Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, August 1996
22 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 August 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 22
- Busiest day
- August 16, 19966 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 56 min |
| Aug 15, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair, Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 38 min |
| Aug 15, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 54 min |
| Aug 15, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | White | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wabash | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone, Winnebago | 48 min |
| Aug 23, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 47 min |
| Aug 23, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 57 min |
| Aug 23, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 50 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fulton County2
- Jefferson County2
- Boone County2
- Macon County2
- Schuyler County1
- Vermilion County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Washington County1
- Perry County1
- Wayne County1
- Hamilton County1
- White County1
- Edwards County1
- Wabash County1
- Crawford County1
- Lawrence County1
- Winnebago County1
- Coles County1
- Douglas County1
- Edgar County1
- Clark County1
- Macoupin County1
- Piatt 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.