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Special Weather Statements in Illinois, May 2025
45 special weather statements in May 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 45
- Busiest day
- May 1, 202520 special weather statements
Over time
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 19 min |
| Apr 30, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Piatt | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Ford | 16 min |
| May 1, 1:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Kankakee | 35 min |
| May 1, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy | 29 min |
| May 1, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy | 28 min |
| May 1, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Will | 53 min |
| May 1, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry | 36 min |
| May 1, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jackson | 24 min |
| May 1, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cumberland | 18 min |
| May 1, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 53 min |
| May 1, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Effingham | 23 min |
| May 1, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin | 47 min |
| May 1, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 19 min |
| May 1, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Richland | 26 min |
| May 1, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Richland | 13 min |
| May 1, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 30 min |
| May 1, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Wayne | 42 min |
| May 1, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Saline | 48 min |
| May 1, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Wabash | 48 min |
| May 1, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson | 24 min |
| May 1, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Union | 27 min |
| May 1, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson | 41 min |
| May 1, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Pope | 51 min |
| May 1, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Warren | 30 min |
| May 8, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Edgar | 25 min |
| May 8, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 5 more | 89 min |
| May 8, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Edgar | 31 min |
| May 8, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hardin | 84 min |
| May 8, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 25 min |
| May 8, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Shelby | 31 min |
| May 8, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Shelby | 34 min |
| May 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 35 min |
| May 12, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt | 35 min |
| May 13, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 32 min |
| May 13, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry | 47 min |
| May 15, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jo Daviess | 41 min |
| May 15, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 25 min |
| May 19, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass, Schuyler | 46 min |
| May 20, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | LaSalle | 26 min |
| May 20, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander | 41 min |
| May 20, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Pulaski | 39 min |
| May 20, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Williamson | 45 min |
| May 20, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Wabash | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Richland County3
- Johnson County3
- Ford County2
- Grundy County2
- Saline County2
- Wabash County2
- Union County2
- Pope County2
- Edgar County2
- Alexander County2
- Hardin County2
- Pulaski County2
- Williamson County2
- Christian County2
- Shelby County2
- Champaign County2
- Sangamon County1
- Piatt County1
- Kankakee County1
- Will County1
- Perry County1
- Jackson County1
- Cumberland County1
- Hancock County1
- Effingham County1
- Franklin County1
- Clay County1
- Lawrence County1
- Wayne County1
- Warren County1
- Gallatin County1
- Massac County1
- White County1
- DeWitt County1
- Henry County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Cass County1
- Schuyler County1
- LaSalle County1
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