Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, March 1996

8 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 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 March 1996. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
8
Busiest day
March 6, 19965 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 5:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSaline, Williamson48 min
Mar 5, 6:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson38 min
Mar 5, 7:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRandolph50 min
Mar 5, 8:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac, Pope40 min
Mar 5, 8:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Clair, Washington53 min
Mar 5, 9:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander34 min
Mar 24, 9:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRandolph50 min
Mar 24, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox35 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

Nearby

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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.