Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, May 2008

140 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 140
Busiest day: May 13, 200834 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
May 2, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jo Daviess	14 min
May 2, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Whiteside	63 min
May 2, 5:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	18 min
May 2, 6:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Warren	35 min
May 2, 7:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	23 min
May 2, 9:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	40 min
May 2, 9:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski, Union	42 min
May 2, 9:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette, Montgomery	40 min
May 2, 10:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby	42 min
May 2, 10:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Piatt	43 min
May 2, 11:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	46 min
May 2, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Will	26 min
May 2, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kankakee, Will	37 min
May 2, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook	25 min
May 2, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	52 min
May 7, 10:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington	38 min
May 10, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Pike	34 min
May 11, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Menard	36 min
May 11, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan	47 min
May 13, 5:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Pike	33 min
May 13, 5:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun	41 min
May 13, 5:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	51 min
May 13, 6:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	24 min
May 13, 6:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun	14 min
May 13, 7:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair	18 min
May 13, 7:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	31 min
May 13, 8:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph	51 min
May 13, 9:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	40 min
May 13, 10:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	31 min
May 13, 10:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	10 min
May 13, 11:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Pike	45 min
May 13, 11:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	46 min
May 13, 11:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Clair	23 min
May 13, 11:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	26 min
May 13, 12:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Pike	66 min
May 13, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown, Pike	19 min
May 13, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown	11 min
May 13, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	53 min
May 13, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown	15 min
May 13, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	McDonough	36 min
May 13, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Mercer, Rock Island	34 min
May 13, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Whiteside	37 min
May 13, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee, Ogle	49 min
May 13, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Whiteside	17 min
May 13, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox, Peoria, Stark	31 min
May 13, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Stark	24 min
May 13, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry	49 min
May 13, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	44 min
May 13, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark	34 min
May 13, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Tazewell, Woodford	41 min
May 13, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	40 min
May 13, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair	37 min
May 13, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	34 min
May 13, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair	39 min
May 13, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	38 min
May 13, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington	24 min
May 23, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	32 min
May 25, 6:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	47 min
May 25, 10:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene, Jersey, Macoupin	43 min
May 25, 10:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	51 min
May 25, 11:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Whiteside	24 min
May 25, 11:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond	39 min
May 25, 11:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	McDonough	23 min
May 25, 11:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee	50 min
May 25, 12:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Lee	46 min
May 25, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will	45 min
May 25, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	66 min
May 25, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Marion	38 min
May 25, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette	62 min
May 25, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	60 min
May 25, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe	42 min
May 25, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair	60 min
May 25, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington	78 min
May 25, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	49 min
May 25, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Wayne	60 min
May 25, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Pike	64 min
May 25, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Pike	52 min
May 25, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	41 min
May 25, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jo Daviess	55 min
May 25, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union	65 min
May 25, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jo Daviess	43 min
May 25, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Stephenson	53 min
May 25, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair	48 min
May 25, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery and 3 more	46 min
May 25, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess	54 min
May 25, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	23 min
May 25, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, Mercer, Rock Island	60 min
May 26, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henderson, Warren	32 min
May 26, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau	43 min
May 26, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee	59 min
May 26, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Stark	48 min
May 26, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	39 min
May 26, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will	38 min
May 26, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	42 min
May 30, 7:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Mercer	36 min
May 30, 8:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Mercer, Rock Island	61 min
May 30, 9:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	50 min
May 30, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	47 min
May 30, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford	38 min
May 30, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	50 min
May 30, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	58 min
May 30, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	49 min
May 30, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	54 min
May 30, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	42 min
May 30, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Kane	37 min
May 30, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Pike	38 min
May 30, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass	38 min
May 30, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, McLean, Piatt	44 min
May 30, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	44 min
May 30, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	32 min
May 30, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Morgan, Schuyler	46 min
May 30, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown, Greene, Pike	44 min
May 30, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	16 min
May 30, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kankakee, Will	61 min
May 30, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	38 min
May 30, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Moultrie, Piatt	34 min
May 30, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Scott	30 min
May 30, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kankakee, Will	38 min
May 30, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey	31 min
May 30, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey	48 min
May 30, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas, Edgar	39 min
May 30, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	39 min
May 30, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jersey, Macoupin, Madison	50 min
May 30, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	28 min
May 30, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	33 min
May 30, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Jersey	45 min
May 30, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon	42 min
May 30, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Moultrie	46 min
May 30, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery	49 min
May 30, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Madison	41 min
May 30, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	42 min
May 30, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison	47 min
May 30, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair	39 min
May 30, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington	49 min
May 31, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery	44 min
May 31, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	27 min
May 31, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay	52 min
May 31, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun	52 min
May 31, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison	50 min
May 31, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion	40 min

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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.