Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, May 2002
17 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2002. 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 May 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 17
- Busiest day
- May 9, 20024 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Perry and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 50 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Madison, Pike and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 6, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette and 20 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Carroll, Jo Daviess, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 9 more | 5 hr |
| May 7, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 13 more | 5 hr |
| May 7, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hancock, Henderson, Jo Daviess, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 16 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saline County7
- Gallatin County7
- Jackson County6
- Union County6
- Williamson County6
- Clay County6
- Wayne County6
- Franklin County5
- Johnson County5
- Perry County5
- Randolph County5
- Calhoun County5
- Clark County5
- Clinton County5
- Crawford County5
- Edwards County5
- Effingham County5
- Greene County5
- Hamilton County5
- Jefferson County5
- Jersey County5
- Lawrence County5
- Madison County5
- Marion County5
- Monroe County5
- Richland County5
- Saint Clair County5
- Washington County5
- White County5
- Alexander County4
- Massac County4
- Pope County4
- Pulaski County4
- Bond County4
- Coles County4
- Cumberland County4
- Edgar County4
- Fayette County4
- Jasper County4
- Montgomery County4
45 more counties
- Shelby County4
- Wabash County4
- Hardin County4
- Adams County3
- Champaign County3
- Christian County3
- Douglas County3
- Macon County3
- Macoupin County3
- Menard County3
- Pike County3
- Sangamon County3
- Scott County3
- Vermilion County3
- Brown County2
- Cass County2
- DeWitt County2
- Hancock County2
- Logan County2
- McDonough County2
- Mason County2
- Morgan County2
- Moultrie County2
- Piatt County2
- Schuyler County2
- Jo Daviess County2
- Iroquois County2
- Fulton County1
- Boone County1
- Carroll County1
- McHenry County1
- Ogle County1
- Stephenson County1
- Winnebago County1
- Henderson County1
- Mercer County1
- Rock Island County1
- Warren County1
- Ford County1
- Livingston County1
- McLean County1
- Peoria County1
- Tazewell County1
- Woodford County1
- Kankakee County1
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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.