Alert archive / Illinois / 2022
Weather alerts in Illinois, October 2022
73 weather alerts in October 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 October 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 73
- Warnings
- 30
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 25
- Busiest day
- October 7, 202211 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 3:06 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 36 hr | |
| Oct 5, 3:37 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 30 hr | |
| Oct 6, 2:32 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:47 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 23 more | 23 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:58 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 12 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough | 30 min |
| Oct 6, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kendall | 63 min |
| Oct 6, 9:19 PM CDT | Gale Warning | LOT | 7 hr | |
| Oct 6, 9:19 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 31 hr | |
| Oct 7, 2:19 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 31 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:42 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 8 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:42 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 30 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:57 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 16 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:06 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:06 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 7, 10:44 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | PAH | Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 6 more | 21 hr |
| Oct 7, 1:59 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle and 4 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:07 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Menard and 7 more | 19 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:16 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:54 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Marion and 5 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:27 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 15 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:52 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 49 hr | |
| Oct 12, 3:10 AM CDT | Gale Warning | LOT | 13 hr | |
| Oct 12, 3:10 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 43 hr | |
| Oct 12, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | McHenry | 46 min |
| Oct 12, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake | 55 min |
| Oct 12, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LOT | 2 hr | |
| Oct 12, 2:35 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 29 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:28 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:52 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Warren | 16 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:45 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LSX | Randolph | 12 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:00 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 10 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:07 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:26 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:32 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ILX | Fulton, McLean, Mason, Peoria, Schuyler, Tazewell and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 8 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 13, 10:02 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 53 hr | |
| Oct 14, 2:53 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 10 more | 16 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee | 15 hr |
| Oct 14, 2:36 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lee, McHenry, Ogle and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:03 AM CDT | Gale Watch | LOT | 24 hr | |
| Oct 15, 3:03 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 24 hr | |
| Oct 16, 2:44 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:48 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 26 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:50 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:23 AM CDT | Gale Warning | LOT | 72 hr | |
| Oct 16, 3:23 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 31 hr | |
| Oct 16, 1:55 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 43 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:23 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 43 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:14 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 26 more | 42 hr |
| Oct 17, 10:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 17, 10:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Washington | 7 hr |
| Oct 18, 1:59 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 18 hr |
| Oct 18, 2:04 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Oct 18, 9:34 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 30 hr | |
| Oct 19, 2:06 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 20, 8:20 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 26 hr | |
| Oct 21, 2:23 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 4 days | |
| Oct 22, 10:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 24, 1:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope, Pulaski | 29 hr |
| Oct 24, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 49 min |
| Oct 24, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 53 min |
| Oct 25, 3:32 AM CDT | Gale Warning | LOT | 30 hr | |
| Oct 25, 9:39 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 17 hr | |
| Oct 25, 10:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander | 57 min |
| Oct 25, 11:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Pulaski, Union | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson, Massac | 47 min |
| Oct 25, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Pope | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 10:43 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 8 hr | |
| Oct 28, 1:40 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 4 hr | |
| Oct 30, 7:26 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 18 more | 15 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:07 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | Cook, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:08 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 19 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 | 2 |
| Special Weather Statement | 8 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 12 |
| Freeze Watch | 7 |
| Frost Advisory | 7 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 11 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 4 |
| Special Marine Warning | 1 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 14 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Edwards County10
- Gallatin County10
- Wabash County10
- Alexander County10
- Massac County10
- Pope County10
- Pulaski County10
- Franklin County9
- Hamilton County9
- Jackson County9
- Jefferson County9
- Perry County9
- Saline County9
- Wayne County9
- White County9
- Williamson County9
- Hardin County9
- Johnson County9
- Union County9
- Champaign County8
- Coles County8
- Douglas County8
- Edgar County8
- Moultrie County8
- Piatt County8
- Shelby County8
- Vermilion County8
- Randolph County8
- Clark County7
- Cumberland County7
- Monroe County7
- Christian County6
- DeWitt County6
- Fulton County6
- Logan County6
- McLean County6
- Macon County6
- Mason County6
- Peoria County6
- Sangamon County6
62 more counties
- Schuyler County6
- Tazewell County6
- Woodford County6
- Saint Clair County6
- Washington County6
- Clay County6
- Crawford County6
- Effingham County6
- Jasper County6
- Lawrence County6
- Richland County6
- McDonough County5
- Mercer County5
- Cass County5
- Menard County5
- Morgan County5
- Scott County5
- Bond County5
- Clinton County5
- Fayette County5
- Macoupin County5
- Madison County5
- Marion County5
- Montgomery County5
- Ford County5
- Iroquois County5
- Kankakee County5
- McHenry County5
- Carroll County4
- Hancock County4
- Henderson County4
- Rock Island County4
- Warren County4
- Whiteside County4
- Adams County4
- Brown County4
- Pike County4
- Kendall County4
- Calhoun County4
- Greene County4
- Jersey County4
- Grundy County4
- Livingston County4
- Will County4
- Boone County4
- DeKalb County4
- Kane County4
- Lake County4
- Lee County4
- Ogle County4
- Winnebago County4
- Bureau County3
- Henry County3
- Jo Daviess County3
- Putnam County3
- Stephenson County3
- Cook County3
- LaSalle County3
- Knox County2
- Marshall County2
- Stark County2
- DuPage County2
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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.