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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, March 2025

157 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 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 March 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 157
Busiest day: March 15, 202565 severe thunderstorm warnings

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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 14, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Adams, Pike	55 min
Mar 14, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Hancock, Henderson	49 min
Mar 14, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Pike	25 min
Mar 14, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Hancock, McDonough, Warren	53 min
Mar 14, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Schuyler	52 min
Mar 14, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Brown	31 min
Mar 14, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren	57 min
Mar 14, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Pike	50 min
Mar 14, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Brown, Calhoun, Pike	48 min
Mar 14, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Warren	38 min
Mar 14, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown	32 min
Mar 14, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Cass, Mason, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott	39 min
Mar 14, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Fulton, Knox	63 min
Mar 14, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren and 1 more	52 min
Mar 14, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Pike	50 min
Mar 14, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	McDonough, Warren	28 min
Mar 14, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Jersey	42 min
Mar 14, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DVN	Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, Whiteside	49 min
Mar 14, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Schuyler and 1 more	63 min
Mar 14, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Fulton, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell and 1 more	59 min
Mar 14, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Macoupin	43 min
Mar 14, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside	82 min
Mar 14, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Bond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery	48 min
Mar 14, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	48 min
Mar 14, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Putnam, Rock Island	77 min
Mar 14, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Christian, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Sangamon and 1 more	56 min
Mar 14, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Lee, Ogle	82 min
Mar 14, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Monroe	35 min
Mar 14, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	54 min
Mar 14, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	LaSalle, Livingston	79 min
Mar 14, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt	37 min
Mar 14, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Bond, Fayette, Montgomery	52 min
Mar 14, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	28 min
Mar 14, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon, Shelby	64 min
Mar 14, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair, Washington	31 min
Mar 14, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Boone, DeKalb, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago	76 min
Mar 14, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, Livingston and 1 more	77 min
Mar 14, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Madison, Washington	23 min
Mar 14, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clay, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Moultrie and 1 more	60 min
Mar 14, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kane, LaSalle, Lee, McHenry	55 min
Mar 14, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Jackson	39 min
Mar 14, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Fayette, Marion	32 min
Mar 14, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	15 min
Mar 14, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Lake	79 min
Mar 14, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, McLean, Macon, Moultrie and 1 more	66 min
Mar 14, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee, Will	76 min
Mar 15, 12:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham and 1 more	63 min
Mar 15, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Vermilion	60 min
Mar 15, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Union, Williamson	43 min
Mar 15, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	24 min
Mar 15, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clark, Edgar	26 min
Mar 15, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clark, Edgar, Vermilion	48 min
Mar 15, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	48 min
Mar 15, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Hamilton, Wabash, Wayne, White	57 min
Mar 15, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	26 min
Mar 15, 1:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	16 min
Mar 15, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	42 min
Mar 15, 2:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope	40 min
Mar 15, 2:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Alexander	31 min
Mar 15, 2:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Massac	45 min
Mar 15, 2:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin	42 min
Mar 15, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope	39 min
Mar 15, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	White	43 min
Mar 15, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope	45 min
Mar 15, 10:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope	17 min
Mar 19, 8:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Rock Island, Whiteside	33 min
Mar 19, 9:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Whiteside	35 min
Mar 19, 12:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	McDonough	51 min
Mar 19, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henderson, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren	54 min
Mar 19, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Rock Island	33 min
Mar 19, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	29 min
Mar 19, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	30 min
Mar 19, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason, Menard	37 min
Mar 19, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Menard	37 min
Mar 19, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Logan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell	41 min
Mar 19, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon	35 min
Mar 19, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	47 min
Mar 19, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby	41 min
Mar 19, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Livingston	48 min
Mar 19, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon	47 min
Mar 19, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie	52 min
Mar 19, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, Will	51 min
Mar 19, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clay, Jasper, Richland	40 min
Mar 19, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper	53 min
Mar 19, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Will	39 min
Mar 19, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	30 min
Mar 19, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	44 min
Mar 19, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage, Will	44 min
Mar 19, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	66 min
Mar 19, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Kankakee	45 min
Mar 19, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Livingston	43 min
Mar 19, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	27 min
Mar 19, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette, Montgomery	23 min
Mar 19, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	35 min
Mar 19, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	36 min
Mar 19, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more	55 min
Mar 19, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	16 min
Mar 19, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford	29 min
Mar 21, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	34 min
Mar 21, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	47 min
Mar 21, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	43 min
Mar 21, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown	39 min
Mar 21, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler	50 min
Mar 23, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Woodford	25 min
Mar 28, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Mercer, Warren	47 min
Mar 30, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Montgomery, Washington	43 min
Mar 30, 12:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Coles, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more	42 min
Mar 30, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie and 2 more	49 min
Mar 30, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	30 min
Mar 30, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	57 min
Mar 30, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	40 min
Mar 30, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper	35 min
Mar 30, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	31 min
Mar 30, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Lake, McHenry	43 min
Mar 30, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Jasper	24 min
Mar 30, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair	62 min
Mar 30, 2:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Iroquois	73 min
Mar 30, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	23 min
Mar 30, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	35 min
Mar 30, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Iroquois, Kankakee, Will	60 min
Mar 30, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar	43 min
Mar 30, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Cook, Will	43 min
Mar 30, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph	48 min
Mar 30, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LOT	Iroquois	56 min
Mar 30, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington	43 min
Mar 30, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	31 min
Mar 30, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Wayne	41 min
Mar 30, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	23 min
Mar 30, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	31 min
Mar 30, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper	24 min
Mar 30, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Marion, Washington	49 min
Mar 30, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	32 min
Mar 30, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Randolph	44 min
Mar 30, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	56 min
Mar 30, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Jasper	62 min
Mar 30, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	44 min
Mar 30, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	51 min
Mar 30, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	20 min
Mar 30, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	59 min
Mar 30, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry	43 min
Mar 30, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Wayne	52 min
Mar 30, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	51 min
Mar 30, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Jasper	10 min
Mar 30, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne, White	48 min
Mar 30, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	52 min
Mar 30, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	35 min
Mar 30, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Williamson	48 min
Mar 30, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	44 min
Mar 30, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Williamson	49 min
Mar 30, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton	37 min
Mar 30, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski, Union	47 min
Mar 30, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	42 min
Mar 30, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White	42 min
Mar 30, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Pulaski, Union, Williamson	50 min
Mar 30, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union	38 min
Mar 30, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope	42 min
Mar 30, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin	48 min

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Sources

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