Alert archive / Illinois / Blizzard Watches

Blizzard Watches in Illinois, 2009

4 blizzard watches in 2009. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.

Blizzard Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.

Blizzard Watches
4
Busiest month
January3 blizzard watches
Busiest day
January 12, 20093 blizzard watches

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
Jan 12, 3:24 AM CSTBlizzard WatchDVNBureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Putnam and 3 more10 hr
Jan 12, 4:21 AM CSTBlizzard WatchLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 6 more7 hr
Jan 12, 3:40 PM CSTBlizzard WatchLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more19 hr
Dec 7, 3:46 AM CSTBlizzard WatchDVNCarroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson34 hr

By county

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

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.