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Gale Watches in Illinois, 2026

10 gale watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Gale Watches
10
Busiest month
February4 gale watches
Busiest day
January 12, 20261 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 12, 2:55 PM CSTGale WatchLOT13 hr
Jan 17, 2:49 AM CSTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Feb 4, 2:37 PM CSTGale WatchLOT19 hr
Feb 19, 3:38 AM CSTGale WatchLOT11 hr
Feb 21, 3:39 AM CSTGale WatchLOT24 hr
Feb 26, 1:45 PM CSTGale WatchLOT14 hr
Mar 11, 2:50 PM CDTGale WatchLOT12 hr
Mar 14, 3:49 AM CDTGale WatchLOT16 hr
Mar 14, 8:05 PM CDTGale WatchLOT8 hr
Mar 25, 3:35 AM CDTGale WatchLOT11 hr

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 12, 20261gale watches
  2. January 17, 20261gale watches
  3. February 4, 20261gale watches
  4. February 19, 20261gale watches
  5. February 21, 20261gale watches
  6. February 26, 20261gale watches
  7. March 11, 20261gale watches
  8. March 14, 20261gale watches
  9. March 15, 20261gale watches
  10. March 25, 20261gale 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.