Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1988
143 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1988. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 143
- Busiest month
- April40 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- May 8, 198827 severe thunderstorm 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 24, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Carroll | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Warren | 57 min |
| Apr 5, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Warren | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stephenson, Winnebago | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau | 60 min |
| Apr 5, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Madison | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 60 min |
| Apr 5, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike, Scott | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau, Putnam | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Kankakee, Will | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage, Kane | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | McHenry | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Sangamon | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Montgomery | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Lake | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Carroll | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee, Ogle | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Livingston | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock, Henderson | 37 min |
| May 8, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Whiteside | 67 min |
| May 8, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Warren | 23 min |
| May 8, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 44 min |
| May 8, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown, Pike, Scott | 41 min |
| May 8, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 58 min |
| May 8, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 37 min |
| May 8, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 63 min |
| May 8, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 27 min |
| May 8, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stephenson | 40 min |
| May 8, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 30 min |
| May 8, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 38 min |
| May 8, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey | 49 min |
| May 8, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 63 min |
| May 8, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 58 min |
| May 8, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 42 min |
| May 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 64 min |
| May 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 64 min |
| May 8, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 47 min |
| May 8, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Grundy, Livingston | 52 min |
| May 8, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 36 min |
| May 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 45 min |
| May 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage, Kendall | 45 min |
| May 8, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton | 35 min |
| May 8, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 35 min |
| May 8, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 64 min |
| May 8, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 64 min |
| May 8, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 45 min |
| May 8, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Perry, Washington | 45 min |
| May 15, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Jasper, Richland | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 40 min |
| Jul 25, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 15 min |
| Jul 31, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 59 min |
| Jul 31, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 37 min |
| Jul 31, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 59 min |
| Jul 31, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 68 min |
| Aug 8, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Lake, McHenry | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage, Kane | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stephenson, Winnebago | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | McHenry | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau | 69 min |
| Aug 18, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Lake | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeKalb | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle | 67 min |
| Aug 18, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 67 min |
| Aug 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 60 min |
| Sep 3, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 55 min |
| Sep 22, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 18 min |
| Sep 22, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 25 min |
| Oct 17, 9:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Livingston | 42 min |
| Oct 17, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 65 min |
| Oct 17, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford | 36 min |
| Oct 17, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 48 min |
| Oct 17, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 64 min |
| Oct 17, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 56 min |
| Oct 17, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 56 min |
| Oct 17, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough | 49 min |
| Oct 17, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 69 min |
| Oct 17, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford | 60 min |
| Oct 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Montgomery | 59 min |
| Oct 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 59 min |
| Oct 17, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 45 min |
| Nov 14, 11:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Will | 69 min |
| Nov 15, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 45 min |
| Nov 15, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock, McDonough, Schuyler | 60 min |
| Nov 15, 8:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough, Schuyler | 42 min |
| Nov 15, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 47 min |
| Nov 15, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 58 min |
| Nov 15, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin | 58 min |
| Nov 15, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 50 min |
| Nov 15, 9:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 63 min |
| Nov 15, 9:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 43 min |
| Nov 15, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 33 min |
| Nov 15, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Nov 15, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 46 min |
| Nov 15, 10:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 53 min |
| Nov 15, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone, DeKalb, Ogle | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 11:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 69 min |
| Nov 15, 11:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 69 min |
| Nov 15, 11:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Will | 69 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cook County12
- Woodford County10
- Madison County7
- Will County7
- Pike County6
- Logan County6
- Sangamon County6
- DuPage County6
- Jersey County5
- Henry County5
- Saint Clair County5
- McLean County5
- Christian County5
- Kankakee County5
- Ford County5
- Calhoun County4
- Tazewell County4
- McHenry County4
- Montgomery County4
- Lake County4
- McDonough County4
- Lee County4
- Livingston County4
- Champaign County4
- Warren County3
- Stephenson County3
- Bureau County3
- Monroe County3
- Macon County3
- Macoupin County3
- Coles County3
- Fulton County3
- Whiteside County3
- Mason County3
- LaSalle County3
- Menard County3
- Grundy County3
- Randolph County3
- Kendall County3
- Douglas County3
45 more counties
- Carroll County2
- Knox County2
- Winnebago County2
- Scott County2
- Kane County2
- Cumberland County2
- Clark County2
- Ogle County2
- Iroquois County2
- Hancock County2
- Cass County2
- Morgan County2
- Peoria County2
- Washington County2
- Vermilion County2
- Alexander County2
- DeWitt County2
- Rock Island County2
- Boone County2
- DeKalb County2
- Schuyler County2
- Marshall County1
- Putnam County1
- Shelby County1
- Greene County1
- Fayette County1
- Moultrie County1
- Edgar County1
- Henderson County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Brown County1
- Bond County1
- Clinton County1
- Jefferson County1
- Perry County1
- Clay County1
- Jasper County1
- Richland County1
- Johnson County1
- Pope County1
- Jackson County1
- Piatt County1
- Pulaski County1
- Union County1
- Adams 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.