Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, May 1998

209 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 209
Busiest day: May 22, 199827 severe thunderstorm warnings

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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 30, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark	55 min
May 1, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin	46 min
May 1, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Jersey	47 min
May 2, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Saline	50 min
May 2, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Piatt	62 min
May 2, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham	59 min
May 2, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	58 min
May 2, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas	46 min
May 2, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	61 min
May 2, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	63 min
May 2, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	48 min
May 2, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henderson	60 min
May 2, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan	54 min
May 2, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean	61 min
May 5, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau	34 min
May 5, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Livingston	60 min
May 6, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Will	37 min
May 6, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kendall	37 min
May 6, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Will	30 min
May 6, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Will	15 min
May 6, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	62 min
May 6, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Madison	51 min
May 6, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan	58 min
May 12, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	34 min
May 12, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	46 min
May 12, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown	65 min
May 12, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	62 min
May 12, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	McDonough	50 min
May 12, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	37 min
May 12, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	57 min
May 12, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell	69 min
May 12, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene	51 min
May 12, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kendall	23 min
May 12, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kendall	83 min
May 12, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Woodford	53 min
May 12, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin	61 min
May 12, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	49 min
May 12, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb	53 min
May 12, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	47 min
May 12, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kane	61 min
May 12, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake, McHenry	62 min
May 12, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee	44 min
May 12, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Whiteside	33 min
May 12, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt	70 min
May 12, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin	46 min
May 12, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	49 min
May 12, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	56 min
May 12, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee, Ogle	60 min
May 12, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lake	25 min
May 12, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin	49 min
May 12, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	50 min
May 12, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, LaSalle	57 min
May 12, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin	48 min
May 15, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Pike	32 min
May 15, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown	17 min
May 15, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	40 min
May 15, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown	19 min
May 15, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	36 min
May 15, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Whiteside	47 min
May 15, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau	62 min
May 15, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	47 min
May 15, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll	50 min
May 15, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jo Daviess	47 min
May 15, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee, Ogle	45 min
May 15, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee, Ogle	55 min
May 15, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria	47 min
May 15, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Stephenson	32 min
May 15, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason	42 min
May 15, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Putnam	50 min
May 15, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Woodford	39 min
May 15, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ogle	50 min
May 15, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell	40 min
May 15, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	39 min
May 15, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan	51 min
May 19, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ogle	30 min
May 19, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	32 min
May 19, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Kane	40 min
May 19, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Rock Island	35 min
May 19, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Whiteside	62 min
May 19, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kankakee	42 min
May 19, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	44 min
May 19, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	31 min
May 19, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria	36 min
May 19, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Putnam	52 min
May 19, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	40 min
May 19, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Stark	50 min
May 19, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	McDonough	49 min
May 19, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	49 min
May 19, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Livingston	46 min
May 19, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason	47 min
May 19, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	33 min
May 19, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Piatt	34 min
May 19, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard	42 min
May 19, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	40 min
May 19, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon	45 min
May 19, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Moultrie	44 min
May 19, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	48 min
May 19, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	49 min
May 19, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Richland	35 min
May 20, 8:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	45 min
May 20, 8:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	33 min
May 20, 9:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	34 min
May 20, 9:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown	47 min
May 20, 9:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin	64 min
May 20, 9:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Schuyler	36 min
May 20, 9:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown	41 min
May 20, 9:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	49 min
May 20, 12:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	46 min
May 20, 12:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hamilton	32 min
May 20, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	35 min
May 20, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	White	33 min
May 20, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	51 min
May 20, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason	36 min
May 20, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	44 min
May 20, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	White	49 min
May 21, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Clair	47 min
May 21, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Madison	47 min
May 21, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	49 min
May 21, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	53 min
May 21, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	46 min
May 21, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin	46 min
May 21, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union, Williamson	42 min
May 21, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pope, Saline	36 min
May 21, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Massac, Pulaski	35 min
May 21, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin	38 min
May 22, 1:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jersey	64 min
May 22, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun	65 min
May 22, 1:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	64 min
May 22, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	63 min
May 22, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jersey	33 min
May 22, 2:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	48 min
May 22, 2:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	64 min
May 22, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	61 min
May 22, 3:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Scott	42 min
May 22, 3:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene	64 min
May 22, 3:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin	65 min
May 22, 3:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan	37 min
May 22, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jersey	47 min
May 22, 4:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	51 min
May 22, 5:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond	48 min
May 22, 5:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette	50 min
May 22, 5:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	51 min
May 22, 5:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	50 min
May 22, 6:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	32 min
May 22, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Wayne	31 min
May 22, 7:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	35 min
May 22, 8:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown, Pike	50 min
May 22, 8:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	55 min
May 22, 8:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene, Macoupin	33 min
May 22, 9:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	49 min
May 22, 9:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	48 min
May 22, 9:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	59 min
May 22, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	30 min
May 22, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Moultrie, Shelby	43 min
May 22, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland	33 min
May 23, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford	42 min
May 23, 2:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Piatt	40 min
May 23, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	41 min
May 23, 4:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Piatt	41 min
May 23, 5:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas	41 min
May 23, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene, Jersey	49 min
May 23, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	59 min
May 23, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	33 min
May 23, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton	47 min
May 23, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	43 min
May 23, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	49 min
May 23, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	32 min
May 23, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	49 min
May 23, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	47 min
May 23, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	McDonough	48 min
May 24, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	50 min
May 24, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	64 min
May 24, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	49 min
May 24, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	49 min
May 24, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	58 min
May 24, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	47 min
May 24, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason	60 min
May 24, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Menard	46 min
May 24, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Tazewell	53 min
May 24, 2:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	47 min
May 24, 2:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Piatt	40 min
May 24, 2:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Moultrie	37 min
May 24, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean	60 min
May 24, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles	62 min
May 24, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	59 min
May 24, 3:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford	37 min
May 24, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Piatt	29 min
May 25, 4:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	49 min
May 25, 5:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander	36 min
May 28, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jo Daviess	63 min
May 28, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Rock Island, Whiteside	63 min
May 28, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Stephenson	62 min
May 28, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee, Ogle, Winnebago	48 min
May 28, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb	55 min
May 28, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, DeKalb	34 min
May 28, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kane, McHenry	36 min
May 28, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will	49 min
May 28, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kendall	49 min
May 28, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Kane	36 min
May 28, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Will	32 min
May 29, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Rock Island	66 min
May 31, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	28 min
May 31, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	45 min
May 31, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	33 min
May 31, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Williamson	40 min
May 31, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	34 min
May 31, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	32 min
May 31, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	34 min
May 31, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards	26 min

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