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Flood Watches in Illinois, 2008

21 flood watches in 2008. 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.

Flood Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Flood Watches
21
Busiest month
March10 flood watches
Busiest day
March 16, 20083 flood 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 6, 1:42 PM CSTFlood WatchLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more50 hr
Jan 6, 3:21 PM CSTFlood WatchDVNBureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more48 hr
Jan 7, 9:08 PM CSTFlood WatchILXCass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, Fulton and 19 more18 hr
Feb 4, 4:08 PM CSTFlood WatchILXChampaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 19 more35 hr
Feb 5, 11:15 AM CSTFlood WatchLOTFord, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston26 hr
Feb 15, 3:13 PM CSTFlood WatchLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more48 hr
Feb 15, 3:27 PM CSTFlood WatchILXCass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox and 16 more47 hr
Feb 16, 3:44 AM CSTFlood WatchDVNBureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough, Mercer and 4 more33 hr
Mar 2, 4:06 AM CSTFlood WatchLSXAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more35 hr
Mar 2, 1:06 PM CSTFlood WatchPAHAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more39 hr
Mar 2, 7:59 PM CSTFlood WatchILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more31 hr
Mar 16, 3:10 PM CDTFlood WatchLSXAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more64 hr
Mar 16, 3:23 PM CDTFlood WatchPAHAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more3 days
Mar 16, 4:00 PM CDTFlood WatchILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more70 hr
Mar 17, 3:36 AM CDTFlood WatchDVNBureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough, Mercer and 2 more18 hr
Mar 17, 4:11 AM CDTFlood WatchLOTFord, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston35 hr
Mar 30, 2:58 AM CDTFlood WatchLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more42 hr
Mar 30, 3:38 AM CDTFlood WatchDVNCarroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside40 hr
Apr 17, 3:57 AM CDTFlood WatchDVNCarroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson40 hr
May 10, 2:53 AM CDTFlood WatchDVNBureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more34 hr
Sep 12, 2:55 PM CDTFlood WatchLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more49 hr

By county

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

60 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 16, 20083flood watches
  2. January 6, 20082flood watches
  3. February 15, 20082flood watches
  4. March 2, 20082flood watches
  5. March 17, 20082flood watches
  6. March 30, 20082flood watches
  7. January 8, 20081flood watches
  8. February 4, 20081flood watches
  9. February 5, 20081flood watches
  10. February 16, 20081flood watches
  11. March 3, 20081flood watches
  12. April 17, 20081flood watches

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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.