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Special Weather Statements in Illinois, May 2024
193 special weather statements in May 2024. 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, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kendall | 37 min |
| May 2, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 16 min |
| May 2, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kankakee | 11 min |
| May 2, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall | 50 min |
| May 2, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough | 25 min |
| May 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria | 33 min |
| May 2, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 16 min |
| May 2, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 15 min |
| May 2, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 12 min |
| May 2, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Putnam | 30 min |
| May 2, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 13 min |
| May 2, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DeKalb | 20 min |
| May 2, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | McDonough | 67 min |
| May 2, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Putnam | 14 min |
| May 2, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 17 min |
| May 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Mason | 34 min |
| May 2, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 14 min |
| May 2, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Woodford | 25 min |
| May 2, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Livingston | 22 min |
| May 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy | 14 min |
| May 2, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 19 min |
| May 2, 9:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook | 33 min |
| May 4, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 42 min |
| May 4, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 40 min |
| May 4, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry | 38 min |
| May 4, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 27 min |
| May 4, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 31 min |
| May 4, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Winnebago | 27 min |
| May 4, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | McHenry | 26 min |
| May 4, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 42 min |
| May 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry | 34 min |
| May 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry | 45 min |
| May 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy, Kendall | 32 min |
| May 4, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Perry | 42 min |
| May 4, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 29 min |
| May 4, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more | 42 min |
| May 4, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson | 56 min |
| May 4, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Iroquois | 19 min |
| May 4, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Vermilion | 37 min |
| May 4, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Johnson, Saline, Union, Williamson | 45 min |
| May 7, 4:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott | 49 min |
| May 7, 5:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Whiteside | 44 min |
| May 7, 5:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 45 min |
| May 7, 5:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jo Daviess | 25 min |
| May 7, 6:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 42 min |
| May 7, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall | 37 min |
| May 7, 6:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll, Stephenson, Whiteside | 35 min |
| May 7, 6:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Union | 30 min |
| May 7, 6:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lee | 43 min |
| May 7, 6:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander | 13 min |
| May 7, 6:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 50 min |
| May 7, 6:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lee, Ogle | 50 min |
| May 7, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, McLean, Piatt | 33 min |
| May 7, 7:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hamilton | 23 min |
| May 7, 7:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Douglas, Edgar | 46 min |
| May 7, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy | 43 min |
| May 7, 12:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 41 min |
| May 7, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 34 min |
| May 7, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Rock Island | 46 min |
| May 7, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry | 46 min |
| May 7, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stark | 52 min |
| May 7, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau | 45 min |
| May 7, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Stark | 13 min |
| May 7, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 47 min |
| May 7, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 42 min |
| May 7, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DeKalb, LaSalle | 24 min |
| May 7, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jefferson | 52 min |
| May 7, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy, Kane, Kendall | 33 min |
| May 7, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Jasper | 30 min |
| May 7, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 33 min |
| May 7, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford | 30 min |
| May 7, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook | 27 min |
| May 7, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Wayne | 18 min |
| May 7, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Lawrence | 27 min |
| May 7, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jo Daviess | 37 min |
| May 7, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess | 58 min |
| May 7, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer | 41 min |
| May 7, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 51 min |
| May 7, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Union | 20 min |
| May 7, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 67 min |
| May 7, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Saline | 31 min |
| May 7, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Williamson | 36 min |
| May 7, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Saline | 31 min |
| May 7, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin | 45 min |
| May 8, 1:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Massac | 43 min |
| May 9, 3:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DeKalb, Lee, Ogle | 50 min |
| May 9, 4:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 37 min |
| May 9, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 60 min |
| May 9, 5:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy, Kendall | 64 min |
| May 13, 11:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 35 min |
| May 13, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 38 min |
| May 13, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy | 44 min |
| May 13, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kendall | 47 min |
| May 13, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 34 min |
| May 13, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 16 min |
| May 13, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 15 min |
| May 13, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon | 13 min |
| May 13, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon | 15 min |
| May 13, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon | 13 min |
| May 13, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Piatt | 15 min |
| May 13, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria | 25 min |
| May 13, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Piatt | 29 min |
| May 13, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt | 34 min |
| May 13, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kankakee | 25 min |
| May 14, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Williamson | 29 min |
| May 14, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson | 43 min |
| May 16, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer | 49 min |
| May 16, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer | 42 min |
| May 16, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry | 51 min |
| May 16, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau | 39 min |
| May 16, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lee | 41 min |
| May 16, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Putnam | 72 min |
| May 16, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DeKalb | 46 min |
| May 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kendall | 45 min |
| May 16, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Union | 18 min |
| May 16, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Union | 31 min |
| May 16, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson | 34 min |
| May 16, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | White | 26 min |
| May 16, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Edwards | 38 min |
| May 17, 3:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Massac | 27 min |
| May 19, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 21 min |
| May 19, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Mason | 18 min |
| May 19, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Menard | 20 min |
| May 19, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 46 min |
| May 20, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kankakee | 35 min |
| May 20, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Iroquois | 27 min |
| May 20, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy | 34 min |
| May 20, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Iroquois | 34 min |
| May 21, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Winnebago | 28 min |
| May 21, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll, Stephenson | 48 min |
| May 21, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 13 min |
| May 21, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry | 39 min |
| May 21, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll, Stephenson | 55 min |
| May 21, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas and 7 more | 55 min |
| May 21, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 35 min |
| May 21, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 26 min |
| May 21, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Iroquois | 33 min |
| May 21, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau | 20 min |
| May 21, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | McHenry | 19 min |
| May 23, 4:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry | 44 min |
| May 23, 4:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry | 38 min |
| May 23, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Williamson | 45 min |
| May 23, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Saline | 33 min |
| May 23, 5:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin | 46 min |
| May 23, 11:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry | 34 min |
| May 24, 9:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Winnebago | 38 min |
| May 24, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lee, Ogle | 42 min |
| May 24, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 26 min |
| May 24, 11:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kendall | 24 min |
| May 24, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago | 68 min |
| May 24, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 54 min |
| May 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 63 min |
| May 24, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island, Whiteside | 45 min |
| May 24, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Winnebago | 29 min |
| May 24, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 47 min |
| May 24, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Boone | 43 min |
| May 24, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | McHenry | 44 min |
| May 24, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Wayne | 33 min |
| May 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | White | 36 min |
| May 26, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass | 28 min |
| May 26, 4:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Tazewell | 35 min |
| May 26, 4:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Menard | 25 min |
| May 26, 4:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Whiteside | 39 min |
| May 26, 9:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kankakee | 26 min |
| May 26, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Livingston | 49 min |
| May 26, 9:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 33 min |
| May 26, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 31 min |
| May 26, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Boone | 34 min |
| May 26, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Boone, McHenry | 56 min |
| May 26, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 43 min |
| May 27, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lee | 47 min |
| May 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria | 20 min |
| May 27, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria | 22 min |
| May 27, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Tazewell | 14 min |
| May 27, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Warren | 42 min |
| May 27, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford, Livingston | 45 min |
| May 27, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 10 min |
| May 27, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 12 min |
| May 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 15 min |
| May 27, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 54 min |
| May 27, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Mason | 13 min |
| May 27, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Mason | 18 min |
| May 27, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Mason | 19 min |
| May 27, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon | 17 min |
| May 28, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 52 min |
| May 28, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jo Daviess | 47 min |
| May 28, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 14 min |
| May 28, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | DuPage | 16 min |
| May 28, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook | 20 min |
| May 28, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll | 52 min |
| May 28, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Cook | 30 min |
| May 28, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau | 37 min |
| May 28, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 38 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Whiteside County10
- Stephenson County9
- LaSalle County8
- Kendall County7
- DuPage County7
- Grundy County7
- Henry County7
- Lee County7
- Ford County7
- Fulton County6
- Perry County6
- Champaign County6
- Iroquois County6
- Bureau County6
- Putnam County5
- DeKalb County5
- Mason County5
- Winnebago County5
- McHenry County5
- Piatt County5
- Vermilion County5
- Union County5
- Jo Daviess County5
- Carroll County5
- Macon County5
- Kankakee County4
- Peoria County4
- Will County4
- Cook County4
- Franklin County4
- Jefferson County4
- Christian County4
- Johnson County4
- Saline County4
- Williamson County4
- Ogle County4
- Mercer County4
- Boone County4
- Livingston County3
- Coles County3
34 more counties
- Cumberland County3
- Douglas County3
- Edgar County3
- Rock Island County3
- Marshall County2
- McDonough County2
- Kane County2
- Lake County2
- Moultrie County2
- Shelby County2
- Clark County2
- Hamilton County2
- Cass County2
- McLean County2
- Stark County2
- Wayne County2
- Gallatin County2
- Massac County2
- DeWitt County2
- White County2
- Menard County2
- Tazewell County2
- Woodford County1
- Morgan County1
- Schuyler County1
- Scott County1
- Jackson County1
- Alexander County1
- Jasper County1
- Crawford County1
- Lawrence County1
- Edwards County1
- Pope County1
- Warren County1
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