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Gale Warnings in Illinois, 2026

20 gale warnings in 2026. 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 gale warnings reaches back to 2005.

Gale Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Gale Warnings
20
Busiest month
January6 gale warnings
Busiest day
March 12, 20262 gale warnings

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
Jan 8, 3:18 PM CSTGale WarningLOT18 hr
Jan 10, 3:56 AM CSTGale WarningLOT32 hr
Jan 13, 3:40 AM CSTGale WarningLOT47 hr
Jan 18, 3:05 AM CSTGale WarningLOT36 hr
Jan 20, 9:49 PM CSTGale WarningLOT30 hr
Jan 22, 9:52 AM CSTGale WarningLOT23 hr
Feb 5, 9:35 AM CSTGale WarningLOT38 hr
Feb 18, 9:08 AM CSTGale WarningLOT9 hr
Feb 19, 2:58 PM CSTGale WarningLOT27 hr
Feb 22, 3:23 AM CSTGale WarningLOT36 hr
Feb 23, 2:47 PM CSTGale WarningLOT27 hr
Mar 12, 3:16 AM CDTGale WarningLOT23 hr
Mar 12, 9:49 AM CDTGale WarningLOT36 hr
Mar 14, 8:05 PM CDTGale WarningLOT50 hr
Mar 22, 7:18 AM CDTGale WarningLOT18 hr
Mar 25, 2:41 PM CDTGale WarningLOT39 hr
Apr 2, 3:39 AM CDTGale WarningLOT17 hr
Apr 12, 3:58 AM CDTGale WarningLOT17 hr
Apr 27, 9:35 AM CDTGale WarningLOT6 hr
Jun 17, 1:26 PM CDTGale WarningLOT110 min

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 12, 20262gale warnings
  2. January 8, 20261gale warnings
  3. January 10, 20261gale warnings
  4. January 13, 20261gale warnings
  5. January 18, 20261gale warnings
  6. January 21, 20261gale warnings
  7. January 22, 20261gale warnings
  8. February 5, 20261gale warnings
  9. February 18, 20261gale warnings
  10. February 19, 20261gale warnings
  11. February 22, 20261gale warnings
  12. February 23, 20261gale warnings

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. Rebuilt daily.