Fire Weather Watches in Illinois
69 fire weather watches since 1986. 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 fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 69
- Busiest year
- 201018 fire weather watches
- Average year
- 5over 14 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Union County15
- Ford County15
- Grundy County15
- Iroquois County15
- Livingston County15
- Will County15
- LaSalle County15
- Alexander County14
- Franklin County14
- Jackson County14
- Jefferson County14
- Johnson County14
- Perry County14
- Pulaski County14
- Wabash County14
- Williamson County14
- Kankakee County14
- Kendall County14
- Edwards County13
- Hamilton County13
- Hardin County13
- Massac County13
- Pope County13
- Wayne County13
- White County13
- Gallatin County12
- Saline County12
- DeKalb County12
- Lee County12
- Cook County11
- DuPage County11
- Kane County11
- Ogle County10
- Winnebago County10
- Randolph County9
- Boone County9
- Lake County9
- McHenry County9
- Monroe County8
- Saint Clair County8
62 more counties
- Clinton County7
- Washington County7
- Knox County7
- Marshall County7
- Schuyler County7
- Stark County7
- Bond County6
- Madison County6
- Marion County6
- Cass County6
- Fulton County6
- Mason County6
- Menard County6
- Morgan County6
- Peoria County6
- Scott County6
- Tazewell County6
- Woodford County6
- Pike County6
- Sangamon County5
- Adams County5
- Brown County5
- Mercer County5
- Henry County5
- Whiteside County5
- Calhoun County4
- Clay County4
- Crawford County4
- Effingham County4
- Fayette County4
- Jasper County4
- Jersey County4
- Lawrence County4
- Richland County4
- Champaign County4
- Christian County4
- DeWitt County4
- Logan County4
- McLean County4
- Macon County4
- Piatt County4
- Vermilion County4
- Henderson County4
- Warren County4
- Carroll County4
- Jo Daviess County4
- Rock Island County4
- Bureau County4
- Putnam County4
- Clark County3
- Cumberland County3
- Coles County3
- Douglas County3
- Edgar County3
- Moultrie County3
- Shelby County3
- Greene County3
- Hancock County3
- McDonough County3
- Stephenson County3
- Macoupin County2
- Montgomery County2
The latest fire weather watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2:05 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 10 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:51 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Menard and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:46 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DVN | Bureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough, Mercer and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:31 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer and 5 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:47 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Stark | 11 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:45 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 8 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
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.