Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2019

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, May 2019

169 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 169
Busiest day: May 23, 201944 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, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph	46 min
May 1, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	50 min
May 2, 5:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Union	17 min
May 8, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	26 min
May 15, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	36 min
May 15, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Clair	18 min
May 16, 11:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Kane, Kendall	39 min
May 16, 12:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will	49 min
May 16, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston	64 min
May 16, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Will	48 min
May 16, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee	46 min
May 16, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	60 min
May 16, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	40 min
May 16, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	60 min
May 16, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	52 min
May 16, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	15 min
May 16, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee	38 min
May 16, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Rock Island, Whiteside	41 min
May 16, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee	46 min
May 16, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Whiteside	50 min
May 16, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Rock Island, Whiteside	52 min
May 16, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Lee	40 min
May 16, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Kane, Kendall	36 min
May 16, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Rock Island	46 min
May 16, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Whiteside	51 min
May 16, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee	33 min
May 16, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside	50 min
May 16, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Mercer	58 min
May 16, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox, Stark	26 min
May 16, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau	23 min
May 16, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook	36 min
May 16, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee	43 min
May 16, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Lee	43 min
May 16, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox, Stark	42 min
May 16, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will	61 min
May 16, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook	23 min
May 17, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage	50 min
May 17, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee	36 min
May 17, 8:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henderson, Mercer, Warren	48 min
May 18, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DuPage	23 min
May 19, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook	22 min
May 19, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Moultrie, Piatt	16 min
May 19, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar	46 min
May 21, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair	88 min
May 21, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery	39 min
May 21, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Marion, Saint Clair, Washington	53 min
May 21, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Montgomery	52 min
May 21, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	35 min
May 21, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Montgomery	45 min
May 21, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	37 min
May 21, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	40 min
May 21, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	32 min
May 21, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander	30 min
May 21, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby	45 min
May 21, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	35 min
May 21, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Union	25 min
May 21, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Williamson	40 min
May 21, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Union, Williamson	42 min
May 21, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	48 min
May 22, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	44 min
May 22, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	36 min
May 22, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	52 min
May 22, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren	44 min
May 22, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	26 min
May 22, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	40 min
May 22, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	34 min
May 22, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	49 min
May 22, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	46 min
May 22, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	24 min
May 22, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Logan, Mason, Tazewell	47 min
May 22, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell	42 min
May 22, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	52 min
May 22, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	43 min
May 22, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	41 min
May 22, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	50 min
May 22, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	48 min
May 22, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Pike	46 min
May 22, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry	56 min
May 22, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell	26 min
May 22, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Jersey	35 min
May 22, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	49 min
May 23, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene, Jersey, Macoupin	49 min
May 23, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Mason, Menard and 2 more	39 min
May 23, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Sangamon, Shelby	46 min
May 23, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	45 min
May 23, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	63 min
May 23, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	47 min
May 23, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette, Macoupin, Montgomery	38 min
May 23, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	50 min
May 23, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	26 min
May 23, 1:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	52 min
May 23, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Will	65 min
May 23, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Montgomery	47 min
May 23, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jersey, Macoupin, Madison	38 min
May 23, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and 1 more	46 min
May 23, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Cumberland, Edgar	44 min
May 23, 3:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette, Montgomery	58 min
May 23, 3:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	49 min
May 23, 3:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette, Marion	44 min
May 23, 4:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair	44 min
May 23, 4:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Marion	33 min
May 23, 4:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	28 min
May 23, 4:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington	31 min
May 24, 10:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	30 min
May 24, 12:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	McDonough	10 min
May 24, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell	47 min
May 24, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	52 min
May 24, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henderson, Mercer, Warren	48 min
May 25, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	27 min
May 25, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	66 min
May 25, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	72 min
May 25, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	59 min
May 25, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	65 min
May 25, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Mercer, Rock Island	41 min
May 25, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	45 min
May 25, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside	17 min
May 25, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Pike	48 min
May 25, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Tazewell	35 min
May 25, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown	23 min
May 25, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Schuyler	19 min
May 25, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Tazewell	47 min
May 25, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	46 min
May 25, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Menard, Sangamon	25 min
May 25, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan	51 min
May 26, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	45 min
May 26, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	31 min
May 26, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	40 min
May 26, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	55 min
May 26, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	45 min
May 26, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	75 min
May 26, 12:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Wayne, White	34 min
May 26, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Williamson	40 min
May 27, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Kendall, LaSalle	42 min
May 27, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will	62 min
May 27, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook	62 min
May 27, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook	61 min
May 27, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Lee	40 min
May 27, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Will	45 min
May 27, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark	32 min
May 27, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	33 min
May 27, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	54 min
May 28, 1:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	52 min
May 28, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	42 min
May 28, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Schuyler	32 min
May 28, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Piatt	30 min
May 28, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Piatt	51 min
May 28, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	27 min
May 28, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, McLean	30 min
May 28, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign	37 min
May 28, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, Mercer, Warren	67 min
May 28, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough, Warren	45 min
May 28, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	49 min
May 28, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Stark	38 min
May 28, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Schuyler, Tazewell	38 min
May 28, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Peoria and 1 more	41 min
May 28, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	45 min
May 29, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander	36 min
May 29, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pulaski	34 min
May 29, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun	30 min
May 29, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Moultrie, Shelby	32 min
May 29, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	13 min
May 29, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	41 min
May 29, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski, Union	39 min
May 29, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Union	29 min
May 29, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	35 min
May 29, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Sangamon	24 min
May 29, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Menard	23 min
May 30, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Woodford	18 min
May 30, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	22 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.