Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 2022
27 severe thunderstorm watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 27
- Busiest month
- July8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 17, 20222 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Champaign, Christian, Coles and 40 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 20 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Champaign, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 33 more | 5 hr |
| May 21, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Edwards, Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Wabash, White | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Iroquois, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough, Mercer and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, DeKalb, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Rock Island | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 17 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Jo Daviess, Lake, McHenry, Stephenson, Winnebago | 7 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Kane, Lake and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Gallatin, Hamilton and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cook, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clay, Coles and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 18, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles and 42 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 20, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake and 2 more | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kane County10
- Kendall County10
- Lake County10
- Will County10
- Boone County9
- DeKalb County9
- Ford County9
- Livingston County9
- McHenry County9
- Shelby County9
- Christian County8
- Cook County8
- DuPage County8
- Grundy County8
- LaSalle County8
- Macon County8
- Moultrie County8
- Ogle County8
- Winnebago County8
- Jasper County8
- Iroquois County8
- Bureau County7
- Champaign County7
- Coles County7
- Douglas County7
- Henry County7
- Lee County7
- Logan County7
- Piatt County7
- Putnam County7
- Stephenson County7
- Vermilion County7
- Whiteside County7
- Cumberland County7
- Clay County7
- Effingham County7
- Fayette County7
- Montgomery County7
- Carroll County6
- DeWitt County6
62 more counties
- Edgar County6
- Jo Daviess County6
- Kankakee County6
- McLean County6
- Marshall County6
- Mason County6
- Peoria County6
- Schuyler County6
- Woodford County6
- Macoupin County6
- Menard County6
- Morgan County6
- Sangamon County6
- Fulton County5
- Knox County5
- Stark County5
- Tazewell County5
- Clark County5
- Crawford County5
- Marion County5
- Washington County5
- Edwards County5
- Gallatin County5
- Richland County5
- Wabash County5
- White County5
- Rock Island County5
- Brown County5
- Cass County5
- Greene County5
- Pike County5
- Scott County5
- Bond County4
- Clinton County4
- Madison County4
- Hamilton County4
- Hardin County4
- Lawrence County4
- Pope County4
- Wayne County4
- Adams County4
- Saint Clair County3
- Alexander County3
- Franklin County3
- Jackson County3
- Jefferson County3
- Johnson County3
- Massac County3
- Perry County3
- Pulaski County3
- Randolph County3
- Saline County3
- Union County3
- Williamson County3
- Hancock County3
- Henderson County3
- McDonough County3
- Mercer County3
- Warren County3
- Calhoun County3
- Jersey County3
- Monroe County1
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.