Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2017

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, May 2017

7 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
7
Busiest day
May 27, 20173 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Cass, DeWitt, Fulton and 22 more7 hr
May 10, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChampaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas and 6 more5 hr
May 15, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Kane, McHenry, Ogle and 2 more3 hr
May 19, 4:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 8 more3 hr
May 27, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 20 more7 hr
May 27, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Watch PDSSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more7 hr
May 27, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMonroe, Randolph3 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.