Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, February 2026
21 severe thunderstorm warnings in February 2026. 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 February 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 21
- Busiest day
- February 19, 202612 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 1:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 28 min |
| Feb 19, 1:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 32 min |
| Feb 19, 1:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 15 min |
| Feb 19, 3:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 32 min |
| Feb 19, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby | 34 min |
| Feb 19, 3:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 33 min |
| Feb 19, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 30 min |
| Feb 19, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 29 min |
| Feb 19, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 48 min |
| Feb 19, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Edgar | 41 min |
| Feb 19, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette | 45 min |
| Feb 19, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 51 min |
| Feb 19, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 30 min |
| Feb 19, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 44 min |
| Feb 19, 6:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 47 min |
| Feb 19, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 45 min |
| Feb 19, 6:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 32 min |
| Feb 19, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Tazewell | 47 min |
| Feb 19, 7:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Jasper | 48 min |
| Feb 19, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford | 34 min |
| Feb 19, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 32 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Coles County3
- Clark County3
- Crawford County3
- Jasper County3
- Fulton County3
- Vermilion County2
- Effingham County2
- Cumberland County2
- Moultrie County2
- Shelby County2
- Lawrence County2
- Richland County2
- Clay County2
- Schuyler County2
- Mason County2
- Tazewell County2
- Champaign County1
- Edgar County1
- Bond County1
- Fayette County1
- Wayne County1
Nearby
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.