Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, May 2003
18 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 18
- Busiest day
- May 1, 20033 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Cass, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton and 22 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 9 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin | 5 hr |
| May 4, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Calhoun, Hancock, Monroe, Pike | 6 hr |
| May 4, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 35 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 33 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham and 21 more | 4 hr |
| May 8, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 42 more | 4 hr |
| May 8, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, Pike, Scott | 5 hr |
| May 8, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, DeKalb, DeWitt and 32 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 28 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton and 22 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 25 more | 5 hr |
| May 14, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Bureau, Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas and 33 more | 6 hr |
| May 14, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Henderson, Mercer | 5 hr |
| May 14, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 35 more | 5 hr |
| May 14, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 21 more | 4 hr |
| May 28, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Cook and 30 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brown County10
- Cass County10
- Menard County9
- Morgan County9
- Pike County9
- Sangamon County9
- Scott County9
- DeWitt County8
- Logan County8
- McLean County8
- Mason County8
- Tazewell County8
- Madison County8
- Macon County8
- Adams County7
- Fulton County7
- McDonough County7
- Schuyler County7
- Calhoun County7
- Monroe County7
- Bond County7
- Christian County7
- Fayette County7
- Moultrie County7
- Livingston County6
- Clinton County6
- Greene County6
- Jersey County6
- Macoupin County6
- Montgomery County6
- Saint Clair County6
- Washington County6
- Douglas County6
- Piatt County6
- Champaign County6
- Ford County5
- Hancock County5
- Iroquois County5
- Kankakee County5
- LaSalle County5
62 more counties
- Marshall County5
- Peoria County5
- Putnam County5
- Woodford County5
- Edwards County5
- Franklin County5
- Gallatin County5
- Jackson County5
- Saline County5
- Williamson County5
- Jefferson County5
- Marion County5
- Clay County5
- Coles County5
- Edgar County5
- Richland County5
- Vermilion County5
- Grundy County4
- Will County4
- Hamilton County4
- Hardin County4
- White County4
- Henderson County4
- Knox County4
- Perry County4
- Randolph County4
- Warren County4
- Crawford County4
- Effingham County4
- Jasper County4
- Lawrence County4
- Shelby County4
- Wayne County4
- Johnson County3
- Pope County3
- Union County3
- Cumberland County3
- Wabash County3
- Bureau County3
- Stark County3
- Alexander County2
- Massac County2
- Pulaski County2
- Clark County2
- DeKalb County2
- Henry County2
- Lee County2
- Mercer County2
- Ogle County2
- Rock Island County2
- Stephenson County2
- Winnebago County2
- Kendall County2
- Carroll County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Whiteside County1
- Boone County1
- Cook County1
- DuPage County1
- Kane County1
- Lake County1
- McHenry 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.