Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1989
159 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1989. 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 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 159
- Busiest month
- April56 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- April 27, 198926 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 42 min |
| Jan 7, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 50 min |
| Jan 7, 4:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Mar 14, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | White | 49 min |
| Mar 17, 10:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough | 23 min |
| Mar 17, 10:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Warren | 53 min |
| Mar 17, 11:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria | 40 min |
| Mar 17, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey | 36 min |
| Mar 17, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 69 min |
| Mar 17, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 62 min |
| Mar 17, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 46 min |
| Mar 17, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 25 min |
| Mar 17, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 52 min |
| Mar 17, 6:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 63 min |
| Mar 17, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edwards, Wayne, White | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edwards, Wabash, White | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Perry | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gallatin, White | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 62 min |
| Apr 25, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 21 min |
| Apr 26, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer | 21 min |
| Apr 26, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 21 min |
| Apr 26, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Stark | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Woodford | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Hancock, McDonough, Schuyler | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, McDonough, Schuyler | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 69 min |
| Apr 26, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Sangamon | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Madison | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Morgan, Sangamon | 69 min |
| Apr 26, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Montgomery | 69 min |
| Apr 26, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 69 min |
| Apr 26, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Crawford, Lawrence | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 58 min |
| Apr 27, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, McDonough | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 57 min |
| Apr 27, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edwards, Wabash | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Richland | 48 min |
| May 5, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope, Pulaski | 55 min |
| May 5, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 55 min |
| May 24, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Warren | 35 min |
| May 24, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 24 min |
| May 25, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike, Scott | 36 min |
| May 25, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene | 45 min |
| May 25, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will | 65 min |
| May 25, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 65 min |
| May 25, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Sangamon | 30 min |
| May 25, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Will | 57 min |
| May 25, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 34 min |
| May 25, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 55 min |
| May 25, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 55 min |
| May 25, 9:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 38 min |
| May 25, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 31 min |
| May 25, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 67 min |
| May 25, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene | 44 min |
| May 25, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Morgan | 42 min |
| May 25, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Montgomery, Sangamon | 64 min |
| May 25, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 63 min |
| May 25, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 44 min |
| May 25, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Crawford, Jasper | 68 min |
| May 25, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 61 min |
| May 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 30 min |
| May 28, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 37 min |
| May 30, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone, Winnebago | 45 min |
| May 30, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 66 min |
| May 31, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Perry, Randolph | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edwards | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kendall, Will | 69 min |
| Jun 25, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Carroll | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Carroll, Ogle | 27 min |
| Jul 11, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone, Winnebago | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kane | 67 min |
| Jul 11, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kane | 66 min |
| Jul 18, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Perry, Randolph | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 68 min |
| Jul 27, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Kane | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | McHenry | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeKalb | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac | 39 min |
| Jul 29, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Montgomery, Sangamon | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 57 min |
| Aug 4, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Carroll | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Carroll, Ogle | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 15 min |
| Aug 4, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stephenson, Winnebago | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie, Shelby | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Crawford, Jasper | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 45 min |
| Aug 31, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 61 min |
| Sep 1, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 65 min |
| Sep 1, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Livingston | 65 min |
| Sep 1, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone, DeKalb, Ogle, Winnebago | 28 min |
| Nov 8, 2:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac | 43 min |
| Nov 15, 6:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Effingham | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 6:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper | 40 min |
| Nov 15, 7:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 42 min |
| Nov 15, 7:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 42 min |
| Nov 15, 10:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Union | 35 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sangamon County7
- Edgar County7
- Christian County6
- Shelby County6
- Douglas County6
- Boone County6
- McDonough County5
- Calhoun County5
- Saint Clair County5
- Macon County5
- Woodford County5
- Coles County5
- White County4
- Peoria County4
- Morgan County4
- Monroe County4
- Randolph County4
- Edwards County4
- Massac County4
- McHenry County4
- Cook County4
- Pike County4
- Champaign County4
- Macoupin County4
- Montgomery County4
- Clark County4
- Cumberland County4
- Greene County4
- Kane County4
- Will County4
- Winnebago County4
- Carroll County4
- Madison County3
- McLean County3
- Perry County3
- Alexander County3
- Pulaski County3
- Union County3
- Lake County3
- Rock Island County3
55 more counties
- Whiteside County3
- Fulton County3
- Piatt County3
- Moultrie County3
- Crawford County3
- Lawrence County3
- Kendall County3
- Jasper County3
- Vermilion County3
- Ogle County3
- DeKalb County3
- Jackson County2
- Hamilton County2
- Warren County2
- Knox County2
- Jersey County2
- Ford County2
- Iroquois County2
- Jefferson County2
- Washington County2
- Wabash County2
- DuPage County2
- Stark County2
- Marshall County2
- Tazewell County2
- Schuyler County2
- Adams County2
- DeWitt County2
- Menard County2
- Franklin County1
- Williamson County1
- Wayne County1
- Gallatin County1
- Johnson County1
- Mercer County1
- Lee County1
- Hancock County1
- Brown County1
- Mason County1
- Cass County1
- Richland County1
- Pope County1
- Henry County1
- Scott County1
- Clay County1
- Grundy County1
- LaSalle County1
- Clinton County1
- Bond County1
- Fayette County1
- Logan County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Stephenson County1
- Livingston County1
- Effingham 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.