Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, March 2012
5 severe thunderstorm watches in March 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- March 2, 20122 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 2, 2:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford and 26 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Madison County3
- Monroe County3
- Randolph County3
- Saint Clair County3
- Bond County3
- Clark County3
- Clay County3
- Clinton County3
- Coles County3
- Crawford County3
- Cumberland County3
- Edgar County3
- Effingham County3
- Fayette County3
- Jasper County3
- Lawrence County3
- Marion County3
- Richland County3
- Shelby County3
- Washington County3
- Calhoun County2
- Jersey County2
- Champaign County2
- Christian County2
- Douglas County2
- Montgomery County2
- Moultrie County2
- Piatt County2
- Vermilion County2
- Edwards County2
- Franklin County2
- Gallatin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Jackson County2
- Jefferson County2
- Perry County2
- Saline County2
- Wabash County2
- Wayne County2
- White County2
Nearby
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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.