Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, May 2022
2 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- May 15, 20221 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Edwards County2
- Gallatin County2
- Hardin County2
- Pope County2
- Wabash County2
- White County2
- Alexander County1
- Champaign County1
- Clark County1
- Clay County1
- Clinton County1
- Coles County1
- Crawford County1
- Cumberland County1
- Douglas County1
- Edgar County1
- Effingham County1
- Fayette County1
- Franklin County1
- Hamilton County1
- Jackson County1
- Jasper County1
- Jefferson County1
- Johnson County1
- Lawrence County1
- Marion County1
- Massac County1
- Moultrie County1
- Perry County1
- Pulaski County1
- Randolph County1
- Richland County1
- Saline County1
- Shelby County1
- Union County1
- Vermilion County1
- Washington County1
- Wayne County1
- Williamson County1
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.