Alert archive / Illinois / Flood Watches / 2024
Flood Watches in Illinois, May 2024
6 flood watches in May 2024. 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 May 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- May 25, 20243 flood watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 12:01 AM CDT | Flood Watch | PAH | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 9 more | 25 hr |
| May 8, 3:01 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 19 hr |
| May 16, 2:15 PM CDT | Flood Watch | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union | 20 hr |
| May 25, 1:38 PM CDT | Flood Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 34 hr |
| May 25, 2:06 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 9 more | 32 hr |
| May 25, 2:15 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 15 more | 32 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alexander County3
- Johnson County3
- Massac County3
- Pope County3
- Pulaski County3
- Union County3
- Franklin County2
- Gallatin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Hardin County2
- Jackson County2
- Perry County2
- Saline County2
- White County2
- Williamson County2
- Monroe County2
- Randolph County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Edwards County1
- Jefferson County1
- Wabash County1
- Wayne County1
- Bond County1
- Calhoun County1
- Clinton County1
- Fayette County1
- Greene County1
- Jersey County1
- Macoupin County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pike County1
- Washington County1
- Champaign County1
- Christian County1
- Clark County1
- Clay County1
- Coles County1
- Crawford County1
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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.