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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 1995
134 tornado warnings in 1995. 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 1995. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 134
- Busiest month
- May94 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 9, 199519 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 9, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 35 min |
| May 9, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 45 min |
| May 9, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau | 68 min |
| May 9, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 34 min |
| May 9, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 34 min |
| May 9, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 61 min |
| May 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 40 min |
| May 9, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 45 min |
| May 9, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 54 min |
| May 9, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 48 min |
| May 9, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 52 min |
| May 9, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lee | 43 min |
| May 9, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 66 min |
| May 9, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 69 min |
| May 9, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 39 min |
| May 9, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Whiteside | 48 min |
| May 9, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 46 min |
| May 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 45 min |
| May 9, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 58 min |
| May 9, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 52 min |
| May 9, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 9, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 43 min |
| May 9, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ford, Livingston | 67 min |
| May 9, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 47 min |
| May 9, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 32 min |
| May 9, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 34 min |
| May 9, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 48 min |
| May 10, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 17 min |
| May 13, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henderson | 51 min |
| May 13, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock | 51 min |
| May 13, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Warren | 51 min |
| May 13, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock | 52 min |
| May 13, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henderson, Warren | 52 min |
| May 13, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 59 min |
| May 13, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | McDonough | 51 min |
| May 13, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 60 min |
| May 13, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 55 min |
| May 13, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Warren | 31 min |
| May 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 48 min |
| May 13, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 59 min |
| May 13, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 65 min |
| May 13, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 71 min |
| May 13, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 64 min |
| May 13, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 56 min |
| May 13, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 55 min |
| May 13, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 61 min |
| May 13, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 55 min |
| May 13, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 59 min |
| May 13, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 67 min |
| May 13, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 35 min |
| May 13, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 54 min |
| May 13, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 50 min |
| May 13, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 62 min |
| May 13, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 35 min |
| May 13, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 47 min |
| May 13, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 37 min |
| May 13, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 32 min |
| May 16, 6:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Saint Clair | 67 min |
| May 16, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 27 min |
| May 16, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason | 34 min |
| May 16, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 25 min |
| May 16, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 41 min |
| May 16, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 44 min |
| May 16, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 50 min |
| May 18, 12:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 41 min |
| May 18, 12:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 52 min |
| May 18, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 27 min |
| May 18, 1:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton | 42 min |
| May 18, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 35 min |
| May 18, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 32 min |
| May 18, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Marion | 40 min |
| May 18, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Union | 44 min |
| May 18, 2:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 27 min |
| May 18, 2:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Effingham | 43 min |
| May 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 24 min |
| May 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 19 min |
| May 27, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 54 min |
| May 27, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Scott | 28 min |
| May 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 45 min |
| May 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan | 45 min |
| May 27, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry | 61 min |
| May 27, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 46 min |
| May 27, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Stark | 44 min |
| May 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason | 68 min |
| May 27, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau | 58 min |
| May 27, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 26 min |
| May 27, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 64 min |
| May 27, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence | 33 min |
| May 27, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 46 min |
| May 27, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 47 min |
| May 27, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon, Sangamon | 43 min |
| May 27, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 46 min |
| May 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 53 min |
| May 27, 11:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pulaski, Union | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Gallatin, White | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 68 min |
| Jul 27, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 67 min |
| Jul 27, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Mercer | 69 min |
| Jul 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lee | 18 min |
| Jul 27, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | McDonough | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henderson | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Stark | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Warren | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 61 min |
| Jul 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 38 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fulton County11
- Peoria County8
- Whiteside County6
- Tazewell County6
- Woodford County6
- McLean County6
- Knox County6
- Logan County5
- Bureau County5
- Warren County4
- Henry County4
- Sangamon County3
- DeWitt County3
- Montgomery County3
- Jo Daviess County3
- Henderson County3
- Mason County3
- Stark County3
- Saint Clair County3
- Macoupin County3
- Lee County2
- Stephenson County2
- Christian County2
- Shelby County2
- Ford County2
- Iroquois County2
- Hancock County2
- McDonough County2
- Marshall County2
- Monroe County2
- Champaign County2
- Clinton County2
- Schuyler County2
- Washington County2
- Randolph County2
- Union County2
- Greene County2
- Morgan County2
- Macon County2
- Grundy County2
24 more counties
- LaSalle County2
- Vermilion County2
- Menard County1
- Rock Island County1
- Carroll County1
- Livingston County1
- Kankakee County1
- Adams County1
- Jefferson County1
- Marion County1
- Alexander County1
- Fayette County1
- Effingham County1
- Cass County1
- Scott County1
- Lawrence County1
- Putnam County1
- Johnson County1
- Pulaski County1
- Massac County1
- Gallatin County1
- White County1
- Mercer County1
- Jackson County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.