Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, May 2016

119 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 119
Busiest day: May 11, 201646 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, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Saint Clair	50 min
Apr 30, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	47 min
Apr 30, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair	51 min
Apr 30, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	50 min
Apr 30, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Monroe, Saint Clair, Washington	44 min
May 1, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Edgar	66 min
May 1, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Marion	29 min
May 1, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	26 min
May 1, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	37 min
May 1, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	40 min
May 7, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene	50 min
May 7, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison	50 min
May 7, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	36 min
May 7, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery	24 min
May 7, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery, Saint Clair	47 min
May 7, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	34 min
May 7, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	37 min
May 7, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	42 min
May 7, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	34 min
May 7, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Wayne	39 min
May 7, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford	46 min
May 7, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	53 min
May 7, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, White	47 min
May 9, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	37 min
May 11, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Saint Clair	52 min
May 11, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	48 min
May 11, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	28 min
May 11, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard, Sangamon	37 min
May 11, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Saint Clair	54 min
May 11, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	65 min
May 11, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Sangamon	37 min
May 11, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph	63 min
May 11, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Washington	43 min
May 11, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Wayne	44 min
May 11, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	42 min
May 11, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Marion	43 min
May 11, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Washington	47 min
May 11, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair	45 min
May 11, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Piatt	42 min
May 11, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	39 min
May 11, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	47 min
May 11, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	46 min
May 11, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	56 min
May 11, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Marion	33 min
May 11, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas	46 min
May 11, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph	63 min
May 11, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	62 min
May 11, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington	19 min
May 11, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	45 min
May 11, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, White	43 min
May 11, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson	47 min
May 11, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne, White	44 min
May 11, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Richland, Shelby	43 min
May 11, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	46 min
May 11, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	31 min
May 11, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph	60 min
May 11, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	39 min
May 11, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	31 min
May 11, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper	37 min
May 11, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Perry	39 min
May 11, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	52 min
May 11, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	19 min
May 11, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson	56 min
May 11, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, White	38 min
May 11, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	32 min
May 11, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	25 min
May 11, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Williamson	52 min
May 11, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White, Williamson	27 min
May 11, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Pike	40 min
May 11, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Williamson	47 min
May 11, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, White	27 min
May 11, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	24 min
May 11, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	52 min
May 11, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Union	42 min
May 11, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	29 min
May 11, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Saline	37 min
May 11, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Whiteside	43 min
May 11, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford	58 min
May 11, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Union, Williamson	39 min
May 11, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun	48 min
May 11, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Jersey, Madison	45 min
May 11, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler	47 min
May 11, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown	8 min
May 11, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	31 min
May 11, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe	42 min
May 11, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph	61 min
May 11, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	52 min
May 11, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	29 min
May 11, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	31 min
May 11, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington	59 min
May 11, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Williamson	31 min
May 13, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon	48 min
May 13, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Macon, Sangamon	34 min
May 13, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Sangamon	41 min
May 13, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	30 min
May 25, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Will	39 min
May 26, 6:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Menard	27 min
May 26, 7:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Piatt	45 min
May 26, 7:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Macon, Piatt	44 min
May 26, 8:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Montgomery	9 min
May 26, 8:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Effingham, Shelby	31 min
May 26, 8:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette	36 min
May 26, 8:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	53 min
May 26, 8:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	19 min
May 26, 10:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	27 min
May 26, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander	25 min
May 28, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	37 min
May 28, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Rock Island	50 min
May 28, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ogle, Winnebago	38 min
May 28, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee	48 min
May 28, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason, Tazewell	23 min
May 28, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb	23 min
May 28, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	51 min
May 31, 10:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll	35 min
May 31, 10:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Whiteside	44 min
May 31, 11:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry	41 min
May 31, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Woodford	33 min
May 31, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Putnam	33 min
May 31, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Marion	36 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.