High Wind Warnings in Illinois
76 high wind warnings since 1986. 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 76
- Busiest year
- 201911 high wind warnings
- Average year
- 4over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lake County21
- DuPage County20
- Kane County19
- McHenry County19
- Boone County16
- DeKalb County16
- Whiteside County15
- Winnebago County15
- Kankakee County15
- Champaign County14
- Vermilion County14
- Lee County14
- Ogle County14
- Iroquois County14
- Grundy County14
- Kendall County14
- Carroll County13
- Edgar County13
- McLean County13
- Piatt County13
- Rock Island County13
- Ford County13
- DeWitt County12
- Douglas County12
- Henry County12
- Jo Daviess County12
- LaSalle County12
- Livingston County12
- Woodford County11
- Stephenson County11
- Bureau County10
- Coles County10
- Logan County10
- Macon County10
- Mercer County10
- Moultrie County10
- Putnam County10
- Tazewell County10
- Henderson County9
- Mason County9
62 more counties
- Warren County9
- Christian County8
- Clark County8
- Crawford County8
- Cumberland County8
- Jasper County8
- Lawrence County8
- Marshall County8
- Richland County8
- Sangamon County8
- Shelby County8
- Stark County8
- Cook County8
- Clay County7
- Effingham County7
- Knox County7
- Menard County7
- Peoria County7
- Edwards County7
- Massac County7
- Pope County7
- Wabash County7
- Will County7
- Fulton County6
- Gallatin County6
- Hardin County6
- Jefferson County6
- Wayne County6
- White County6
- Cass County5
- McDonough County5
- Morgan County5
- Schuyler County5
- Scott County5
- Alexander County5
- Franklin County5
- Hamilton County5
- Jackson County5
- Johnson County5
- Perry County5
- Pulaski County5
- Saline County5
- Union County5
- Hancock County4
- Williamson County4
- Adams County3
- Bond County3
- Brown County3
- Clinton County3
- Fayette County3
- Jersey County3
- Macoupin County3
- Madison County3
- Marion County3
- Monroe County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pike County3
- Saint Clair County3
- Washington County3
- Calhoun County2
- Greene County2
- Randolph County2
The latest high wind warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:00 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Will | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 12:50 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | LOT | Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:45 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:52 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee | 15 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:33 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer and 5 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:28 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 9 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:37 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Putnam and 3 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
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.