Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, July 2016
149 severe thunderstorm warnings in July 2016. 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 July 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 149
- Busiest day
- July 13, 201645 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, White | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone, Lake, McHenry, Winnebago | 55 min |
| Jul 6, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake and 1 more | 70 min |
| Jul 6, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Will | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside | 54 min |
| Jul 6, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 51 min |
| Jul 6, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Kankakee, Will | 54 min |
| Jul 6, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Mercer, Putnam, Rock Island | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 8:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Jackson, Pulaski, Union | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski, Union | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac, Pope | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Pike | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 8:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 8:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 34 min |
| Jul 7, 8:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac, Pulaski, Union | 30 min |
| Jul 7, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer, Warren | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison and 3 more | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Mercer, Rock Island | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe and 2 more | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henderson, Warren | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery and 3 more | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam, Whiteside | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Montgomery, Washington | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Sangamon, Shelby | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Williamson | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Sangamon | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Wayne | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Richland | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne, White | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, White | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kendall | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Edgar, Lawrence | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Kankakee, Will | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 6:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ogle, Winnebago | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam, Whiteside | 64 min |
| Jul 17, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | McDonough, Warren | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Livingston | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston, Will | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 51 min |
| Jul 17, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle | 24 min |
| Jul 17, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Tazewell | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 11:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 18 min |
| Jul 18, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone, Lake, McHenry | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake and 3 more | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 14 min |
| Jul 23, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone, McHenry | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, McHenry | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Boone, Winnebago | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kane, McHenry | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 65 min |
| Jul 23, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee, Ogle | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee, Ogle | 53 min |
| Jul 23, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DeKalb, Lee, Ogle | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Lake | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 25 min |
| Jul 24, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock | 22 min |
| Jul 24, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Tazewell | 28 min |
| Jul 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 20 min |
| Jul 27, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson | 22 min |
| Jul 28, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DuPage, Kane | 15 min |
| Jul 28, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee, Ogle | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wabash | 23 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cook County16
- Pike County10
- Jo Daviess County8
- Carroll County7
- Boone County7
- McHenry County7
- Whiteside County7
- DuPage County7
- Will County7
- Kankakee County7
- Adams County7
- Rock Island County6
- Tazewell County6
- Calhoun County6
- Monroe County6
- Edgar County6
- LaSalle County6
- Grundy County6
- Ogle County6
- Massac County5
- Stephenson County5
- Lake County5
- Henry County5
- Peoria County5
- Alexander County5
- Pulaski County5
- Johnson County5
- Brown County5
- Jersey County5
- Morgan County5
- Mason County5
- Lee County5
- Livingston County5
- Pope County4
- Winnebago County4
- DeKalb County4
- Kane County4
- Mercer County4
- Bureau County4
- Stark County4
60 more counties
- Cumberland County4
- Shelby County4
- Lawrence County4
- Randolph County4
- Greene County4
- Cass County4
- Warren County4
- Madison County4
- Saint Clair County4
- Hancock County4
- Fulton County4
- Macon County4
- Vermilion County4
- Wabash County3
- White County3
- Putnam County3
- Knox County3
- Woodford County3
- Coles County3
- Jasper County3
- Crawford County3
- Jackson County3
- Union County3
- Schuyler County3
- Scott County3
- Macoupin County3
- McDonough County3
- Sangamon County3
- Bond County3
- Clinton County3
- Clark County3
- Logan County3
- McLean County3
- Champaign County3
- Iroquois County3
- Edwards County2
- Effingham County2
- Williamson County2
- Henderson County2
- Menard County2
- Montgomery County2
- Washington County2
- Marshall County2
- Fayette County2
- DeWitt County2
- Wayne County2
- Piatt County2
- Richland County2
- Douglas County2
- Ford County2
- Kendall County2
- Saline County1
- Perry County1
- Marion County1
- Christian County1
- Franklin County1
- Jefferson County1
- Hamilton County1
- Moultrie County1
- Clay County1
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Sources
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