Weather alerts in Illinois, March 2022

172 weather alerts in March 2022, 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 March 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 172
Warnings: 95
Watches: 11
Advisories: 43
Busiest day: March 6, 202255 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
Mar 2, 3:52 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		35 hr
Mar 4, 9:11 AM CST	Gale Watch	LOT		18 hr
Mar 5, 3:25 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more	30 hr
Mar 5, 3:27 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more	27 hr
Mar 5, 3:27 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more	27 hr
Mar 5, 3:34 AM CST	Gale Warning	LOT		32 hr
Mar 5, 6:10 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island and 1 more	4 hr
Mar 5, 6:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Carroll, Stephenson	52 min
Mar 5, 6:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Stephenson	16 min
Mar 5, 6:33 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams	87 min
Mar 5, 7:51 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer and 3 more	114 min
Mar 5, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jo Daviess	31 min
Mar 5, 8:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Mercer, Rock Island	43 min
Mar 5, 8:09 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Christian, DeKalb and 26 more	96 min
Mar 5, 8:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henderson	44 min
Mar 5, 8:23 PM CST	Flood Watch	PAH	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more	34 hr
Mar 5, 8:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Mercer, Rock Island	49 min
Mar 5, 8:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jo Daviess	31 min
Mar 5, 8:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DVN	Rock Island	25 min
Mar 5, 8:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Champaign, Christian, Coles and 40 more	5 hr
Mar 5, 8:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DVN	Mercer	17 min
Mar 5, 8:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DVN	Carroll, Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside	38 min
Mar 5, 9:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Whiteside	52 min
Mar 5, 9:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	42 min
Mar 5, 9:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee, Ogle, Winnebago	66 min
Mar 5, 9:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Whiteside	33 min
Mar 5, 9:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry	42 min
Mar 5, 9:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark	36 min
Mar 5, 9:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Putnam, Whiteside	49 min
Mar 5, 10:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason	29 min
Mar 5, 10:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall	24 min
Mar 5, 10:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Kane, McHenry	64 min
Mar 5, 10:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	DeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle	76 min
Mar 5, 10:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Mason	12 min
Mar 5, 10:23 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LOT		2 hr
Mar 5, 10:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Tazewell	34 min
Mar 5, 10:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	43 min
Mar 5, 10:32 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall and 8 more	88 min
Mar 5, 10:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, Will	60 min
Mar 5, 10:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Woodford	24 min
Mar 5, 10:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon	38 min
Mar 5, 10:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jersey, Macoupin, Madison	38 min
Mar 5, 10:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon, Shelby	46 min
Mar 5, 11:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Cook, Will	51 min
Mar 5, 11:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	41 min
Mar 5, 11:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Montgomery	27 min
Mar 5, 11:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	44 min
Mar 5, 11:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Piatt, Vermilion	67 min
Mar 5, 11:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Shelby	41 min
Mar 5, 11:53 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Edgar, Iroquois, Vermilion	67 min
Mar 5, 11:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Champaign, Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	64 min
Mar 6, 1:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Edgar	45 min
Mar 6, 9:00 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	8 days
Mar 6, 12:08 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Fayette	5 days
Mar 6, 1:33 PM CST	Flood Watch	LSX	Randolph, Washington	14 hr
Mar 6, 2:28 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Schuyler and 3 more	20 hr
Mar 6, 2:36 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 8 more	21 hr
Mar 6, 2:41 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		33 hr
Mar 6, 3:05 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more	21 hr
Mar 6, 3:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Union	26 min
Mar 6, 4:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Williamson	30 min
Mar 6, 6:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Saline	24 min
Mar 6, 7:23 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Saline	3 hr
Mar 6, 7:29 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski, Union, Williamson	3 hr
Mar 6, 8:05 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline, White	3 hr
Mar 6, 8:14 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin, Williamson	25 hr
Mar 6, 8:14 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson	5 days
Mar 6, 8:27 PM CST	River Flood Warning	IND	Clark, Crawford	9 days
Mar 6, 9:47 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair	4 hr
Mar 6, 10:48 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Massac, Pulaski, Union	117 min
Mar 7, 12:23 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Jackson	3 hr
Mar 7, 12:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Jackson, Union	27 min
Mar 7, 1:01 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Williamson	3 hr
Mar 7, 1:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	45 min
Mar 7, 1:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander	11 min
Mar 7, 1:31 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 1 more	89 min
Mar 7, 1:43 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Gallatin, Jackson, Johnson, Pope, Pulaski and 3 more	34 min
Mar 7, 1:50 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, Wabash, Wayne and 1 more	6 hr
Mar 7, 1:52 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski	5 hr
Mar 7, 2:01 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski	44 min
Mar 7, 2:17 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander, Gallatin, Jackson, Johnson, Pope, Pulaski and 3 more	5 hr
Mar 7, 2:49 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hardin	41 min
Mar 7, 9:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	6 days
Mar 9, 2:21 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LSX	Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more	52 hr
Mar 9, 2:38 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren	39 hr
Mar 10, 2:44 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox and 15 more	30 hr
Mar 10, 2:41 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more	35 hr
Mar 10, 3:15 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		69 hr
Mar 11, 2:33 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	6 hr
Mar 11, 3:45 AM CST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	LOT		32 hr
Mar 12, 3:10 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		33 hr
Mar 16, 3:19 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		15 hr
Mar 17, 3:48 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		66 hr
Mar 18, 3:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 10 more	116 min
Mar 18, 6:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Gallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope, Saline, White	87 min
Mar 21, 4:09 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		36 hr
Mar 22, 9:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	5 days
Mar 22, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	3 days
Mar 22, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Wabash, White	11 days
Mar 22, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Crawford, Lawrence	14 days
Mar 22, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Crawford, Lawrence	15 days
Mar 22, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Clark, Crawford	13 days
Mar 22, 3:40 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry and 3 more	3 hr
Mar 22, 4:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Massac, Pope	114 min
Mar 22, 8:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Edwards, Gallatin, Wabash, White	21 days
Mar 23, 10:09 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LOT		18 hr
Mar 23, 10:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Fayette	26 hr
Mar 24, 5:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler	59 days
Mar 24, 5:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason	58 days
Mar 24, 3:34 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		3 days
Mar 24, 9:10 PM CDT	Gale Warning	LOT		28 hr
Mar 25, 3:03 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LOT	Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more	19 hr
Mar 25, 3:10 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more	19 hr
Mar 25, 3:11 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan and 14 more	19 hr
Mar 25, 2:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 14 more	2 hr
Mar 25, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will	44 min
Mar 25, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Cook, Will	46 min
Mar 25, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LOT		38 min
Mar 28, 3:32 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		11 hr
Mar 28, 3:26 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		48 hr
Mar 29, 5:23 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more	38 hr
Mar 29, 2:17 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion, Monroe and 4 more	24 hr
Mar 29, 2:44 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 16 more	29 hr
Mar 29, 3:21 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	24 hr
Mar 30, 9:03 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clinton, Coles, DeWitt and 24 more	117 min
Mar 30, 9:44 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Monroe, Perry, Randolph and 1 more	2 hr
Mar 30, 11:34 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam	6 days
Mar 30, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Clinton	29 days
Mar 30, 12:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 15 more	2 hr
Mar 30, 2:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alexander, Clay, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 16 more	6 hr
Mar 30, 3:13 PM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LOT		10 hr
Mar 30, 3:13 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		24 hr
Mar 30, 4:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander	27 min
Mar 30, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	40 min
Mar 30, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	47 min
Mar 30, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Wayne	43 min
Mar 30, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Pope	42 min
Mar 30, 4:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Massac, Pulaski, Union	116 min
Mar 30, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope, Pulaski	47 min
Mar 30, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson	50 min
Mar 30, 5:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Franklin, Johnson, Pope, Saline, Union, Williamson	115 min
Mar 30, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	24 min
Mar 30, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	52 min
Mar 30, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hardin	34 min
Mar 30, 5:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 12 more	88 min
Mar 30, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	25 min
Mar 30, 5:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Hamilton, Pope, Saline	114 min
Mar 30, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	14 min
Mar 30, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hardin	37 min
Mar 30, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper	5 hr
Mar 30, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	33 min
Mar 30, 6:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Edwards, Gallatin, Hardin, Wabash, Wayne, White	94 min
Mar 30, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, White	47 min
Mar 30, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	White	13 min
Mar 30, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	20 min
Mar 30, 7:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crawford, Lawrence	96 min
Mar 30, 8:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	7 days
Mar 30, 8:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	7 days
Mar 30, 9:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Fayette	4 days
Mar 31, 3:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Piatt	4 days
Mar 31, 10:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	14 days
Mar 31, 10:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason	24 hr
Mar 31, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	24 hr
Mar 31, 10:29 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Iroquois	22 hr
Mar 31, 10:43 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle	10 hr
Mar 31, 10:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam	12 days
Mar 31, 10:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LOT	LaSalle	56 hr
Mar 31, 10:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey	48 hr
Mar 31, 10:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Pike, Scott	20 days
Mar 31, 2:37 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	LSX	Clinton, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair and 1 more	18 hr
Mar 31, 3:11 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	PAH	Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry and 2 more	18 hr
Mar 31, 3:18 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT		24 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	48
Tornado Warning	8
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	2
Tornado Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	15
Special Weather Statement	8
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	3
Flash Flood Warning	1
River Flood Warning	28
Flood Watch	2
River Flood Watch	3
Areal Flood Advisory	10
Winter
Winter Weather Advisory	8
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	11
Marine
Gale Warning	2
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	1
Special Marine Warning	2
Gale Watch	1
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	2
Small Craft Advisory	12

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.