Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings / 1996
Tornado Warnings in Illinois, May 1996
23 tornado warnings in May 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 May 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 23
- Busiest day
- May 28, 19968 tornado warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 36 min |
| May 3, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 40 min |
| May 3, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 50 min |
| May 5, 2:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 27 min |
| May 9, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Mercer | 69 min |
| May 9, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 45 min |
| May 9, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Warren | 58 min |
| May 9, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 52 min |
| May 9, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Stark | 53 min |
| May 10, 2:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 49 min |
| May 10, 3:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll | 45 min |
| May 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 45 min |
| May 25, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 45 min |
| May 26, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 44 min |
| May 26, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Jasper | 25 min |
| May 27, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 40 min |
| May 27, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 32 min |
| May 27, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 42 min |
| May 27, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 66 min |
| May 27, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 61 min |
| May 28, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 38 min |
| May 28, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 45 min |
| May 28, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 43 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Knox County2
- Pike County2
- Morgan County2
- Scott County2
- Champaign County2
- Vermilion County2
- Madison County1
- Wayne County1
- Edwards County1
- Wabash County1
- Pulaski County1
- Mercer County1
- Warren County1
- Peoria County1
- Stark County1
- Whiteside County1
- Carroll County1
- Macoupin County1
- Montgomery County1
- Marion County1
- Lawrence County1
- Jasper County1
- Adams County1
- Brown County1
- Sangamon County1
- Edgar County1
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.