Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, May 1988
30 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 30
- Busiest day
- May 8, 198827 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Will County3
- Henry County2
- Whiteside County2
- Woodford County2
- Livingston County2
- Madison County2
- Randolph County2
- Kankakee County2
- Washington County2
- Cook County2
- Hancock County1
- Henderson County1
- Knox County1
- Warren County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Brown County1
- Pike County1
- Scott County1
- Cass County1
- Morgan County1
- Calhoun County1
- Fulton County1
- Mason County1
- Stephenson County1
- Peoria County1
- Tazewell County1
- Jersey County1
- LaSalle County1
- McLean County1
- Logan County1
- Menard County1
- Sangamon County1
- Macoupin County1
- Montgomery County1
- Monroe County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Ford County1
- Grundy County1
- DuPage County1
- Kendall 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.