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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, March 2023

74 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 74
Busiest day: March 31, 202357 severe thunderstorm warnings

Over time

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
Mar 3, 8:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	16 min
Mar 3, 10:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Massac	61 min
Mar 3, 10:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union	50 min
Mar 3, 11:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Massac, Pope	60 min
Mar 3, 11:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline	46 min
Mar 3, 11:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Gallatin, White	65 min
Mar 3, 12:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Wabash	47 min
Mar 23, 8:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	30 min
Mar 23, 9:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence, Richland	22 min
Mar 23, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wabash	18 min
Mar 23, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson	35 min
Mar 26, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	19 min
Mar 26, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	49 min
Mar 26, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle	52 min
Mar 26, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle	39 min
Mar 26, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kankakee, Will	44 min
Mar 26, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Will	26 min
Mar 31, 12:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Pike	50 min
Mar 31, 1:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Hancock	47 min
Mar 31, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown	23 min
Mar 31, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Schuyler	26 min
Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	45 min
Mar 31, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	16 min
Mar 31, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Mercer, Rock Island	38 min
Mar 31, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	21 min
Mar 31, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	18 min
Mar 31, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Mercer, Rock Island	45 min
Mar 31, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	43 min
Mar 31, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Stark	51 min
Mar 31, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union	32 min
Mar 31, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	19 min
Mar 31, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Mercer, Rock Island	49 min
Mar 31, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	46 min
Mar 31, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Stark	27 min
Mar 31, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside	49 min
Mar 31, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	LaSalle, Livingston	34 min
Mar 31, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	44 min
Mar 31, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	25 min
Mar 31, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston	44 min
Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Pike	41 min
Mar 31, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry	40 min
Mar 31, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee	65 min
Mar 31, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Will	38 min
Mar 31, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Whiteside	33 min
Mar 31, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau	19 min
Mar 31, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kankakee	24 min
Mar 31, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ogle	39 min
Mar 31, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Pike	33 min
Mar 31, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Will	57 min
Mar 31, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kankakee, Will	38 min
Mar 31, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Pike	34 min
Mar 31, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle, Lee	37 min
Mar 31, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	27 min
Mar 31, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Pike	51 min
Mar 31, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Schuyler	26 min
Mar 31, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Henderson, Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren	38 min
Mar 31, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren	51 min
Mar 31, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott	45 min
Mar 31, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess	61 min
Mar 31, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Logan, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon and 2 more	31 min
Mar 31, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren	34 min
Mar 31, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Henderson, Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren, Whiteside	46 min
Mar 31, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Stark	58 min
Mar 31, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Sangamon, Tazewell and 1 more	24 min
Mar 31, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Kane	54 min
Mar 31, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson	27 min
Mar 31, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe	23 min
Mar 31, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair	47 min
Mar 31, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Putnam, Whiteside	54 min
Mar 31, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	37 min
Mar 31, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Carroll, Henry, Whiteside	18 min
Mar 31, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Peoria, Stark	33 min
Mar 31, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Lee, Ogle, Winnebago	75 min
Mar 31, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Whiteside	42 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.