Alert archive / Illinois / Special Weather Statements / 2023
Special Weather Statements in Illinois, May 2023
58 special weather statements in May 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 58
- Busiest day
- May 7, 202323 special weather statements
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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 6, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Effingham | 42 min |
| May 6, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Edwards | 35 min |
| May 6, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 31 min |
| May 6, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Piatt, Tazewell | 20 min |
| May 6, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 31 min |
| May 6, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 24 min |
| May 7, 12:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt | 38 min |
| May 7, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford, Livingston | 35 min |
| May 7, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan, Macon | 45 min |
| May 7, 1:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Iroquois | 32 min |
| May 7, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Iroquois | 44 min |
| May 7, 1:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 28 min |
| May 7, 1:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 35 min |
| May 7, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 31 min |
| May 7, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 23 min |
| May 7, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 32 min |
| May 7, 3:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Tazewell | 34 min |
| May 7, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 30 min |
| May 7, 4:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Douglas, Edgar | 41 min |
| May 7, 5:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 30 min |
| May 7, 5:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Menard | 26 min |
| May 7, 5:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Moultrie | 17 min |
| May 7, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jackson | 30 min |
| May 7, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin | 36 min |
| May 7, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hardin | 50 min |
| May 7, 11:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Saline, White | 47 min |
| May 7, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 29 min |
| May 7, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin | 41 min |
| May 7, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy, Will | 30 min |
| May 7, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 59 min |
| May 7, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt and 2 more | 43 min |
| May 8, 3:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry | 37 min |
| May 8, 3:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 63 min |
| May 8, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough | 31 min |
| May 8, 4:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 27 min |
| May 8, 5:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 41 min |
| May 8, 8:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson, Union | 47 min |
| May 8, 8:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | White | 47 min |
| May 8, 8:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Saline | 40 min |
| May 8, 8:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Pope | 50 min |
| May 13, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 46 min |
| May 13, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 43 min |
| May 13, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 43 min |
| May 13, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Moultrie | 33 min |
| May 13, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Livingston | 30 min |
| May 14, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau | 47 min |
| May 14, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 37 min |
| May 14, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough | 32 min |
| May 14, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 24 min |
| May 14, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin | 32 min |
| May 14, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Edwards | 44 min |
| May 14, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Richland | 33 min |
| May 14, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cumberland | 25 min |
| May 16, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 52 min |
| May 31, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kendall | 25 min |
| May 31, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 23 min |
| May 31, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 19 min |
| May 31, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | McHenry | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gallatin County6
- McLean County5
- Douglas County4
- Sangamon County4
- Edwards County3
- DeWitt County3
- Champaign County3
- Vermilion County3
- Edgar County3
- Moultrie County3
- Hardin County3
- Will County3
- Hancock County3
- Logan County2
- Piatt County2
- Tazewell County2
- Ford County2
- Livingston County2
- Macon County2
- Iroquois County2
- Coles County2
- Fulton County2
- Menard County2
- Saline County2
- White County2
- Morgan County2
- McDonough County2
- Union County2
- Effingham County1
- Wabash County1
- Jackson County1
- Franklin County1
- Hamilton County1
- Jefferson County1
- Grundy County1
- Cass County1
- Scott County1
- Christian County1
- Henry County1
- Peoria County1
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Sources
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