Alert archive / Illinois / Special Weather Statements / 2026
Special Weather Statements in Illinois, January 2026
16 special weather statements in January 2026. 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 January 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 16
- Busiest day
- January 9, 202612 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 8:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 52 min |
| Jan 8, 8:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 50 min |
| Jan 8, 10:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hardin, Pope | 50 min |
| Jan 8, 10:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope, Pulaski | 64 min |
| Jan 8, 11:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Douglas, Vermilion | 49 min |
| Jan 8, 11:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry | 33 min |
| Jan 8, 11:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 43 min |
| Jan 8, 11:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jan 9, 12:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Wayne | 57 min |
| Jan 9, 12:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford | 29 min |
| Jan 9, 1:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Williamson | 49 min |
| Jan 9, 1:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, Wabash | 60 min |
| Jan 14, 7:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Putnam, Stephenson, Whiteside | 2 hr |
| Jan 14, 7:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy, Will | 44 min |
| Jan 21, 4:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Whiteside | 78 min |
| Jan 21, 7:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 35 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Whiteside County3
- Vermilion County2
- Hardin County2
- Pope County2
- Hamilton County2
- Carroll County2
- Jo Daviess County2
- Stephenson County2
- Champaign County1
- McLean County1
- Gallatin County1
- Massac County1
- Pulaski County1
- Douglas County1
- Perry County1
- Clark County1
- Edgar County1
- Jefferson County1
- Wayne County1
- Crawford County1
- Franklin County1
- Williamson County1
- Edwards County1
- Wabash County1
- Bureau County1
- Putnam County1
- Grundy County1
- Will County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.