Alert archive / Illinois / Ford County
Weather alerts in Ford County, Illinois, 2024
93 weather alerts in 2024, 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 93
- Warnings
- 12
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 31
- Busiest month
- May16 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 15, 20248 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Ford County, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 1 | 0% | |||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 7 | 7 | 0% | 17 | 76% | 17 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Chicago, IL: tornado warnings | 34 | 20 | 41% | 58 | 69% | 17 min |
| NWS Chicago, IL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 155 | 88 | 43% | 549 | 79% | 30 min |
| NWS Chicago, IL: flash flood warnings | 22 | 6 | 73% | 72 | 72% | 85 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 3:00 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | 47 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:22 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | 46 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:29 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LOT | 4 days |
| Jan 13, 2:17 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | LOT | 70 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:41 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | 26 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:28 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LOT | 30 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:42 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | 42 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:17 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:57 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 22 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:04 PM CST | Flood Watch | LOT | 4 days |
| Jan 24, 2:57 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 30 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:22 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 33 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:34 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 10 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:05 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LOT | 15 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:35 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LOT | 15 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Feb 27, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Mar 14, 7:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 7:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 9:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 59 min |
| Mar 29, 8:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 1, 8:10 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LOT | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LOT | 17 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 3:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Apr 20, 8:47 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | LOT | 11 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:29 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | LOT | 18 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:58 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | LOT | 17 hr |
| May 7, 12:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 7, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| May 7, 2:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 13, 11:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 35 min |
| May 13, 4:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | 7 hr |
| May 17, 2:42 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 6 hr |
| May 19, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 46 min |
| May 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | 3 hr |
| May 21, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 26 min |
| May 21, 10:20 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LOT | 6 hr |
| May 24, 6:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 24, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 68 min |
| May 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 63 min |
| May 26, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 49 min |
| May 27, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 45 min |
| May 27, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 1:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 13, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 13, 8:15 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LOT | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 9:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 8:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 25, 11:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 9, 2:20 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LOT | 30 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 15, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 12:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:07 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LOT | 15 hr |
| Jul 15, 12:52 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LOT | 14 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 15, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 74 min |
| Jul 24, 1:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Aug 1, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 1:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 16, 2:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 2:32 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | LOT | 48 hr |
| Aug 25, 2:13 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LOT | 54 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:29 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:47 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LOT | 33 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:29 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LOT | 30 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:54 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LOT | 19 hr |
| Oct 28, 1:59 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LOT | 13 hr |
| Oct 29, 2:43 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | 18 hr |
| Nov 4, 1:57 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LOT | 22 hr |
| Nov 21, 3:59 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LOT | 10 hr |
| Dec 4, 2:19 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LOT | 22 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:48 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 9 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:12 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 20 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 21 |
| Special Weather Statement | 14 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 8 |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.