Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2025

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, September 2025

13 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 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 September 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
13
Busiest day
September 21, 20255 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Shelby17 min
Sep 14, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams, Brown37 min
Sep 14, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson, Union32 min
Sep 20, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion17 min
Sep 20, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery28 min
Sep 20, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Shelby27 min
Sep 20, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne32 min
Sep 20, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson28 min
Sep 21, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTCook, Will34 min
Sep 21, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTCook, Will34 min
Sep 21, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTGrundy, Will24 min
Sep 21, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTLake, McHenry43 min
Sep 21, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon33 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.