Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, March 1998
39 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 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 March 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 39
- Busiest day
- March 28, 199826 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 27, 4:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 5:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 5:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 5:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Schuyler | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 5:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 26 min |
| Mar 27, 6:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 6:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard, Sangamon | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 6:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henderson, Warren | 60 min |
| Mar 27, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 6:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 6:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Piatt | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 7:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 7:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Livingston | 32 min |
| Mar 27, 7:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 32 min |
| Mar 27, 8:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 8:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 11:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 12:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Jasper | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 2:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 16 min |
| Mar 28, 4:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 57 min |
| Mar 29, 2:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 28 min |
| Mar 29, 2:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 10:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 57 min |
| Mar 30, 10:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 10:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 46 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Knox County3
- Greene County2
- Morgan County2
- Fulton County2
- Shelby County2
- McLean County2
- Whiteside County2
- Carroll County2
- Pike County1
- Calhoun County1
- Jersey County1
- Scott County1
- Macoupin County1
- Madison County1
- Cass County1
- Schuyler County1
- Brown County1
- Mason County1
- Menard County1
- Sangamon County1
- Henderson County1
- Warren County1
- Mercer County1
- Logan County1
- Tazewell County1
- Peoria County1
- Bond County1
- Montgomery County1
- Henry County1
- Rock Island County1
- Christian County1
- Macon County1
- Marshall County1
- Woodford County1
- Stark County1
- DeWitt County1
- Moultrie County1
- Piatt County1
- Bureau County1
- Putnam 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.