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Gale Watches in Illinois, 2023

14 gale watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Gale Watches
14
Busiest month
February5 gale watches
Busiest day
January 11, 20231 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 11, 3:57 AM CSTGale WatchLOT11 hr
Feb 7, 2:46 PM CSTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Feb 13, 3:27 AM CSTGale WatchLOT25 hr
Feb 15, 3:38 AM CSTGale WatchLOT15 hr
Feb 21, 3:22 PM CSTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Feb 26, 3:26 AM CSTGale WatchLOT11 hr
Mar 2, 3:08 AM CSTGale WatchLOT18 hr
Mar 30, 3:53 AM CDTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Apr 29, 2:37 PM CDTGale WatchLOT13 hr
Oct 12, 3:04 PM CDTGale WatchLOT13 hr
Oct 29, 9:16 PM CDTGale WatchLOT17 hr
Nov 4, 2:37 PM CDTGale WatchLOT14 hr
Nov 8, 3:28 AM CSTGale WatchLOT18 hr
Dec 16, 2:22 AM CSTGale WatchLOT24 hr

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 11, 20231gale watches
  2. February 7, 20231gale watches
  3. February 13, 20231gale watches
  4. February 15, 20231gale watches
  5. February 21, 20231gale watches
  6. February 26, 20231gale watches
  7. March 2, 20231gale watches
  8. March 30, 20231gale watches
  9. April 29, 20231gale watches
  10. October 12, 20231gale watches
  11. October 30, 20231gale watches
  12. November 4, 20231gale watches

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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.