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Small Craft Advisories in Illinois, 2026

83 small craft advisories in 2026. 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 small craft advisories reaches back to 2005.

Small Craft Advisories by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Small Craft Advisories: 83
Busiest month: January14 small craft advisories
Busiest day: January 15, 20262 small craft advisories

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	Lasted
Jan 4, 3:01 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	13 hr
Jan 7, 2:18 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	37 hr
Jan 8, 3:18 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	24 hr
Jan 9, 2:55 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	48 hr
Jan 10, 3:56 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	54 hr
Jan 12, 9:42 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	41 hr
Jan 14, 10:23 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	3 days
Jan 15, 2:54 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	60 hr
Jan 19, 2:50 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	18 hr
Jan 21, 4:10 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	15 hr
Jan 22, 3:44 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	6 hr
Jan 22, 9:52 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	41 hr
Jan 24, 2:49 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	3 days
Jan 29, 2:16 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	48 hr
Feb 5, 9:35 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	41 hr
Feb 9, 2:37 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	23 hr
Feb 10, 2:41 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	24 hr
Feb 15, 9:21 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	21 hr
Feb 17, 3:39 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	38 hr
Feb 19, 2:58 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	15 hr
Feb 20, 2:44 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	13 hr
Feb 21, 3:39 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	71 hr
Feb 24, 6:02 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	21 hr
Feb 26, 9:49 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	40 hr
Feb 27, 1:54 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	49 hr
Mar 6, 3:19 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	27 hr
Mar 7, 5:49 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	23 hr
Mar 8, 8:31 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	13 hr
Mar 10, 3:07 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	55 hr
Mar 13, 9:51 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	12 hr
Mar 16, 9:44 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	17 hr
Mar 21, 9:18 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	22 hr
Mar 23, 12:45 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	21 hr
Mar 25, 9:55 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	10 hr
Mar 27, 5:19 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	29 hr
Mar 30, 3:54 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	3 days
Apr 2, 3:39 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	24 hr
Apr 3, 10:07 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	42 hr
Apr 5, 4:00 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	48 hr
Apr 7, 4:03 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	39 hr
Apr 11, 2:53 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	21 hr
Apr 12, 3:58 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	24 hr
Apr 13, 8:41 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	8 hr
Apr 14, 5:37 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	3 hr
Apr 17, 3:52 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	47 hr
Apr 19, 3:24 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	16 hr
Apr 21, 2:39 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	16 hr
Apr 24, 9:12 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	25 hr
Apr 26, 2:48 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	21 hr
Apr 27, 9:35 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	24 hr
May 2, 2:42 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	28 hr
May 4, 3:30 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	16 hr
May 7, 9:19 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	9 hr
May 9, 3:01 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	16 hr
May 11, 8:44 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	13 hr
May 11, 1:51 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	55 hr
May 14, 9:47 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	21 hr
May 17, 4:07 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	24 hr
May 18, 9:51 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	17 hr
May 19, 3:00 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	3 days
May 26, 2:55 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	52 hr
May 29, 1:51 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	31 hr
Jun 4, 2:50 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	24 hr
Jun 9, 3:11 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	30 hr
Jun 11, 3:44 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	21 hr
Jun 15, 3:27 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	30 hr
Jun 16, 9:51 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	16 hr
Jun 17, 1:26 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	20 hr
Jun 20, 3:00 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	61 hr
Jun 28, 2:46 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	31 hr
Jun 29, 9:51 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	23 hr
Jul 18, 3:49 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	30 hr
Jul 20, 8:37 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	49 hr
Jul 27, 3:56 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	51 hr
Jul 31, 3:16 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	3 days
Aug 22, 2:50 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	31 hr
Aug 30, 3:01 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	12 hr
Sep 4, 12:42 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	6 hr
Sep 12, 2:48 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	36 hr
Sep 14, 3:07 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	30 hr
Sep 17, 2:50 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	24 hr
Sep 18, 3:06 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	24 hr
Sep 19, 2:56 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LOT	4 days

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

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.