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Gale Watches in Illinois, 2019

15 gale watches in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.

Gale Watches
15
Busiest month
February3 gale watches
Busiest day
January 5, 20191 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
Jan 5, 1:58 PM CSTGale WatchLOT13 hr
Jan 7, 3:40 AM CSTGale WatchLOT11 hr
Feb 6, 3:51 PM CSTGale WatchLOT6 hr
Feb 11, 2:42 AM CSTGale WatchLOT25 hr
Feb 22, 3:59 AM CSTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Mar 8, 3:47 AM CSTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Mar 13, 3:31 AM CDTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Mar 23, 3:43 AM CDTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Apr 18, 3:05 AM CDTGale WatchLOT7 hr
Apr 26, 3:29 PM CDTGale WatchLOT7 hr
May 18, 3:41 PM CDTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Jun 12, 3:29 AM CDTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Oct 14, 2:40 PM CDTGale WatchLOT13 hr
Oct 30, 3:13 AM CDTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Nov 25, 2:41 AM CSTGale WatchLOT12 hr

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 5, 20191gale watches
  2. January 7, 20191gale watches
  3. February 6, 20191gale watches
  4. February 11, 20191gale watches
  5. February 22, 20191gale watches
  6. March 8, 20191gale watches
  7. March 13, 20191gale watches
  8. March 23, 20191gale watches
  9. April 18, 20191gale watches
  10. April 26, 20191gale watches
  11. May 18, 20191gale watches
  12. June 12, 20191gale 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.