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Flood Watches in Illinois, 2022

37 flood watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Flood Watches
37
Busiest month
July12 flood watches
Busiest day
February 15, 20223 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
Feb 15, 2:46 AM CSTFlood WatchILXChampaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 12 more63 hr
Feb 15, 3:07 AM CSTFlood WatchLOTFord, Iroquois51 hr
Feb 15, 2:48 PM CSTFlood WatchLSXBond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 8 more48 hr
Feb 17, 12:48 AM CSTFlood WatchPAHAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more17 hr
Feb 20, 1:52 PM CSTFlood WatchLSXMarion, Randolph, Washington44 hr
Feb 20, 2:12 PM CSTFlood WatchPAHAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more48 hr
Feb 21, 2:49 AM CSTFlood WatchILXClark, Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland30 hr
Feb 21, 2:01 PM CSTFlood WatchLOTBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 8 more22 hr
Mar 5, 8:23 PM CSTFlood WatchPAHAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more34 hr
Mar 6, 1:33 PM CSTFlood WatchLSXRandolph, Washington14 hr
Apr 12, 2:18 PM CDTFlood WatchPAHAlexander, Massac, Pulaski30 hr
Apr 22, 3:07 AM CDTFlood WatchDVNCarroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Whiteside12 hr
May 26, 2:45 PM CDTFlood WatchLOTDeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle and 3 more16 hr
Jun 18, 1:30 AM CDTFlood WatchILXSangamon19 hr
Jul 5, 3:54 AM CDTFlood WatchLOTBoone, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and 2 more23 hr
Jul 6, 8:02 PM CDTFlood WatchDVNHancock, Henderson, McDonough33 hr
Jul 7, 2:53 PM CDTFlood WatchLSXAdams, Brown, Pike14 hr
Jul 7, 3:10 PM CDTFlood WatchILXCass, Christian, Fulton, Logan, Macon, Mason and 7 more19 hr
Jul 9, 4:55 AM CDTFlood WatchILXSangamon24 hr
Jul 10, 5:04 AM CDTFlood WatchILXSangamon3 hr
Jul 23, 2:52 AM CDTFlood WatchLOTBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 8 more9 hr
Jul 23, 2:28 PM CDTFlood WatchLOTBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 5 more20 hr
Jul 25, 2:46 AM CDTFlood WatchILXCass, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 16 more30 hr
Jul 25, 2:49 AM CDTFlood WatchDVNHancock, McDonough24 hr
Jul 25, 2:59 AM CDTFlood WatchLSXAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 9 more30 hr
Jul 26, 2:38 AM CDTFlood WatchPAHEdwards, Jefferson, Wabash, Wayne10 hr
Aug 3, 1:45 PM CDTFlood WatchLSXBond, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 7 more20 hr
Aug 3, 1:58 PM CDTFlood WatchILXChristian, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, DeWitt and 14 more17 hr
Aug 4, 12:25 PM CDTFlood WatchPAHEdwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson and 6 more22 hr
Aug 7, 2:20 AM CDTFlood WatchDVNCarroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Whiteside29 hr
Aug 7, 5:02 AM CDTFlood WatchLOTBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake and 4 more29 hr
Aug 8, 9:58 AM CDTFlood WatchLSXBond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Jersey, Macoupin and 6 more18 hr
Aug 8, 10:02 AM CDTFlood WatchILXChristian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 8 more18 hr
Aug 8, 10:04 AM CDTFlood WatchLOTGrundy, Kendall, LaSalle, Will3 hr
Sep 11, 2:37 AM CDTFlood WatchDVNCarroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson28 hr
Sep 11, 2:38 AM CDTFlood WatchLOTBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and 6 more31 hr
Sep 18, 11:31 AM CDTFlood WatchDVNHancock16 hr

By county

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

50 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. February 15, 20223flood watches
  2. July 7, 20223flood watches
  3. July 25, 20223flood watches
  4. August 8, 20223flood watches
  5. February 20, 20222flood watches
  6. February 21, 20222flood watches
  7. March 6, 20222flood watches
  8. July 23, 20222flood watches
  9. August 3, 20222flood watches
  10. August 7, 20222flood watches
  11. September 11, 20222flood watches
  12. February 17, 20221flood 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.