Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, April 1996
68 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 1996. 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 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 68
- Busiest day
- April 19, 199628 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 12, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 46 min |
| Apr 12, 10:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake | 27 min |
| Apr 12, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 65 min |
| Apr 12, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 13 min |
| Apr 14, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DeKalb | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henderson | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | McDonough | 36 min |
| Apr 18, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 62 min |
| Apr 18, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 66 min |
| Apr 18, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DeKalb | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 58 min |
| Apr 18, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | McDonough, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Woodford | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Warren | 15 min |
| Apr 19, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 64 min |
| Apr 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Saint Clair | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kendall, Will | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ogle, Winnebago | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ogle, Winnebago | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone, McHenry | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake | 26 min |
| Apr 21, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union, Williamson | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 36 min |
| Apr 21, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Wayne | 58 min |
| Apr 21, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 30 min |
| Apr 21, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence, Richland | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 3:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 40 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cook County6
- Will County5
- Saint Clair County4
- Lake County3
- Pike County3
- Schuyler County3
- Morgan County3
- Monroe County3
- DeKalb County2
- LaSalle County2
- Livingston County2
- Adams County2
- McDonough County2
- Cass County2
- Scott County2
- Fulton County2
- Sangamon County2
- Coles County2
- Douglas County2
- Warren County2
- Calhoun County2
- Jersey County2
- Madison County2
- Ogle County2
- Winnebago County2
- Kankakee County2
- McHenry County2
- Richland County2
- DuPage County1
- Hancock County1
- Henderson County1
- Mason County1
- Menard County1
- Tazewell County1
- Macon County1
- DeWitt County1
- Moultrie County1
- Shelby County1
- Peoria County1
- Woodford County1
23 more counties
- McLean County1
- Knox County1
- Macoupin County1
- Henry County1
- Greene County1
- Randolph County1
- Clinton County1
- Stephenson County1
- Grundy County1
- Kendall County1
- Boone County1
- Johnson County1
- Union County1
- Williamson County1
- Gallatin County1
- Hardin County1
- Hamilton County1
- Wayne County1
- Clay County1
- Crawford County1
- Lawrence County1
- Franklin County1
- Washington County1
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Sources
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