Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, March 1997
33 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 33
- Busiest day
- March 28, 199731 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 5:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac, Pulaski | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair, Washington | 53 min |
| Mar 28, 2:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 57 min |
| Mar 28, 3:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 3:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 3:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 3:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 4:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 4:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Mar 28, 4:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 53 min |
| Mar 28, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Wayne | 53 min |
| Mar 28, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Williamson | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 57 min |
| Mar 28, 5:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Saline | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 5:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | White | 59 min |
| Mar 28, 5:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline | 46 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Johnson County2
- Pulaski County2
- Madison County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Washington County2
- Perry County2
- Jefferson County2
- Jackson County2
- DeWitt County2
- Saline County2
- Massac County1
- Bond County1
- Greene County1
- Randolph County1
- Menard County1
- Logan County1
- Sangamon County1
- Macoupin County1
- Christian County1
- McLean County1
- Clinton County1
- Marion County1
- Macon County1
- Fayette County1
- Effingham County1
- Hamilton County1
- Wayne County1
- Champaign County1
- Piatt County1
- Williamson County1
- Shelby County1
- Edwards County1
- Wabash County1
- White County1
- Gallatin 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. Rebuilt daily.