Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, April 1998
45 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 45
- Busiest day
- April 16, 199810 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 7, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 61 min |
| Apr 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Warren | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Apr 7, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 61 min |
| Apr 7, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Livingston | 58 min |
| Apr 7, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 62 min |
| Apr 8, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin | 35 min |
| Apr 13, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 46 min |
| Apr 13, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 51 min |
| Apr 13, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 55 min |
| Apr 13, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson | 52 min |
| Apr 13, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Whiteside | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | McDonough, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 55 min |
| Apr 20, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 44 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Adams County4
- Tazewell County3
- Fulton County2
- Peoria County2
- Hancock County2
- Macoupin County2
- Brown County2
- Warren County2
- Iroquois County2
- Franklin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Alexander County2
- Pulaski County2
- Lee County2
- McDonough County2
- McLean County2
- Knox County2
- Mason County2
- Montgomery County1
- Ford County1
- Livingston County1
- Clinton County1
- Champaign County1
- Piatt County1
- Hardin County1
- Pike County1
- Cass County1
- Randolph County1
- Perry County1
- Jackson County1
- Johnson County1
- Massac County1
- Henry County1
- Whiteside County1
- Monroe County1
- Washington County1
- Stark County1
- White 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.