Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, August 1988
22 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 August 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 22
- Busiest day
- August 18, 198812 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lake County3
- McHenry County3
- Cook County3
- DuPage County2
- Henry County2
- Rock Island County2
- Woodford County2
- Grundy County2
- Kendall County2
- LaSalle County2
- Lee County2
- Whiteside County1
- Kane County1
- Stephenson County1
- Winnebago County1
- Will County1
- Boone County1
- Bureau County1
- DeKalb County1
- Kankakee County1
- Mason County1
- Alexander County1
- Pulaski County1
- Union County1
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.