Alert archive / Illinois / High Wind Warnings
High Wind Warnings in Illinois, 2026
7 high wind warnings 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 7
- Busiest month
- March5 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- March 12, 20262 high wind warnings
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 10:37 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Putnam and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:28 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 9 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:33 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer and 5 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:52 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee | 15 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:45 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:50 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | LOT | Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:00 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Will | 60 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cook County3
- DuPage County3
- Kane County3
- Bureau County2
- Carroll County2
- Henry County2
- Jo Daviess County2
- Mercer County2
- Putnam County2
- Rock Island County2
- Stephenson County2
- Whiteside County2
- DeKalb County2
- Grundy County2
- Kankakee County2
- Kendall County2
- Lake County2
- McHenry County2
- Will County2
- Boone County1
- LaSalle County1
- Lee County1
- Ogle County1
- Winnebago County1
- Henderson County1
- Warren County1
- Ford County1
- Iroquois County1
- Alexander County1
- Edwards County1
- Franklin County1
- Gallatin County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hardin County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Johnson County1
- Massac County1
- Perry County1
- Pope County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Rebuilt daily.