Alert archive / Illinois / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Illinois, 2012
21 red flag warnings in 2012. 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 21
- Busiest month
- March6 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- February 26, 20122 red flag 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 5:25 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Jersey, Madison and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 8:42 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:00 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:27 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:43 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Mason, Menard, Morgan and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:30 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:08 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 10:58 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:47 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 9 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:54 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:49 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:14 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | PAH | Wabash | 15 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:34 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:37 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 8 more | 25 hr |
| May 24, 10:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more | 9 hr |
| May 29, 3:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lee and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:17 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 7 more | 28 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:28 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:14 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more | 15 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more | 25 hr |
| Oct 30, 9:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kendall County11
- Will County11
- Grundy County10
- Kankakee County10
- LaSalle County10
- Cook County9
- DeKalb County9
- DuPage County9
- Ford County9
- Iroquois County9
- Kane County9
- Lee County9
- Livingston County9
- Ogle County9
- Boone County7
- Lake County7
- McHenry County7
- Winnebago County7
- Wabash County5
- Alexander County4
- Edwards County4
- Franklin County4
- Gallatin County4
- Hamilton County4
- Hardin County4
- Jackson County4
- Jefferson County4
- Johnson County4
- Massac County4
- Perry County4
- Pope County4
- Pulaski County4
- Saline County4
- Union County4
- Wayne County4
- White County4
- Williamson County4
- Bond County2
- Calhoun County2
- Clinton County2
49 more counties
- Fayette County2
- Jersey County2
- Madison County2
- Marion County2
- Monroe County2
- Randolph County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Washington County2
- Cass County2
- Fulton County2
- Knox County2
- Mason County2
- Menard County2
- Morgan County2
- Sangamon County2
- Schuyler County2
- Scott County2
- Champaign County2
- Clark County2
- Clay County2
- Coles County2
- Crawford County2
- Cumberland County2
- Douglas County2
- Edgar County2
- Effingham County2
- Jasper County2
- Lawrence County2
- Richland County2
- Vermilion County2
- Adams County1
- Brown County1
- Greene County1
- Macoupin County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pike County1
- Christian County1
- DeWitt County1
- Logan County1
- McLean County1
- Macon County1
- Marshall County1
- Moultrie County1
- Peoria County1
- Piatt County1
- Shelby County1
- Stark County1
- Tazewell County1
- Woodford County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.