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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, December 2025

50 severe thunderstorm warnings in December 2025. 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 December 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 50
Busiest day: December 28, 202541 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
Dec 18, 10:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Pike	35 min
Dec 18, 10:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene, Jersey	55 min
Dec 18, 11:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin	62 min
Dec 18, 11:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Saint Clair	46 min
Dec 28, 8:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	McDonough	11 min
Dec 28, 8:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	34 min
Dec 28, 9:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	33 min
Dec 28, 9:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	59 min
Dec 28, 10:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Livingston	63 min
Dec 28, 10:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois	51 min
Dec 28, 1:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell	36 min
Dec 28, 2:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Tazewell	31 min
Dec 28, 2:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	24 min
Dec 28, 2:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon	36 min
Dec 28, 2:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	45 min
Dec 28, 2:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Livingston	41 min
Dec 28, 2:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	35 min
Dec 28, 2:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	16 min
Dec 28, 3:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	43 min
Dec 28, 3:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	34 min
Dec 28, 3:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	34 min
Dec 28, 3:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	33 min
Dec 28, 3:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas, Moultrie	26 min
Dec 28, 3:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby	48 min
Dec 28, 4:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Marion	17 min
Dec 28, 4:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	32 min
Dec 28, 4:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	30 min
Dec 28, 4:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	37 min
Dec 28, 4:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Marion	21 min
Dec 28, 4:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	49 min
Dec 28, 4:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	48 min
Dec 28, 4:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Edgar, Vermilion	30 min
Dec 28, 4:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union	40 min
Dec 28, 4:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Wayne	40 min
Dec 28, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Cumberland, Edgar	31 min
Dec 28, 5:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry	44 min
Dec 28, 5:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	34 min
Dec 28, 5:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Williamson	45 min
Dec 28, 5:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Lawrence, Richland	43 min
Dec 28, 5:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, Wayne	39 min
Dec 28, 5:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Union	50 min
Dec 28, 5:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Jasper	38 min
Dec 28, 5:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White, Williamson	46 min
Dec 28, 5:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence, Richland	26 min
Dec 28, 5:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, Wayne, White	51 min
Dec 28, 6:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	17 min
Dec 28, 6:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	White	21 min
Dec 28, 6:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pulaski	28 min
Dec 28, 6:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Massac	40 min
Dec 28, 7:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Pope	40 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.