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Red Flag Warnings in Illinois, 2022
11 red flag warnings in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 11
- Busiest month
- October11 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- October 13, 20223 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2:35 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 29 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:28 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:52 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Warren | 16 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:07 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 8 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 14, 2:53 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 10 more | 16 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee | 15 hr |
| Oct 17, 10:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 17, 10:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Washington | 7 hr |
| Oct 19, 2:06 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 22, 10:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- 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
- Wabash County4
- Wayne County4
- White County4
- Williamson County4
- Monroe County3
- Randolph County3
- Saint Clair County2
- Hancock County2
- Henderson County2
- McDonough County2
- Mercer County2
- Warren County2
- Washington County2
- Bond County1
- Calhoun County1
- Clinton County1
- Fayette County1
- Greene County1
- Jersey County1
- Macoupin County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Montgomery County1
- Champaign County1
- Clark County1
25 more counties
- Clay County1
- Coles County1
- Crawford County1
- Cumberland County1
- Douglas County1
- Edgar County1
- Effingham County1
- Jasper County1
- Lawrence County1
- Moultrie County1
- Piatt County1
- Richland County1
- Shelby County1
- Vermilion County1
- Ford County1
- Iroquois County1
- Kankakee County1
- Bureau County1
- Carroll County1
- Henry County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Putnam County1
- Rock Island County1
- Stephenson County1
- Whiteside 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.