Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, December 2008
44 severe thunderstorm warnings in December 2008. 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 December 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 44
- Busiest day
- December 27, 200838 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston, Will | 46 min |
| Dec 27, 10:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 10:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Schuyler and 1 more | 65 min |
| Dec 27, 10:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | McDonough, Warren | 31 min |
| Dec 27, 11:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 11:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Stark | 56 min |
| Dec 27, 11:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 66 min |
| Dec 27, 11:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry | 52 min |
| Dec 27, 12:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Fulton, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard and 3 more | 58 min |
| Dec 27, 12:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford | 54 min |
| Dec 27, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Sangamon and 1 more | 60 min |
| Dec 27, 12:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston | 59 min |
| Dec 27, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Dec 27, 12:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt and 3 more | 38 min |
| Dec 27, 12:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Moultrie, Sangamon, Shelby | 66 min |
| Dec 27, 12:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt and 3 more | 34 min |
| Dec 27, 12:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 63 min |
| Dec 27, 12:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 31 min |
| Dec 27, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Livingston | 75 min |
| Dec 27, 1:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 54 min |
| Dec 27, 1:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Macon, Moultrie and 3 more | 65 min |
| Dec 27, 1:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 44 min |
| Dec 27, 1:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 41 min |
| Dec 27, 1:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall and 3 more | 80 min |
| Dec 27, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby | 25 min |
| Dec 27, 1:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe and 2 more | 53 min |
| Dec 27, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby | 60 min |
| Dec 27, 2:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 41 min |
| Dec 27, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 67 min |
| Dec 27, 2:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Vermilion | 34 min |
| Dec 27, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more | 49 min |
| Dec 27, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham | 45 min |
| Dec 27, 3:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 24 min |
| Dec 27, 3:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 27 min |
| Dec 27, 4:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Union | 32 min |
| Dec 27, 5:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson and 3 more | 30 min |
| Dec 27, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Jasper, Richland | 45 min |
| Dec 27, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 8 more | 45 min |
| Dec 27, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Lawrence, Richland | 59 min |
| Dec 27, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford | 45 min |
| Dec 27, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Gallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope, Saline and 2 more | 31 min |
| Dec 27, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Wabash, White | 45 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Moultrie County9
- Shelby County8
- Macon County7
- DeWitt County6
- Champaign County6
- Piatt County6
- Coles County6
- Sangamon County5
- Woodford County5
- Edgar County5
- Vermilion County5
- Livingston County4
- Menard County4
- Logan County4
- McLean County4
- Tazewell County4
- Christian County4
- Douglas County4
- Ford County3
- Kankakee County3
- Fulton County3
- Peoria County3
- Iroquois County3
- Cumberland County3
- Gallatin County3
- Hardin County3
- White County3
- Grundy County2
- Will County2
- Cass County2
- Mason County2
- Morgan County2
- Scott County2
- Calhoun County2
- Stark County2
- Marshall County2
- LaSalle County2
- Macoupin County2
- Montgomery County2
- Jersey County2
40 more counties
- Madison County2
- Monroe County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Effingham County2
- Jackson County2
- Union County2
- Clay County2
- Alexander County2
- Franklin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Johnson County2
- Pulaski County2
- Williamson County2
- Richland County2
- Edwards County2
- Massac County2
- Pope County2
- Saline County2
- Wabash County2
- Adams County1
- Brown County1
- Pike County1
- Schuyler County1
- McDonough County1
- Warren County1
- Knox County1
- Bureau County1
- Henry County1
- DeKalb County1
- Lee County1
- Cook County1
- Kendall County1
- Bond County1
- Greene County1
- Clark County1
- Jefferson County1
- Jasper County1
- Wayne County1
- Lawrence County1
- Crawford 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.