Alert archive / Illinois / Special Weather Statements / 2018
Special Weather Statements in Illinois, August 2018
99 special weather statements in August 2018. 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
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- August 17, 201825 special weather statements
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 19 min |
| Aug 1, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 16 min |
| Aug 1, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 19 min |
| Aug 1, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kane | 21 min |
| Aug 1, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kankakee | 21 min |
| Aug 2, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Madison | 19 min |
| Aug 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Iroquois | 17 min |
| Aug 5, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Massac | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Ogle, Winnebago | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Winnebago | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Jersey | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Iroquois | 17 min |
| Aug 6, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Iroquois | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Greene | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Boone, McHenry, Winnebago | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Boone, Ogle, Winnebago | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lee | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jo Daviess | 117 min |
| Aug 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Rock Island | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough | 21 min |
| Aug 16, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 80 min |
| Aug 16, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Schuyler | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Menard | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ogle | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Menard | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lee | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 9:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 10:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Putnam | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Greene | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Livingston | 20 min |
| Aug 17, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Montgomery | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 12:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 23 min |
| Aug 17, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Moultrie | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 1:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Marion | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jefferson, Wayne | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 12:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, Fulton and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Lawrence | 22 min |
| Aug 20, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Aug 20, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin | 22 min |
| Aug 20, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hamilton | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 62 min |
| Aug 20, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 63 min |
| Aug 20, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Massac | 63 min |
| Aug 20, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Tazewell | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 1:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Winnebago | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Winnebago | 56 min |
| Aug 28, 7:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Rock Island | 25 min |
| Aug 28, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Rock Island | 59 min |
| Aug 28, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau | 63 min |
| Aug 28, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lee | 18 min |
| Aug 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 15 min |
| Aug 28, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Stark | 55 min |
| Aug 28, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Boone, Winnebago | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle | 66 min |
| Aug 28, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Adams | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 10:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kankakee | 54 min |
| Aug 29, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Tazewell | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 1:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough | 49 min |
| Aug 29, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 2:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Pike | 49 min |
| Aug 29, 3:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 4:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Jersey, Madison | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 5:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle and 2 more | 64 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stephenson County9
- Winnebago County7
- DuPage County6
- Iroquois County4
- Boone County4
- LaSalle County4
- Mercer County4
- Jo Daviess County3
- Kankakee County3
- Massac County3
- Ogle County3
- Jersey County3
- Ford County3
- Whiteside County3
- Lee County3
- McDonough County3
- Rock Island County3
- Cass County3
- Menard County3
- Champaign County3
- Tazewell County3
- Pulaski County3
- Kane County2
- Madison County2
- DeKalb County2
- Vermilion County2
- Greene County2
- Macon County2
- Schuyler County2
- Sangamon County2
- McLean County2
- Woodford County2
- Livingston County2
- Moultrie County2
- Hancock County2
- Jefferson County2
- Morgan County2
- Scott County2
- Stark County2
- Franklin County2
33 more counties
- Alexander County2
- Grundy County2
- Kendall County2
- Carroll County1
- Calhoun County1
- Gallatin County1
- McHenry County1
- Cook County1
- Putnam County1
- Montgomery County1
- Clark County1
- Marion County1
- Wayne County1
- Christian County1
- DeWitt County1
- Douglas County1
- Fulton County1
- Knox County1
- Logan County1
- Marshall County1
- Mason County1
- Peoria County1
- Piatt County1
- Shelby County1
- Lawrence County1
- Perry County1
- Union County1
- Hamilton County1
- Lake County1
- Bureau County1
- Adams County1
- Pike County1
- Will County1
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