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Gale Watches in Illinois, 2020

20 gale watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Gale Watches
20
Busiest month
April4 gale watches
Busiest day
January 3, 20201 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 3, 2:51 PM CSTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Jan 9, 2:48 PM CSTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Jan 16, 2:44 PM CSTGale WatchLOT6 hr
Feb 24, 3:20 AM CSTGale WatchLOT34 hr
Mar 4, 4:06 AM CSTGale WatchLOT18 hr
Mar 18, 3:42 PM CDTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Mar 27, 2:45 PM CDTGale WatchLOT13 hr
Apr 8, 3:45 AM CDTGale WatchLOT18 hr
Apr 11, 3:19 AM CDTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Apr 17, 3:55 AM CDTGale WatchLOT11 hr
Apr 28, 3:21 AM CDTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Jun 7, 3:13 PM CDTGale WatchLOT35 hr
Oct 15, 3:20 PM CDTGale WatchLOT13 hr
Oct 30, 3:21 AM CDTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Nov 8, 2:27 PM CSTGale WatchLOT25 hr
Nov 13, 3:55 AM CSTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Nov 17, 10:04 AM CSTGale WatchLOT5 hr
Nov 28, 3:10 AM CSTGale WatchLOT11 hr
Dec 10, 3:26 PM CSTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Dec 22, 3:11 AM CSTGale WatchLOT12 hr

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 3, 20201gale watches
  2. January 9, 20201gale watches
  3. January 16, 20201gale watches
  4. February 24, 20201gale watches
  5. March 4, 20201gale watches
  6. March 18, 20201gale watches
  7. March 27, 20201gale watches
  8. April 8, 20201gale watches
  9. April 11, 20201gale watches
  10. April 17, 20201gale watches
  11. April 28, 20201gale watches
  12. June 7, 20201gale 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.