Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, April 1989
56 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 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 April 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 56
- Busiest day
- April 27, 198926 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Edwards County3
- White County3
- McDonough County3
- Fulton County3
- Sangamon County3
- Christian County3
- Monroe County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Jefferson County2
- Wabash County2
- Union County2
- Rock Island County2
- Peoria County2
- Woodford County2
- McLean County2
- Schuyler County2
- Adams County2
- Pike County2
- Macon County2
- Morgan County2
- Moultrie County2
- Macoupin County2
- Montgomery County2
- Shelby County2
- Clark County2
- Edgar County2
- Lawrence County2
- Randolph County1
- Washington County1
- Hamilton County1
- Wayne County1
- Perry County1
- Gallatin County1
- Alexander County1
- Pulaski County1
- Johnson County1
- Massac County1
- Lake County1
- McHenry County1
- Cook County1
25 more counties
- DuPage County1
- Whiteside County1
- Mercer County1
- Lee County1
- Knox County1
- Stark County1
- Marshall County1
- Tazewell County1
- Hancock County1
- Brown County1
- DeWitt County1
- Piatt County1
- Douglas County1
- Champaign County1
- Coles County1
- Cumberland County1
- Jersey County1
- Madison County1
- Calhoun County1
- Crawford County1
- Mason County1
- Cass County1
- Menard County1
- Jackson County1
- Richland County1
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Sources
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