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Gale Watches in Illinois, 2008

21 gale watches in 2008. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.

Gale Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Gale Watches
21
Busiest month
December11 gale watches
Busiest day
September 18, 20081 gale 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
Sep 18, 2:24 AM CDTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Oct 19, 3:44 AM CDTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Oct 24, 3:30 AM CDTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Oct 29, 4:03 AM CDTGale WatchLOT11 hr
Nov 7, 4:05 AM CSTGale WatchLOT11 hr
Nov 12, 3:19 PM CSTGale WatchLOT13 hr
Nov 13, 2:36 PM CSTGale WatchLOT14 hr
Nov 18, 10:03 AM CSTGale WatchLOT18 hr
Nov 23, 2:59 AM CSTGale WatchLOT25 hr
Nov 29, 3:49 AM CSTGale WatchLOT18 hr
Dec 4, 4:03 AM CSTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Dec 5, 3:57 AM CSTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Dec 8, 3:58 AM CSTGale WatchLOT11 hr
Dec 11, 9:44 PM CSTGale WatchLOT18 hr
Dec 17, 2:27 PM CSTGale WatchLOT13 hr
Dec 19, 3:00 PM CSTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Dec 20, 3:16 AM CSTGale WatchLOT13 hr
Dec 22, 4:18 PM CSTGale WatchLOT30 hr
Dec 24, 4:53 AM CSTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Dec 25, 4:02 PM CSTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Dec 26, 3:48 PM CSTGale WatchLOT13 hr

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. September 18, 20081gale watches
  2. October 19, 20081gale watches
  3. October 24, 20081gale watches
  4. October 29, 20081gale watches
  5. November 7, 20081gale watches
  6. November 12, 20081gale watches
  7. November 13, 20081gale watches
  8. November 18, 20081gale watches
  9. November 23, 20081gale watches
  10. November 29, 20081gale watches
  11. December 4, 20081gale watches
  12. December 5, 20081gale watches

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.