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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, May 2023

147 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 147
Busiest day: May 7, 202381 severe thunderstorm warnings

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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
May 6, 10:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	48 min
May 6, 10:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Pike	43 min
May 6, 11:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Pike	47 min
May 6, 12:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene, Jersey	39 min
May 6, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene, Jersey, Macoupin	44 min
May 6, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Macoupin, Montgomery	40 min
May 6, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham	25 min
May 6, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	34 min
May 6, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren	52 min
May 6, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough	49 min
May 6, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	McDonough, Warren	46 min
May 6, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Mason, Schuyler	45 min
May 6, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell	49 min
May 6, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Woodford	47 min
May 6, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Tazewell	24 min
May 6, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Schuyler	32 min
May 7, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	52 min
May 7, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	LaSalle, Livingston	61 min
May 7, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard, Sangamon	34 min
May 7, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Mercer	28 min
May 7, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Mercer, Warren	35 min
May 7, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough	27 min
May 7, 2:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	60 min
May 7, 2:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	37 min
May 7, 2:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren	44 min
May 7, 2:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	27 min
May 7, 3:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	20 min
May 7, 5:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Moultrie and 1 more	26 min
May 7, 5:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Effingham, Jasper	27 min
May 7, 8:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Saline	22 min
May 7, 9:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union, Williamson	26 min
May 7, 9:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson, Perry	36 min
May 7, 9:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pope, Saline, Union, Williamson	30 min
May 7, 9:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Saline	20 min
May 7, 10:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hamilton, White	24 min
May 7, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Washington	47 min
May 7, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	27 min
May 7, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Massac, Pulaski	49 min
May 7, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Pope, Pulaski and 3 more	43 min
May 7, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hardin, Pope	47 min
May 7, 2:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	25 min
May 7, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Perry and 3 more	49 min
May 7, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope	48 min
May 7, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	38 min
May 7, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne	50 min
May 7, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Pope, Saline, White	52 min
May 7, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton	32 min
May 7, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	49 min
May 7, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	McDonough	46 min
May 7, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	27 min
May 7, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	25 min
May 7, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander	50 min
May 7, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	33 min
May 7, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	66 min
May 7, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	McDonough	22 min
May 7, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	45 min
May 7, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, Henderson	43 min
May 7, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	58 min
May 7, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	50 min
May 7, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair	39 min
May 7, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Sangamon	31 min
May 7, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	LSX	Montgomery	29 min
May 7, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	24 min
May 7, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard	36 min
May 7, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough	33 min
May 7, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Shelby	23 min
May 7, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	25 min
May 7, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington	40 min
May 7, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	34 min
May 7, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Sangamon	18 min
May 7, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren	48 min
May 7, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Mercer, Rock Island	56 min
May 7, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Massac, Pulaski	28 min
May 7, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Saint Clair	20 min
May 7, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Montgomery	41 min
May 7, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside	38 min
May 7, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	48 min
May 7, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	42 min
May 7, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	51 min
May 7, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henderson, Mercer	35 min
May 7, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Kankakee	46 min
May 7, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Henderson, Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren	39 min
May 7, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside	49 min
May 7, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Schuyler	49 min
May 7, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	McDonough	44 min
May 7, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	41 min
May 7, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Henderson, Mercer, Warren	38 min
May 7, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, Will	66 min
May 7, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Sangamon	13 min
May 7, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Putnam	54 min
May 7, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Henderson, Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren	51 min
May 7, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark	64 min
May 7, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Warren	41 min
May 7, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown	9 min
May 7, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry	54 min
May 7, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Schuyler	31 min
May 7, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	43 min
May 7, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren	56 min
May 7, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Peoria	35 min
May 7, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	18 min
May 7, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Fulton, Mason	19 min
May 7, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Will	46 min
May 7, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	60 min
May 7, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	53 min
May 7, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	33 min
May 7, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston	78 min
May 7, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	38 min
May 7, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston	89 min
May 7, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean	32 min
May 7, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	15 min
May 8, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington	40 min
May 8, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Union	48 min
May 8, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	43 min
May 8, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pulaski	54 min
May 8, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	49 min
May 8, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Massac	50 min
May 13, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	32 min
May 13, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene, Macoupin	45 min
May 13, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Madison	49 min
May 13, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Sangamon	34 min
May 13, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Saint Clair	41 min
May 13, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin	24 min
May 13, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin	44 min
May 13, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair	49 min
May 13, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	19 min
May 13, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Madison	49 min
May 13, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton	44 min
May 14, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	36 min
May 14, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	31 min
May 14, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	49 min
May 14, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	25 min
May 14, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	28 min
May 14, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	42 min
May 14, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	31 min
May 14, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Clair	40 min
May 14, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Montgomery	55 min
May 14, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	13 min
May 14, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	37 min
May 14, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette	52 min
May 14, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	32 min
May 14, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	43 min
May 14, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Marion	38 min
May 14, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	25 min
May 14, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian	35 min
May 14, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	47 min
May 14, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	28 min
May 14, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin	36 min

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Sources

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