 9:31 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 9 hr | |
| Sep 21, 9:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Boone, Lake, McHenry, Winnebago | 22 min |
| Sep 21, 10:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ogle | 50 min |
| Sep 21, 10:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 41 min |
| Sep 21, 11:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 37 min |
| Sep 21, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Putnam | 77 min |
| Sep 21, 12:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 86 min |
| Sep 21, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 29 min |
| Sep 21, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Putnam | 65 min |
| Sep 21, 1:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria | 35 min |
| Sep 21, 2:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Bureau, Fulton, Grundy, Hancock, Henderson and 19 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton, McLean, Mason, Tazewell | 52 min |
| Sep 21, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 118 min | |
| Sep 21, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henderson | 61 min |
| Sep 21, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Mason, Menard and 1 more | 80 min |
| Sep 22, 11:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 8 days |
| Sep 22, 11:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 11 days |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess | 5 days |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 71 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Rock Island, Whiteside | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Rock Island | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Rock Island | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Rock Island | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Mercer | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Henderson, Mercer | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Henderson | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Hancock, Henderson | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Hancock | 48 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Hancock | 48 hr |
| Sep 23, 11:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Rock Island, Whiteside | 12 days |
| Sep 23, 11:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 11 days |
| Sep 23, 11:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 13 days |
| Sep 23, 11:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 14 days |
| Sep 23, 11:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 15 days |
| Sep 23, 11:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Mercer | 16 days |
| Sep 23, 11:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henderson, Mercer | 17 days |
| Sep 23, 11:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henderson | 18 days |
| Sep 23, 11:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson | 18 days |
| Sep 24, 11:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Hancock | 13 days |
| Sep 24, 11:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Hancock | 16 days |
| Sep 24, 12:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 17 days |
| Sep 24, 12:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 17 days |
| Sep 24, 12:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 16 days |
| Sep 24, 12:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 19 days |
| Sep 24, 12:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 17 days |
| Sep 24, 12:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 19 days |
| Sep 24, 12:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 20 days |
| Sep 25, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 7 days |
| Sep 25, 2:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Bureau, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Henry and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:33 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 3 days | |
| Sep 26, 11:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 17 days |
| Sep 26, 8:02 PM CDT | Gale Warning | LOT | 7 hr | |
| Sep 27, 12:03 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:58 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 27 hr | |
| Sep 27, 9:04 PM CDT | Gale Warning | LOT | 30 hr | |
| Sep 28, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 56 min | |
| Sep 28, 12:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 57 min | |
| Sep 28, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 66 min | |
| Sep 28, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 117 min | |
| Sep 28, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook | 44 min |
| Sep 28, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 50 min |
| Sep 28, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 39 min | |
| Sep 29, 2:58 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 49 hr | |
| Sep 29, 11:08 AM CDT | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake | 17 hr |
| Sep 29, 11:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jersey | 13 days |
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 | 6 |
| Tornado Warning | 10 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 10 |
| Special Weather Statement | 38 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 8 |
| River Flood Warning | 29 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| River Flood Watch | 13 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 12 |
| River Flood Advisory | 6 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Lakeshore Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 2 |
| Special Marine Warning | 6 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 6 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rock Island County16
- Henderson County15
- Whiteside County15
- Mercer County12
- Carroll County11
- Hancock County11
- Jo Daviess County11
- Fulton County11
- Randolph County11
- LaSalle County10
- Peoria County10
- Vermilion County10
- Saint Clair County9
- Putnam County9
- Washington County9
- Bureau County8
- Warren County8
- Grundy County8
- Lake County8
- Stark County8
- Mason County8
- Champaign County8
- Monroe County8
- Madison County7
- Henry County7
- Stephenson County7
- Boone County7
- Winnebago County7
- Knox County7
- Clark County7
- McDonough County6
- Lee County6
- Ogle County6
- Marshall County6
- Cumberland County6
- Bond County6
- Clinton County6
- Clay County6
- Wayne County6
- DeKalb County5
60 more counties
- Kendall County5
- McHenry County5
- Livingston County5
- Woodford County5
- Hamilton County5
- Saline County5
- Douglas County5
- Edgar County5
- Moultrie County5
- Piatt County5
- Shelby County5
- Effingham County5
- Richland County5
- Wabash County5
- Perry County5
- Cook County4
- Adams County4
- DuPage County4
- Kane County4
- Kankakee County4
- Tazewell County4
- Schuyler County4
- Franklin County4
- Gallatin County4
- Jackson County4
- Christian County4
- Coles County4
- Iroquois County4
- Crawford County4
- Edwards County4
- Fayette County4
- Jasper County4
- Jefferson County4
- Lawrence County4
- Marion County4
- White County4
- Calhoun County3
- Ford County3
- McLean County3
- Will County3
- Cass County3
- Hardin County3
- Williamson County3
- Pike County3
- Alexander County2
- Johnson County2
- Massac County2
- Pope County2
- Pulaski County2
- Union County2
- DeWitt County2
- Logan County2
- Macon County2
- Menard County2
- Montgomery County2
- Sangamon County1
- Morgan County1
- Macoupin County1
- Brown County1
- Jersey 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.