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Gale Watches in Illinois, 2022

14 gale watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Gale Watches
14
Busiest month
February3 gale watches
Busiest day
January 3, 20221 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, 3:03 PM CSTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Feb 14, 10:02 AM CSTGale WatchLOT18 hr
Feb 16, 3:39 AM CSTGale WatchLOT11 hr
Feb 17, 2:51 PM CSTGale WatchLOT7 hr
Mar 4, 9:11 AM CSTGale WatchLOT18 hr
Apr 12, 3:24 AM CDTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Apr 22, 3:58 AM CDTGale WatchLOT23 hr
Oct 15, 3:03 AM CDTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Nov 3, 9:22 PM CDTGale WatchLOT6 hr
Nov 18, 3:46 AM CSTGale WatchLOT11 hr
Nov 28, 3:59 AM CSTGale WatchLOT11 hr
Dec 1, 3:45 AM CSTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Dec 12, 3:39 AM CSTGale WatchLOT11 hr
Dec 26, 3:20 AM CSTGale WatchLOT11 hr

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 3, 20221gale watches
  2. February 14, 20221gale watches
  3. February 16, 20221gale watches
  4. February 17, 20221gale watches
  5. March 4, 20221gale watches
  6. April 12, 20221gale watches
  7. April 22, 20221gale watches
  8. October 15, 20221gale watches
  9. November 4, 20221gale watches
  10. November 18, 20221gale watches
  11. November 28, 20221gale watches
  12. December 1, 20221gale 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.