Alert archive / Illinois / 2020
Weather alerts in Illinois, February 2020
79 weather alerts in February 2020, 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 79
- Warnings
- 28
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 42
- Busiest day
- February 10, 202010 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 1, 12:49 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | Rock Island | 6 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:19 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 19 hr | |
| Feb 1, 9:38 PM CST | Gale Warning | LOT | 20 hr | |
| Feb 3, 3:27 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 54 hr | |
| Feb 3, 3:31 AM CST | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake | 50 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:33 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:33 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 4, 7:47 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Massac, Pope, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Feb 4, 7:52 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam | 13 hr |
| Feb 4, 8:52 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Alexander, Massac, Pope, Pulaski | 9 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:46 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:46 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:04 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough, Putnam and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:28 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:23 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston | 33 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 98 days |
| Feb 5, 2:30 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 49 hr | |
| Feb 7, 11:19 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 64 days |
| Feb 8, 3:03 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Putnam, Stephenson, Whiteside | 36 hr |
| Feb 8, 10:34 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 19 days |
| Feb 8, 12:06 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 21 days |
| Feb 8, 1:38 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:54 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 42 hr | |
| Feb 10, 5:54 AM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 6 days |
| Feb 10, 9:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Wabash | 21 days |
| Feb 10, 9:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Wabash | 21 days |
| Feb 10, 9:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Clark, Crawford | 4 days |
| Feb 10, 9:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Crawford, Lawrence | 15 days |
| Feb 10, 9:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Crawford, Lawrence | 14 days |
| Feb 10, 9:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Edwards, Gallatin, Wabash, White | 21 days |
| Feb 10, 10:11 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Wabash, White | 11 days |
| Feb 10, 10:18 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette | 4 days |
| Feb 10, 11:30 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Pope | 17 days |
| Feb 10, 10:07 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 4 days |
| Feb 11, 10:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:38 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 52 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:40 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 23 more | 43 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:00 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:27 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 11, 8:01 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Hardin, Pope | 15 days |
| Feb 12, 3:17 AM CST | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | LOT | 39 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:28 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | Hancock | 23 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:05 AM CST | Gale Warning | LOT | 35 hr | |
| Feb 12, 2:59 PM CST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | LOT | 39 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Massac | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:42 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LSX | Adams | 22 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Boone, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago | 61 min |
| Feb 13, 4:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Kane, McHenry | 54 min |
| Feb 13, 9:54 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 10:05 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 11:46 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 22 hr | |
| Feb 13, 2:07 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:11 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan and 15 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:50 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LSX | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 17 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:26 AM CST | Gale Warning | LOT | 39 hr | |
| Feb 14, 2:55 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 13 hr | |
| Feb 17, 3:31 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 3 days | |
| Feb 17, 5:27 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:44 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 17, 6:10 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:24 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 18, 9:38 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Iroquois | 23 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:51 AM CST | River Flood Warning | IND | Clark, Crawford | 4 days |
| Feb 21, 3:27 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 24 hr | |
| Feb 23, 10:35 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer and 5 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:11 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee and 8 more | 48 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:17 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:20 AM CST | Gale Watch | LOT | 34 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:20 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 34 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:40 AM CST | Lakeshore Flood Watch | LOT | Lake | 12 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:23 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough, Mercer and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:13 PM CST | Lakeshore Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 66 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:29 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Fayette, Greene and 7 more | 44 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:06 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:34 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall and 2 more | 38 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:18 PM CST | Gale Warning | LOT | 32 hr | |
| Feb 26, 5:24 AM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 58 hr |
| Feb 26, 6:03 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 69 hr | |
| Feb 29, 2:48 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 27 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 | |
| Special Weather Statement | 2 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 19 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| River Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 15 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 6 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Lakeshore Flood Warning | 1 |
| Lakeshore Flood Watch | 1 |
| Lakeshore Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 4 |
| Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | 1 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 11 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lake County9
- Calhoun County8
- Greene County8
- Pike County8
- Bureau County8
- Putnam County8
- Jersey County7
- Macoupin County7
- LaSalle County7
- Iroquois County7
- Kankakee County7
- Livingston County7
- DuPage County7
- McHenry County7
- Montgomery County6
- Pope County6
- Adams County6
- Hancock County6
- Henderson County6
- Henry County6
- Warren County6
- Fulton County6
- Knox County6
- McLean County6
- Marshall County6
- Peoria County6
- Schuyler County6
- Stark County6
- Tazewell County6
- Woodford County6
- Ford County6
- Boone County6
- Grundy County6
- Kane County6
- Kendall County6
- Ogle County6
- Winnebago County6
- Rock Island County5
- Madison County5
- Massac County5
61 more counties
- Pulaski County5
- Brown County5
- McDonough County5
- Cass County5
- Champaign County5
- Crawford County5
- DeWitt County5
- Logan County5
- Mason County5
- Menard County5
- Morgan County5
- Piatt County5
- Sangamon County5
- Scott County5
- Vermilion County5
- Carroll County5
- Whiteside County5
- DeKalb County5
- Lee County5
- Wabash County5
- Mercer County5
- Monroe County4
- Saint Clair County4
- Alexander County4
- Clark County4
- Lawrence County4
- Macon County4
- Jo Daviess County4
- Stephenson County4
- Gallatin County4
- Bond County3
- Fayette County3
- Christian County3
- Clay County3
- Coles County3
- Douglas County3
- Edgar County3
- Moultrie County3
- Richland County3
- Shelby County3
- Hardin County3
- White County3
- Cumberland County2
- Edwards County2
- Jackson County2
- Clinton County1
- Marion County1
- Randolph County1
- Washington County1
- Effingham County1
- Jasper County1
- Franklin County1
- Hamilton County1
- Jefferson County1
- Johnson County1
- Perry County1
- Saline County1
- Union County1
- Wayne County1
- Williamson County1
- Cook 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.