Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2014
42 severe thunderstorm watches in 2014. 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 42
- Busiest month
- June12 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 4, 20144 severe thunderstorm watches
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By month
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 20, 1:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Christian, Clinton and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, DeWitt and 11 more | 56 min |
| Apr 12, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 7 hr |
| Apr 12, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Lake, McHenry, Ogle and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton, Greene and 14 more | 7 hr |
| May 9, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 37 more | 7 hr |
| May 10, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 9 hr |
| May 11, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford and 23 more | 7 hr |
| May 12, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 12, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry and 8 more | 7 hr |
| May 12, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and 6 more | 7 hr |
| May 20, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 17 more | 7 hr |
| May 21, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 21, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson and 7 more | 13 hr |
| May 21, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 19 more | 7 hr |
| May 22, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Massac, Pulaski | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Pike | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Morgan and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, McDonough and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, DeKalb, Kane, LaSalle, Lee, McHenry and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll and 57 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, McDonough and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cook, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cass, Champaign, Cook, DeWitt, Douglas, DuPage and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 42 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Iroquois, Kankakee | 5 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bureau, Champaign, DeKalb, Ford, Grundy, Henry and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cook, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 20, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bureau, Cass, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Grundy and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 2, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Cumberland and 24 more | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monroe County12
- Saint Clair County12
- Calhoun County11
- Jersey County11
- Madison County11
- Kane County11
- Greene County10
- Macoupin County10
- DeWitt County10
- Douglas County10
- Logan County10
- Macon County10
- Moultrie County10
- Carroll County10
- Jo Daviess County10
- Lake County10
- Whiteside County10
- Cook County10
- DuPage County10
- Iroquois County10
- Kendall County10
- Will County10
- McLean County10
- Clinton County9
- Randolph County9
- Sangamon County9
- Coles County9
- Piatt County9
- Shelby County9
- Stephenson County9
- McHenry County9
- Henry County9
- Ford County9
- Grundy County9
- Kankakee County9
- LaSalle County9
- Champaign County9
- Vermilion County9
- Bond County8
- Christian County8
62 more counties
- Fayette County8
- Marion County8
- Morgan County8
- Scott County8
- Washington County8
- Clark County8
- Cumberland County8
- Edgar County8
- Boone County8
- Ogle County8
- Rock Island County8
- Winnebago County8
- Mercer County8
- DeKalb County8
- Lee County8
- Livingston County8
- Tazewell County8
- Adams County7
- Montgomery County7
- Pike County7
- Clay County7
- Crawford County7
- Effingham County7
- Jasper County7
- Lawrence County7
- Richland County7
- Cass County7
- Fulton County7
- Hancock County7
- Henderson County7
- McDonough County7
- Mason County7
- Schuyler County7
- Warren County7
- Bureau County7
- Putnam County7
- Woodford County7
- Menard County7
- Brown County6
- Edwards County6
- Jefferson County6
- Wabash County6
- Wayne County6
- Peoria County6
- Knox County5
- Franklin County5
- Gallatin County5
- Hamilton County5
- Saline County5
- White County5
- Marshall County5
- Stark County5
- Perry County4
- Williamson County4
- Alexander County3
- Hardin County3
- Jackson County3
- Johnson County3
- Massac County3
- Pope County3
- Pulaski County3
- Union County3
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. Rebuilt daily.