Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, April 2002
92 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 92
- Busiest day
- April 28, 200220 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 2, 7:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 34 min |
| Apr 12, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 44 min |
| Apr 12, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 40 min |
| Apr 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 45 min |
| Apr 12, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 51 min |
| Apr 12, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 28 min |
| Apr 12, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 53 min |
| Apr 12, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 54 min |
| Apr 12, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 59 min |
| Apr 12, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Apr 12, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Richland | 50 min |
| Apr 12, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 28 min |
| Apr 12, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ogle | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 51 min |
| Apr 18, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ogle | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 36 min |
| Apr 18, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake | 36 min |
| Apr 18, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Scott | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 65 min |
| Apr 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 62 min |
| Apr 19, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 65 min |
| Apr 19, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 66 min |
| Apr 19, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 62 min |
| Apr 19, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin, Pope | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 38 min |
| Apr 21, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 33 min |
| Apr 21, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 52 min |
| Apr 21, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 51 min |
| Apr 21, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 32 min |
| Apr 21, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 14 min |
| Apr 21, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 32 min |
| Apr 21, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 23 min |
| Apr 21, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 34 min |
| Apr 21, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Saline | 28 min |
| Apr 21, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, White | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Jasper | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell, Woodford | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Piatt | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Edgar | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Wayne | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 18 min |
| Apr 28, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Saline | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Wabash, White | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pope | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac | 44 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jackson County5
- Franklin County5
- Sangamon County5
- Hamilton County5
- Christian County4
- Effingham County4
- Edgar County4
- Jefferson County4
- Clay County4
- Vermilion County3
- Wayne County3
- Shelby County3
- Champaign County3
- Douglas County3
- Richland County3
- Jo Daviess County3
- Stephenson County3
- Morgan County3
- Macon County3
- Lawrence County3
- Gallatin County3
- White County3
- Woodford County2
- Moultrie County2
- Cumberland County2
- Coles County2
- Ogle County2
- Carroll County2
- Winnebago County2
- Scott County2
- Cass County2
- Piatt County2
- Menard County2
- Logan County2
- Hardin County2
- Pope County2
- Perry County2
- Saline County2
- Union County2
- Mason County2
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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.