Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, March 2017
102 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 2017. 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 March 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 102
- Busiest day
- March 1, 201742 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Grundy, Kendall, Will | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 23 min |
| Feb 28, 6:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 51 min |
| Feb 28, 6:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 10 min |
| Feb 28, 6:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion, Washington | 48 min |
| Feb 28, 7:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kendall, Will | 41 min |
| Feb 28, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Feb 28, 7:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 17 min |
| Feb 28, 7:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Jasper, Richland | 67 min |
| Feb 28, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Kankakee, Will | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 7:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 36 min |
| Feb 28, 8:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle, Will | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 8:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 23 min |
| Feb 28, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 33 min |
| Feb 28, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Mercer, Rock Island | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 8:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DeKalb, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 9:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 41 min |
| Feb 28, 9:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 56 min |
| Feb 28, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Union | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 10:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Will | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Williamson | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 10:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 2:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 2:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 2:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 4:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 4:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Saline, Williamson | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 4:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Saline, Williamson | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 4:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pope | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 4:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 5:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 24 min |
| Mar 6, 9:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 83 min |
| Mar 6, 9:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 64 min |
| Mar 6, 10:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren | 77 min |
| Mar 6, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 55 min |
| Mar 6, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Schuyler and 1 more | 28 min |
| Mar 6, 10:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Stephenson, Whiteside | 67 min |
| Mar 6, 10:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 50 min |
| Mar 6, 10:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark | 62 min |
| Mar 6, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee, Ogle, Winnebago | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 11:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Putnam, Whiteside | 77 min |
| Mar 6, 11:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Morgan, Scott | 54 min |
| Mar 6, 11:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Peoria and 2 more | 56 min |
| Mar 6, 11:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 38 min |
| Mar 7, 12:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 25 min |
| Mar 7, 12:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston | 54 min |
| Mar 7, 12:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 52 min |
| Mar 7, 12:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Marshall, Woodford | 54 min |
| Mar 7, 12:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Morgan, Sangamon | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 12:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall and 2 more | 62 min |
| Mar 7, 12:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 57 min |
| Mar 7, 12:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Mar 7, 1:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston | 52 min |
| Mar 7, 1:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 1:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 1:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 29 min |
| Mar 7, 1:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Shelby | 48 min |
| Mar 7, 2:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 28 min |
| Mar 7, 2:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Edgar | 35 min |
| Mar 7, 3:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 37 min |
| Mar 7, 3:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 27 min |
| Mar 7, 4:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 31 min |
| Mar 17, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 48 min |
| Mar 17, 6:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 37 min |
| Mar 20, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 48 min |
| Mar 20, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 28 min |
| Mar 20, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Kane | 63 min |
| Mar 20, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Will | 53 min |
| Mar 20, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 49 min |
| Mar 20, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 23 min |
| Mar 20, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 38 min |
| Mar 20, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 50 min |
| Mar 20, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 63 min |
| Mar 20, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 45 min |
| Mar 20, 5:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 41 min |
| Mar 20, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 43 min |
| Mar 20, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Livingston | 25 min |
| Mar 20, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Livingston | 48 min |
| Mar 20, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 51 min |
| Mar 20, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 45 min |
| Mar 29, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison | 23 min |
| Mar 30, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 23 min |
| Mar 30, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, White | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Edgar, Vermilion | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Will County10
- Cook County7
- Vermilion County7
- Bureau County6
- LaSalle County6
- Peoria County6
- Woodford County6
- Champaign County6
- Grundy County5
- Kendall County5
- Henry County5
- Stark County5
- Marshall County5
- Livingston County5
- Macoupin County5
- Saint Clair County4
- Washington County4
- Shelby County4
- Kankakee County4
- Rock Island County4
- Adams County4
- Pike County4
- DuPage County4
- Williamson County4
- Madison County4
- Knox County4
- Logan County4
- Sangamon County4
- Christian County4
- Ford County4
- Iroquois County4
- Putnam County3
- Monroe County3
- Randolph County3
- Coles County3
- Douglas County3
- Moultrie County3
- Clinton County3
- Mercer County3
- DeKalb County3
53 more counties
- Lee County3
- Jackson County3
- Kane County3
- McLean County3
- Saline County3
- Pope County3
- Whiteside County3
- Cass County3
- Fulton County3
- Mason County3
- Morgan County3
- Tazewell County3
- Montgomery County3
- Fayette County2
- Marion County2
- Brown County2
- Union County2
- Franklin County2
- Alexander County2
- Pulaski County2
- Massac County2
- Schuyler County2
- Menard County2
- Calhoun County2
- Greene County2
- Jersey County2
- DeWitt County2
- Macon County2
- Piatt County2
- Edgar County2
- Jefferson County1
- Clay County1
- Jasper County1
- Richland County1
- Wayne County1
- Hamilton County1
- Perry County1
- Johnson County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Hancock County1
- Henderson County1
- McDonough County1
- Warren County1
- Carroll County1
- Stephenson County1
- Ogle County1
- Winnebago County1
- Scott County1
- Cumberland County1
- Clark County1
- Edwards County1
- Wabash County1
- White 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. Rebuilt daily.