Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2008
60 severe thunderstorm watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 60
- Busiest month
- June24 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 13, 20084 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 22 more | 3 hr |
| May 2, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Pike | 5 hr |
| May 10, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Calhoun, Clinton, Franklin, Jackson, Jersey and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 7 hr |
| May 25, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 19 more | 4 hr |
| May 25, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cook, DuPage, Ford, Fulton, Grundy, Iroquois and 13 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 34 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Knox, McDonough and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Rock Island | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Hancock, McDonough | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Effingham and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bureau, Carroll, Fulton, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jo Daviess, Rock Island | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Champaign, Coles, Cook and 39 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 67 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Greene, Knox and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 48 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jo Daviess, Rock Island | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Pike | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 9 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 23 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Champaign, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 39 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lee, McHenry, Ogle and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren | 8 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 44 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 20 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Cass, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 32 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cook, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bureau, Ford, Fulton, Grundy, Hancock, Henderson and 18 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Clay, Clinton and 30 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 34 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bond County18
- Calhoun County18
- Clinton County18
- Jersey County18
- Madison County18
- Cumberland County17
- Effingham County17
- Fayette County17
- Greene County17
- Saint Clair County17
- Shelby County17
- Washington County17
- Rock Island County17
- Coles County16
- Macoupin County16
- Monroe County16
- Montgomery County16
- Pike County16
- Clay County16
- Mercer County16
- Cass County15
- Christian County15
- Clark County15
- Edgar County15
- Morgan County15
- Moultrie County15
- Scott County15
- Jasper County15
- Marion County15
- Randolph County15
- Adams County15
- Henderson County15
- Warren County15
- Fulton County15
- Iroquois County14
- Mason County14
- Brown County14
- Henry County14
- McDonough County14
- Knox County14
62 more counties
- Peoria County14
- Will County14
- Crawford County14
- Lawrence County14
- Richland County14
- Grundy County14
- Champaign County13
- Douglas County13
- Ford County13
- Kankakee County13
- Livingston County13
- Macon County13
- Menard County13
- Sangamon County13
- Tazewell County13
- Vermilion County13
- Hancock County13
- Bureau County13
- LaSalle County13
- Marshall County13
- Putnam County13
- Stark County13
- Cook County13
- Kane County13
- Piatt County12
- Jefferson County12
- Perry County12
- DeKalb County12
- Schuyler County12
- Woodford County12
- DuPage County12
- Kendall County12
- DeWitt County11
- McLean County11
- Jo Daviess County11
- Franklin County11
- Edwards County11
- Wabash County11
- Wayne County11
- Logan County10
- Carroll County10
- Stephenson County10
- Whiteside County10
- Boone County10
- Lee County10
- Hamilton County10
- White County10
- Lake County10
- Jackson County9
- Ogle County9
- Winnebago County9
- Williamson County8
- McHenry County8
- Alexander County7
- Johnson County7
- Massac County7
- Pope County7
- Pulaski County7
- Union County7
- Gallatin County7
- Saline County7
- Hardin County6
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.