Alert archive / Illinois / Blizzard Warnings

Blizzard Warnings in Illinois, 2012

5 blizzard warnings in 2012. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of blizzard warnings reaches back to 2005.

Blizzard Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Blizzard Warnings
5
Busiest month
December5 blizzard warnings
Busiest day
December 20, 20122 blizzard warnings

Over time

By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 19, 4:09 AM CSTBlizzard WarningDVNBureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more44 hr
Dec 20, 3:46 AM CSTBlizzard WarningLOTBoone, DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago20 hr
Dec 20, 12:15 PM CSTBlizzard WarningILXCass, Christian, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan and 13 more12 hr
Dec 25, 4:49 AM CSTBlizzard WarningPAHAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more29 hr
Dec 25, 12:19 PM CSTBlizzard WarningILXClark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar and 4 more22 hr

By county

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

27 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.