Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, July 2005
15 severe thunderstorm watches in July 2005. 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 July 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 15
- Busiest day
- July 26, 20054 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Johnson, Perry and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Champaign, Iroquois, Vermilion | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Cook, DeKalb and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Champaign, Christian, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Ford and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall and 3 more | 69 min |
| Jul 24, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 5 hr |
| Jul 25, 10:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Lake, McHenry | 5 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jasper and 8 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Iroquois County7
- Champaign County6
- Ford County6
- Vermilion County6
- Coles County5
- Cook County5
- Douglas County5
- DuPage County5
- Edgar County5
- Grundy County5
- Kane County5
- Kankakee County5
- Kendall County5
- Piatt County5
- Will County5
- Lake County5
- Clark County4
- Crawford County4
- Cumberland County4
- DeKalb County4
- Jasper County4
- LaSalle County4
- Richland County4
- McHenry County4
- Christian County3
- Clay County3
- Edwards County3
- Effingham County3
- Livingston County3
- McLean County3
- Macon County3
- Marion County3
- Marshall County3
- Moultrie County3
- Putnam County3
- Wayne County3
- Woodford County3
- Franklin County3
- Hamilton County3
- Williamson County3
49 more counties
- Lee County3
- Boone County3
- Lawrence County3
- DeWitt County2
- Logan County2
- Sangamon County2
- Shelby County2
- Tazewell County2
- Johnson County2
- Pulaski County2
- Union County2
- Bureau County2
- Henry County2
- Knox County2
- Peoria County2
- Stark County2
- Warren County2
- Ogle County2
- Winnebago County2
- Jo Daviess County2
- Stephenson County2
- Jefferson County2
- Wabash County2
- White County2
- Bond County1
- Clinton County1
- Fayette County1
- Madison County1
- Montgomery County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Washington County1
- Alexander County1
- Jackson County1
- Perry County1
- Randolph County1
- Cass County1
- Fulton County1
- Mason County1
- Menard County1
- Carroll County1
- Henderson County1
- Mercer County1
- Rock Island County1
- Whiteside County1
- Gallatin County1
- Hardin County1
- Massac County1
- Pope County1
- Saline 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.