Alert archive / Illinois / Ford County

Weather alerts in Ford County, Illinois, 2022

108 weather alerts in 2022, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Ford County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
108
Warnings
22
Watches
15
Advisories
35
Busiest month
August21 alerts
Busiest day
July 4, 202211 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Ford County, 2022

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings13746%3100%44 min
Flash flood warnings10100%0

Each office's whole area, 2022

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Chicago, IL: tornado warnings15380%1560%13 min
NWS Chicago, IL: severe thunderstorm warnings14810231%46677%26 min
NWS Chicago, IL: flash flood warnings19858%3379%95 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 4, 2:36 PM CSTWind AdvisoryLOT27 hr
Jan 6, 1:52 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryLOT19 hr
Jan 7, 2:17 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLOT34 hr
Jan 8, 12:41 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 13, 3:47 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLOT17 hr
Jan 25, 3:13 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryLOT31 hr
Jan 31, 3:41 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchLOT23 hr
Jan 31, 2:07 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningLOT3 days
Feb 2, 1:13 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Feb 2, 7:11 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Feb 2, 5:49 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLOT33 hr
Feb 15, 3:07 AM CSTFlood WatchLOT51 hr
Feb 15, 3:02 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchLOT13 hr
Feb 16, 3:24 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLOT15 hr
Feb 16, 3:55 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningLOT44 hr
Feb 17, 2:42 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOT9 hr
Feb 17, 10:17 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Feb 17, 3:17 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Feb 23, 2:50 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLOT39 hr
Mar 5, 3:25 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLOT30 hr
Mar 5, 8:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Mar 11, 2:33 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLOT6 hr
Mar 25, 3:03 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLOT19 hr
Mar 29, 3:21 PM CDTWind AdvisoryLOT24 hr
Mar 30, 9:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Apr 13, 1:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Apr 13, 2:08 PM CDTWind AdvisoryLOT21 hr
Apr 14, 10:41 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningLOT8 hr
Apr 24, 10:56 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 24, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 24, 1:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILX23 min
Apr 24, 2:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Apr 26, 3:20 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryLOT29 hr
Apr 30, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 30, 3:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Apr 30, 6:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Apr 30, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOT64 min
Apr 30, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOT35 min
May 19, 1:56 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLOT7 hr
May 20, 12:05 PM CDTWind AdvisoryLOT7 hr
May 20, 7:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 25, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOT42 min
May 31, 3:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 12, 10:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 12, 3:37 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLOT3 days
Jun 14, 3:46 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLOT40 hr
Jun 25, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOT64 min
Jul 4, 1:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 4, 2:22 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLOT30 hr
Jul 4, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOT59 min
Jul 4, 3:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jul 4, 3:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOT3 hr
Jul 4, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr
Jul 4, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOT74 min
Jul 4, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOT28 min
Jul 4, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOT60 min
Jul 4, 5:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOT3 hr
Jul 4, 5:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jul 23, 4:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 23, 6:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOT54 min
Jul 23, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLOT75 min
Jul 23, 1:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 23, 2:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLOT4 hr
Jul 23, 2:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOT3 hr
Jul 23, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOT33 min
Aug 1, 3:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 2, 2:18 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLOT25 hr
Aug 3, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 3, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOT64 min
Aug 3, 3:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Aug 20, 12:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 20, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 20, 5:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Aug 20, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOT55 min
Aug 21, 1:19 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLOT8 hr
Aug 28, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOT42 min
Aug 29, 10:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Aug 29, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOT61 min
Aug 29, 12:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 29, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOT64 min
Aug 29, 4:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 29, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Aug 29, 6:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 29, 8:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Aug 29, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOT59 min
Aug 29, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOT13 min
Sep 15, 2:36 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLOT6 hr
Sep 18, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 19, 12:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOT64 min
Sep 19, 1:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Sep 19, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLOT54 min
Oct 7, 3:06 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryLOT29 hr
Oct 7, 3:06 AM CDTFreeze WatchLOT11 hr
Oct 13, 2:26 PM CDTFreeze WarningLOT13 hr
Oct 14, 3:33 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLOT15 hr
Oct 31, 3:07 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLOT9 hr
Oct 31, 9:17 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLOT13 hr
Nov 4, 3:18 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLOT40 hr
Nov 5, 2:21 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningLOT17 hr
Nov 5, 9:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Nov 14, 2:27 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLOT35 hr
Nov 29, 3:40 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLOT19 hr
Dec 2, 3:39 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLOT29 hr
Dec 10, 8:40 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLOT6 hr
Dec 19, 2:30 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchLOT44 hr
Dec 21, 10:41 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningLOT3 days
Dec 24, 3:19 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLOT9 hr
Dec 24, 1:05 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryLOT21 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.