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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 1993
48 tornado warnings in 1993. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1993. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 48
- Busiest month
- June20 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 8, 19937 tornado warnings
Over time
By month
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 11, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Henderson | 16 min |
| May 23, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Boone, DeKalb | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 7:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 16 min |
| Jun 8, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | McHenry | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Ogle, Winnebago | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lee, Ogle | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McDonough | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | McHenry | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Winnebago | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Carroll, Ogle | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, Kane, McHenry | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Kane | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Effingham | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Ogle, Winnebago | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Boone, DeKalb | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Boone, DeKalb | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Hancock | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Perry | 38 min |
| Jul 26, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Saline | 49 min |
| Jul 31, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 20 min |
| Aug 16, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Douglas | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 25 min |
| Aug 18, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McDonough | 25 min |
| Aug 18, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Aug 19, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macoupin | 14 min |
| Aug 23, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook | 32 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cook County5
- Champaign County4
- Ogle County4
- Boone County3
- DeKalb County3
- McLean County3
- McHenry County3
- Winnebago County3
- Schuyler County3
- DeWitt County3
- Shelby County2
- Madison County2
- Vermilion County2
- McDonough County2
- Kane County2
- Tazewell County2
- Piatt County2
- Macoupin County2
- Montgomery County2
- Henderson County1
- Moultrie County1
- Iroquois County1
- Kankakee County1
- Logan County1
- Macon County1
- Sangamon County1
- Bond County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Lee County1
- Fulton County1
- Will County1
- Carroll County1
- DuPage County1
- Effingham County1
- Hancock County1
- Perry County1
- Saline County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Douglas County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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. Rebuilt daily.