Weather alerts in Lee County, Illinois, 2025

123 weather alerts in 2025, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Lee County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 123
Warnings: 25
Watches: 21
Advisories: 46
Busiest month: July24 alerts
Busiest day: August 18, 202510 alerts

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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	Lasted
Jan 18, 2:15 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	LOT	57 hr
Jan 19, 12:58 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	LOT	59 hr
Jan 21, 2:03 AM CST	Extreme Cold Warning	LOT	10 hr
Jan 26, 12:37 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LOT	29 hr
Jan 27, 3:26 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	LOT	7 hr
Jan 30, 8:28 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	13 hr
Jan 31, 1:07 AM CST	Flood Watch	LOT	14 hr
Jan 31, 8:10 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	3 hr
Jan 31, 10:54 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	2 hr
Feb 4, 2:21 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	40 hr
Feb 8, 2:00 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	16 hr
Feb 10, 1:15 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	LOT	22 hr
Feb 11, 11:41 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	39 hr
Feb 16, 2:21 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	LOT	33 hr
Feb 17, 2:27 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	LOT	34 hr
Feb 18, 3:04 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	LOT	31 hr
Feb 27, 12:35 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	6 hr
Feb 27, 1:55 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LOT	31 hr
Mar 4, 3:06 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LOT	33 hr
Mar 13, 3:40 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	LOT	35 hr
Mar 13, 3:40 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LOT	51 hr
Mar 13, 10:36 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LOT	24 hr
Mar 14, 4:11 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LOT	20 hr
Mar 14, 2:26 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	LOT	18 hr
Mar 14, 2:26 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LOT	26 hr
Mar 14, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 14, 9:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Mar 14, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	82 min
Mar 14, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	76 min
Mar 14, 11:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 14, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	55 min
Mar 19, 2:57 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LOT	28 hr
Mar 19, 9:33 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Mar 20, 12:03 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	7 hr
Mar 23, 3:15 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LOT	21 hr
Apr 18, 2:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Apr 20, 9:01 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	116 min
Apr 20, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	78 min
May 15, 10:12 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LOT	23 hr
May 15, 2:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 15, 3:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
May 15, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr
May 15, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	43 min
May 16, 9:31 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	LOT	9 hr
May 16, 10:56 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LOT	10 hr
May 16, 3:52 PM CDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	LOT	5 hr
Jun 3, 3:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 3, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 3, 6:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Jun 3, 7:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jun 3, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	64 min
Jun 7, 8:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	6 hr
Jun 11, 8:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jun 18, 5:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	3 hr
Jun 18, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	51 min
Jun 20, 3:50 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	LOT	5 days
Jun 24, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	12 min
Jun 24, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	37 min
Jul 9, 3:46 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	5 hr
Jul 10, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	27 min
Jul 10, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	67 min
Jul 10, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	53 min
Jul 10, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	53 min
Jul 10, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	53 min
Jul 10, 5:33 PM CDT	Flood Watch	LOT	7 hr
Jul 10, 6:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 11, 3:37 AM CDT	Flood Watch	LOT	18 hr
Jul 11, 12:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jul 11, 3:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jul 11, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jul 11, 5:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 11, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	45 min
Jul 16, 12:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	25 min
Jul 16, 12:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jul 16, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	51 min
Jul 16, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	63 min
Jul 21, 3:48 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Watch	LOT	34 hr
Jul 22, 3:21 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	LOT	64 hr
Jul 25, 11:49 AM CDT	Flood Watch	LOT	27 hr
Jul 27, 1:27 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	LOT	31 hr
Jul 30, 3:18 AM CDT	Flood Watch	LOT	25 hr
Jul 30, 4:49 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Aug 9, 2:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Aug 9, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	29 min
Aug 15, 5:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Aug 15, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	2 hr
Aug 16, 3:29 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	LOT	17 hr
Aug 16, 4:23 PM CDT	Dust Storm Advisory	LOT	67 min
Aug 16, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	35 min
Aug 16, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	16 min
Aug 16, 8:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Aug 17, 3:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Aug 18, 11:10 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Aug 18, 12:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Aug 18, 2:21 PM CDT	Flood Watch	LOT	13 hr
Aug 18, 3:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Aug 18, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	51 min
Aug 18, 3:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Aug 18, 4:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	71 min
Aug 18, 5:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LOT	3 hr
Aug 18, 5:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Aug 18, 6:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	3 hr
Aug 18, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	13 min
Aug 18, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	33 min
Aug 18, 8:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LOT	14 hr
Aug 19, 10:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LOT	6 hr
Oct 22, 2:41 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	LOT	30 hr
Oct 23, 3:07 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	LOT	29 hr
Oct 30, 7:47 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	3 hr
Nov 2, 2:52 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	5 hr
Nov 25, 2:03 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LOT	42 hr
Nov 25, 6:44 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	3 hr
Nov 27, 3:07 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	LOT	32 hr
Nov 28, 2:03 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	LOT	48 hr
Nov 30, 1:51 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	10 hr
Dec 1, 1:54 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	25 hr
Dec 6, 2:34 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LOT	32 hr
Dec 12, 2:28 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	LOT	46 hr
Dec 18, 9:36 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	84 min
Dec 24, 8:16 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	8 hr
Dec 26, 5:19 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	6 hr
Dec 27, 1:25 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LOT	50 hr
Dec 28, 3:09 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LOT	6 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	16
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	5
Tornado Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	23
Special Weather Statement	8
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1
Flash Flood Warning	2
Flood Watch	6
Areal Flood Advisory	6
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	2
Winter Weather Advisory	7
Heat
Extreme Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	4
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning	1
Freeze Warning	1
Cold Weather Advisory	6
Frost Advisory	1
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Blowing Dust Advisory	1
Dust Storm Advisory	1
Wind Advisory	10
Fire
Red Flag Warning	2
Fire Weather Watch	3
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	10

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

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. Rebuilt daily.