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Flood Watches in Illinois, 2009
13 flood 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 13
- Busiest month
- December5 flood watches
- Busiest day
- December 22, 20093 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 4:00 AM CST | Flood Watch | LOT | DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee and 4 more | 41 hr |
| Feb 10, 10:33 AM CST | Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 29 hr |
| May 13, 2:44 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 16 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:35 PM CDT | Flood Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 45 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:13 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LOT | DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:02 PM CST | Flood Watch | LSX | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 5 more | 37 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:25 PM CST | Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Morgan and 3 more | 45 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:01 AM CST | Flood Watch | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren | 33 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:10 PM CST | Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 67 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:39 PM CST | Flood Watch | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 61 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:47 PM CST | Flood Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 62 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:45 AM CST | Flood Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 55 hr |
| Dec 23, 8:45 PM CST | Flood Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 9 more | 27 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Logan County4
- Sangamon County4
- DuPage County3
- Ford County3
- Grundy County3
- Iroquois County3
- Kankakee County3
- Kendall County3
- LaSalle County3
- Livingston County3
- Cass County3
- Champaign County3
- Christian County3
- Clark County3
- Clay County3
- Coles County3
- Crawford County3
- Cumberland County3
- DeWitt County3
- Douglas County3
- Edgar County3
- Effingham County3
- Fulton County3
- Jasper County3
- Lawrence County3
- McLean County3
- Macon County3
- Mason County3
- Menard County3
- Morgan County3
- Moultrie County3
- Piatt County3
- Richland County3
- Schuyler County3
- Scott County3
- Shelby County3
- Vermilion County3
- Kane County2
- Lake County2
- Knox County2
60 more counties
- Marshall County2
- Peoria County2
- Stark County2
- Tazewell County2
- Woodford County2
- Alexander County2
- Edwards County2
- Franklin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Jackson County2
- Jefferson County2
- Johnson County2
- Perry County2
- Pulaski County2
- Saline County2
- Union County2
- Wabash County2
- Wayne County2
- White County2
- Williamson County2
- Adams County2
- Brown County2
- Calhoun County2
- Greene County2
- Jersey County2
- Macoupin County2
- Madison County2
- Monroe County2
- Pike County2
- Randolph County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Hancock County2
- Henderson County2
- McDonough County2
- Warren County2
- Gallatin County1
- Hardin County1
- Massac County1
- Pope County1
- Bond County1
- Clinton County1
- Fayette County1
- Marion County1
- Montgomery County1
- Washington County1
- Bureau County1
- Carroll County1
- Henry County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Mercer County1
- Putnam County1
- Rock Island County1
- Stephenson County1
- Whiteside County1
- Boone County1
- DeKalb County1
- Lee County1
- McHenry County1
- Ogle County1
- Winnebago County1
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. Rebuilt daily.