Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, March 2003
4 severe thunderstorm watches in March 2003. 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 March 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- March 8, 20031 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Jersey, Macoupin and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hardin, Wabash | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wabash County3
- Clay County2
- Edwards County2
- Fayette County2
- Franklin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lawrence County2
- Marion County2
- Richland County2
- Wayne County2
- White County2
- Williamson County2
- Clinton County2
- Hardin County2
- Clark County1
- Coles County1
- Crawford County1
- Cumberland County1
- Douglas County1
- Edgar County1
- Effingham County1
- Jasper County1
- Shelby County1
- Bond County1
- Calhoun County1
- Jersey County1
- Macoupin County1
- Madison County1
- Monroe County1
- Montgomery County1
- Randolph County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Gallatin County1
- Johnson County1
- Massac County1
- Perry County1
- Pope County1
- Saline County1
- Washington 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.