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Special Weather Statements in Illinois, May 2018
201 special weather statements in May 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.
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| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kendall | 33 min |
| May 2, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 23 min |
| May 2, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kendall | 33 min |
| May 2, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kendall | 32 min |
| May 2, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook | 13 min |
| May 2, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox | 57 min |
| May 2, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Schuyler | 62 min |
| May 2, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall, Peoria | 54 min |
| May 2, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Woodford | 34 min |
| May 2, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 30 min |
| May 2, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Rock Island | 24 min |
| May 2, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Rock Island | 87 min |
| May 2, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kendall | 14 min |
| May 2, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 27 min |
| May 3, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Adams, Brown | 51 min |
| May 3, 1:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Calhoun | 52 min |
| May 3, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 54 min |
| May 3, 3:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 51 min |
| May 3, 6:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Coles | 50 min |
| May 3, 6:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne | 50 min |
| May 3, 6:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Marion | 17 min |
| May 3, 6:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay, Jasper | 42 min |
| May 3, 6:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson, Massac, Pope | 29 min |
| May 3, 6:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence, Richland | 39 min |
| May 3, 6:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 35 min |
| May 3, 7:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Saline | 30 min |
| May 4, 6:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough | 34 min |
| May 4, 7:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 51 min |
| May 4, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 38 min |
| May 4, 9:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Iroquois | 25 min |
| May 4, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Saline | 32 min |
| May 4, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin | 38 min |
| May 4, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Pope | 26 min |
| May 6, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Massac | 43 min |
| May 6, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Massac | 66 min |
| May 6, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan | 44 min |
| May 6, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 53 min |
| May 6, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 54 min |
| May 6, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Montgomery | 49 min |
| May 6, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Montgomery | 41 min |
| May 6, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Montgomery | 46 min |
| May 6, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 50 min |
| May 6, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Coles | 57 min |
| May 6, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Madison | 52 min |
| May 6, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Brown | 52 min |
| May 6, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Schuyler | 28 min |
| May 6, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson, Union | 30 min |
| May 6, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander, Massac, Pulaski | 48 min |
| May 9, 2:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 49 min |
| May 9, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 30 min |
| May 9, 3:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ogle | 20 min |
| May 9, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Putnam | 37 min |
| May 9, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 30 min |
| May 9, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall | 42 min |
| May 9, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 28 min |
| May 9, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 40 min |
| May 9, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 33 min |
| May 9, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook | 45 min |
| May 9, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 50 min |
| May 9, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 28 min |
| May 9, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook | 11 min |
| May 9, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook | 27 min |
| May 9, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kankakee | 26 min |
| May 9, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 50 min |
| May 9, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 36 min |
| May 9, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 42 min |
| May 9, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Iroquois | 51 min |
| May 9, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon | 50 min |
| May 9, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Iroquois | 62 min |
| May 9, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Moultrie | 46 min |
| May 9, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Douglas | 36 min |
| May 9, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Union | 44 min |
| May 9, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark | 27 min |
| May 9, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford | 23 min |
| May 10, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Marion | 28 min |
| May 10, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Wayne | 56 min |
| May 10, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 48 min |
| May 10, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, Wayne | 38 min |
| May 10, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Richland | 49 min |
| May 10, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Marion | 23 min |
| May 10, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 49 min |
| May 10, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Lawrence | 41 min |
| May 11, 10:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Mercer, Putnam, Rock Island, Whiteside | 33 min |
| May 12, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 64 min |
| May 12, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 64 min |
| May 12, 4:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 63 min |
| May 12, 5:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau, Henderson, Henry, Mercer, Putnam, Rock Island and 1 more | 66 min |
| May 12, 5:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 64 min |
| May 12, 11:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henderson | 43 min |
| May 12, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Warren | 28 min |
| May 12, 12:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox | 31 min |
| May 12, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry | 43 min |
| May 13, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 37 min |
| May 13, 6:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer | 50 min |
| May 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Warren | 22 min |
| May 13, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox, Stark | 64 min |
| May 13, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Woodford | 54 min |
| May 13, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Livingston | 28 min |
| May 14, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jo Daviess | 41 min |
| May 14, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ogle | 32 min |
| May 14, 4:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll, Stephenson | 38 min |
| May 14, 4:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren | 52 min |
| May 14, 5:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll | 24 min |
| May 14, 5:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Boone, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago | 36 min |
| May 14, 7:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Whiteside | 28 min |
| May 14, 8:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lee | 32 min |
| May 14, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau | 45 min |
| May 14, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Rock Island | 36 min |
| May 14, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Rock Island | 28 min |
| May 14, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau | 26 min |
| May 14, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lee | 21 min |
| May 14, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DeKalb, Kane | 25 min |
| May 14, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ogle | 33 min |
| May 14, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 23 min |
| May 14, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Stark | 51 min |
| May 14, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 36 min |
| May 14, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass | 50 min |
| May 14, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 20 min |
| May 14, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Greene, Jersey | 42 min |
| May 14, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Livingston | 22 min |
| May 14, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ogle | 24 min |
| May 14, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | McHenry | 23 min |
| May 14, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Shelby | 49 min |
| May 14, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll | 23 min |
| May 14, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall | 42 min |
| May 14, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy | 23 min |
| May 14, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 25 min |
| May 15, 4:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer | 32 min |
| May 15, 5:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Rock Island | 34 min |
| May 15, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 48 min |
| May 15, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon | 36 min |
| May 15, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Macoupin | 41 min |
| May 15, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 51 min |
| May 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Lawrence | 45 min |
| May 19, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 51 min |
| May 19, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Clinton, Marion, Washington | 79 min |
| May 19, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson, Massac, Pope | 37 min |
| May 20, 5:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll | 32 min |
| May 20, 7:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Fayette | 33 min |
| May 20, 7:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Effingham | 59 min |
| May 20, 7:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay, Jasper, Richland | 51 min |
| May 20, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Saline | 25 min |
| May 20, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Monroe | 50 min |
| May 25, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox | 64 min |
| May 25, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough | 63 min |
| May 25, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough | 58 min |
| May 25, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll | 63 min |
| May 25, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 48 min |
| May 26, 4:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough | 28 min |
| May 26, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Schuyler | 30 min |
| May 26, 10:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan | 50 min |
| May 26, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Schuyler | 64 min |
| May 26, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 32 min |
| May 26, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough | 38 min |
| May 26, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox | 56 min |
| May 26, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau | 64 min |
| May 26, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 51 min |
| May 26, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Adams | 30 min |
| May 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Pike | 29 min |
| May 26, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Pike | 25 min |
| May 26, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Jersey | 44 min |
| May 27, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Madison | 49 min |
| May 27, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Richland | 66 min |
| May 27, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 52 min |
| May 27, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon | 56 min |
| May 27, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 49 min |
| May 27, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 46 min |
| May 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Coles | 64 min |
| May 27, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Montgomery | 35 min |
| May 27, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Moultrie | 55 min |
| May 27, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 20 min |
| May 27, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Montgomery | 24 min |
| May 27, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Edgar | 49 min |
| May 27, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Macoupin | 42 min |
| May 27, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Pike | 51 min |
| May 27, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry | 43 min |
| May 28, 12:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 39 min |
| May 28, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau, Henry | 36 min |
| May 29, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Winnebago | 46 min |
| May 29, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 56 min |
| May 29, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Rock Island | 50 min |
| May 30, 6:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 94 min |
| May 30, 8:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 83 min |
| May 30, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 118 min |
| May 30, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer | 28 min |
| May 30, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas and 5 more | 2 hr |
| May 30, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kane | 14 min |
| May 30, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Wayne | 43 min |
| May 30, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Putnam | 23 min |
| May 30, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 47 min |
| May 31, 9:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Randolph | 40 min |
| May 31, 9:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Union, Williamson | 40 min |
| May 31, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Washington | 42 min |
| May 31, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 33 min |
| May 31, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy | 33 min |
| May 31, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 16 min |
| May 31, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 42 min |
| May 31, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 14 min |
| May 31, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 39 min |
| May 31, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 48 min |
| May 31, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Edgar | 41 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rock Island County11
- Mercer County8
- Bureau County8
- Whiteside County7
- Putnam County6
- Henry County6
- Carroll County6
- Cook County5
- Knox County5
- Clay County5
- Massac County5
- McDonough County5
- Christian County5
- Montgomery County5
- Ogle County5
- Kendall County4
- Schuyler County4
- Marshall County4
- DuPage County4
- Coles County4
- Wayne County4
- Marion County4
- Richland County4
- McLean County4
- Hancock County4
- Stephenson County4
- Ford County4
- Macon County4
- Moultrie County4
- Warren County4
- Lake County3
- Sangamon County3
- Johnson County3
- Pope County3
- Lawrence County3
- Saline County3
- Iroquois County3
- Madison County3
- Union County3
- Stark County3
58 more counties
- Will County3
- Lee County3
- Pike County3
- Edgar County3
- Champaign County3
- Woodford County2
- Adams County2
- Brown County2
- Franklin County2
- Jasper County2
- Crawford County2
- Edwards County2
- Wabash County2
- Gallatin County2
- Logan County2
- DeWitt County2
- Douglas County2
- Clark County2
- Henderson County2
- Livingston County2
- Winnebago County2
- Kane County2
- Jersey County2
- Grundy County2
- LaSalle County2
- Macoupin County2
- Monroe County2
- Washington County2
- Perry County2
- Vermilion County2
- Peoria County1
- Calhoun County1
- Mason County1
- Tazewell County1
- Hamilton County1
- Jefferson County1
- Hardin County1
- Fulton County1
- Alexander County1
- Pulaski County1
- Kankakee County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Boone County1
- DeKalb County1
- Cass County1
- Greene County1
- McHenry County1
- Shelby County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Clinton County1
- Fayette County1
- Effingham County1
- Morgan County1
- Cumberland County1
- Piatt County1
- Randolph County1
- Jackson County1
- Williamson County1
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