Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, August 2000

12 severe thunderstorm watches in August 2000. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 2000. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
12
Busiest day
August 6, 20002 severe thunderstorm watches

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
Aug 6, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 19 more6 hr
Aug 6, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 26 more6 hr
Aug 7, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 45 more6 hr
Aug 9, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBureau, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Knox and 10 more5 hr
Aug 9, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChampaign, DeWitt, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle and 6 more5 hr
Aug 17, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 38 more6 hr
Aug 22, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Hancock and 12 more5 hr
Aug 23, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe and 3 more5 hr
Aug 23, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Fayette, Franklin and 21 more6 hr
Aug 26, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Pike and 2 more5 hr
Aug 26, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 34 more5 hr
Aug 27, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCEdwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Pope, Saline and 3 more5 hr

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.