Alert archive / Illinois / Cumberland County
Weather alerts in Cumberland County, Illinois, 2024
97 weather alerts in 2024, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Cumberland County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 97
- Warnings
- 21
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 26
- Busiest month
- July19 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 14, 202413 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 2 tornado warnings covering Cumberland County in 2024 had a tornado report inside them.
Cumberland County, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 15 | 6 | 60% | 3 | 100% | 11 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Lincoln, IL: tornado warnings | 35 | 2 | 94% | 31 | 16% | 22 min |
| NWS Lincoln, IL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 218 | 93 | 57% | 459 | 75% | 22 min |
| NWS Lincoln, IL: flash flood warnings | 26 | 7 | 73% | 26 | 81% | 118 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:06 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | 41 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:55 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | ILX | 3 days |
| Jan 13, 2:55 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ILX | 4 days |
| Jan 18, 2:23 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ILX | 46 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:00 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | 54 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:26 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | 70 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:05 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | 9 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:32 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | 28 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:04 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 27, 5:47 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Feb 27, 9:29 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 2:54 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | 7 hr |
| Mar 13, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 7:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Mar 14, 5:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Mar 14, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 28 min |
| Mar 14, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | 12 min |
| Mar 14, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 29 min |
| Mar 24, 2:00 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | 34 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 1, 10:24 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ILX | 20 hr |
| Apr 1, 12:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 1, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 1, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 1, 6:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Apr 2, 2:42 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | 17 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:13 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ILX | 30 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:09 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:57 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Apr 18, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 65 min |
| Apr 21, 2:32 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ILX | 29 hr |
| Apr 23, 11:28 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:53 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | 11 hr |
| May 4, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | 42 min |
| May 4, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | 37 min |
| May 7, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| May 7, 2:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 8, 2:50 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | 5 hr |
| May 21, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | 55 min |
| May 24, 1:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 24, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| May 25, 2:15 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ILX | 32 hr |
| May 26, 5:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 26, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 26, 8:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 5, 10:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 25, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 29, 11:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 15 min |
| Jun 29, 5:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 8, 1:52 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ILX | 51 hr |
| Jul 9, 7:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:51 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ILX | 53 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:47 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ILX | 16 hr |
| Jul 15, 9:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 15, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 3:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 8:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 24 min |
| Jul 30, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 47 min |
| Jul 30, 9:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 9:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 38 min |
| Jul 30, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 65 min |
| Jul 31, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 12:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 25, 2:22 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ILX | 54 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | 39 min |
| Sep 20, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 27 min |
| Sep 20, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 35 min |
| Sep 20, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | 2 hr |
| Sep 26, 1:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | 36 hr |
| Sep 27, 10:53 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | ILX | 11 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | 49 min |
| Oct 15, 2:31 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ILX | 29 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:01 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ILX | 18 hr |
| Nov 21, 3:02 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | 18 hr |
| Dec 4, 2:18 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | 23 hr |
| Dec 15, 8:33 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | 14 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:55 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | 12 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 | 15 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 9 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 25 |
| Special Weather Statement | 8 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 4 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 8 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.