Alert archive / Illinois / Special Weather Statements / 2020
Special Weather Statements in Illinois, May 2020
80 special weather statements in May 2020. 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 May 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 80
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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 2, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 40 min |
| May 3, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Douglas | 49 min |
| May 3, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Edgar | 48 min |
| May 14, 9:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee | 47 min |
| May 14, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Livingston | 22 min |
| May 14, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Livingston | 36 min |
| May 14, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kankakee | 24 min |
| May 14, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kankakee | 37 min |
| May 15, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook | 48 min |
| May 15, 5:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jackson, Jefferson, Perry | 71 min |
| May 15, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jackson, Jefferson, Perry | 67 min |
| May 16, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 49 min |
| May 16, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan | 46 min |
| May 16, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan | 41 min |
| May 17, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Putnam | 10 min |
| May 17, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Livingston | 27 min |
| May 17, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Piatt | 42 min |
| May 17, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Lawrence, Richland | 51 min |
| May 17, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 45 min |
| May 17, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Lawrence | 25 min |
| May 17, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Wabash | 45 min |
| May 17, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 53 min |
| May 18, 11:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 3 hr |
| May 23, 11:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry | 24 min |
| May 23, 11:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark | 39 min |
| May 23, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 38 min |
| May 23, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Winnebago | 27 min |
| May 23, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Winnebago | 15 min |
| May 23, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kankakee | 15 min |
| May 24, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin | 24 min |
| May 24, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hamilton, Wayne | 53 min |
| May 24, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | White | 23 min |
| May 24, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Richland | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Edwards | 30 min |
| May 24, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | White | 18 min |
| May 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | White | 30 min |
| May 24, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby | 38 min |
| May 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie | 46 min |
| May 24, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jackson | 49 min |
| May 25, 1:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Warren | 36 min |
| May 25, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Livingston | 35 min |
| May 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Woodford | 45 min |
| May 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 34 min |
| May 25, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henderson, Warren | 23 min |
| May 25, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson, Massac | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry | 47 min |
| May 25, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Warren | 23 min |
| May 25, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 53 min |
| May 25, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 46 min |
| May 25, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry | 41 min |
| May 25, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 49 min |
| May 25, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria, Stark | 57 min |
| May 25, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry | 34 min |
| May 25, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Saline | 26 min |
| May 25, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 56 min |
| May 25, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Putnam | 24 min |
| May 25, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Piatt | 40 min |
| May 25, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 33 min |
| May 25, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 44 min |
| May 26, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Rock Island | 31 min |
| May 26, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 37 min |
| May 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson, Massac, Pope | 49 min |
| May 26, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ogle | 24 min |
| May 26, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ogle | 21 min |
| May 26, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Winnebago | 20 min |
| May 26, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 46 min |
| May 27, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 36 min |
| May 27, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau | 26 min |
| May 27, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 30 min |
| May 28, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Wayne | 44 min |
| May 28, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 86 min |
| May 28, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 65 min |
| May 28, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall, Peoria | 47 min |
| May 28, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 54 min |
| May 28, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lee | 14 min |
| May 28, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DeKalb | 22 min |
| May 28, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 28 min |
| May 28, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt | 23 min |
| May 28, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 22 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Putnam County5
- Douglas County4
- Kankakee County4
- Livingston County4
- Clark County4
- Bureau County4
- Whiteside County4
- Jackson County3
- Perry County3
- Morgan County3
- Crawford County3
- Henry County3
- Winnebago County3
- White County3
- Effingham County3
- Warren County3
- Edgar County2
- Ford County2
- Jefferson County2
- Piatt County2
- Lawrence County2
- Richland County2
- Wayne County2
- Clay County2
- Jasper County2
- Coles County2
- Johnson County2
- Massac County2
- Peoria County2
- Ogle County2
- Sangamon County1
- Iroquois County1
- Cook County1
- Scott County1
- Champaign County1
- Wabash County1
- Vermilion County1
- Franklin County1
- Hamilton County1
- Edwards County1
23 more counties
- Cumberland County1
- Shelby County1
- Moultrie County1
- Woodford County1
- Hancock County1
- McDonough County1
- Henderson County1
- Knox County1
- Fulton County1
- Logan County1
- Tazewell County1
- Stark County1
- Saline County1
- McLean County1
- Rock Island County1
- Pope County1
- Stephenson County1
- Marshall County1
- Lee County1
- DeKalb County1
- LaSalle County1
- DeWitt County1
- Will County1
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