Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, November 1988
23 severe thunderstorm warnings in November 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 November 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 23
- Busiest day
- November 16, 198822 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Woodford County3
- Cook County2
- DuPage County2
- Will County2
- McDonough County2
- Schuyler County2
- Madison County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Adams County1
- Pike County1
- Hancock County1
- Calhoun County1
- Jersey County1
- Fulton County1
- Cass County1
- Morgan County1
- Macoupin County1
- Monroe County1
- Logan County1
- Menard County1
- Sangamon County1
- Mason County1
- Peoria County1
- Tazewell County1
- Christian County1
- Montgomery County1
- Randolph County1
- McLean County1
- Boone County1
- DeKalb County1
- Ogle County1
- Lee County1
- Coles County1
- Douglas County1
- Champaign 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.