Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings / 1996
Tornado Warnings in Illinois, April 1996
63 tornado warnings in April 1996. 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 April 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 63
- Busiest day
- April 20, 199633 tornado warnings
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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 18, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Piatt | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Woodford | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Brown | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 64 min |
| Apr 19, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Mercer | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kankakee, Will | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henderson | 14 min |
| Apr 19, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Mercer | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Stark | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Saint Clair | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Piatt | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph, Washington | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, Will | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Wayne | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wayne, White | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Williamson | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wabash | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Saline, Williamson | 60 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County4
- Champaign County3
- Douglas County3
- Saint Clair County3
- LaSalle County3
- Kankakee County3
- Clinton County3
- Randolph County3
- Marion County3
- Jackson County3
- Fulton County2
- Macon County2
- Piatt County2
- Coles County2
- Peoria County2
- Livingston County2
- Morgan County2
- Mercer County2
- Grundy County2
- Will County2
- Stark County2
- Sangamon County2
- Henry County2
- McLean County2
- Bureau County2
- Clay County2
- Franklin County2
- Jefferson County2
- Wayne County2
- Williamson County2
- Hancock County1
- McDonough County1
- Moultrie County1
- Edgar County1
- Woodford County1
- Pike County1
- Brown County1
- Monroe County1
- Scott County1
- Calhoun 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.