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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2000

117 tornado warnings in 2000. 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 2000. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
117
Busiest month
May63 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 12, 200022 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 9:01 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHAlexander, Union29 min
Jan 3, 9:28 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHWilliamson32 min
Jan 3, 9:39 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHJohnson26 min
Feb 23, 11:03 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXMonroe32 min
Feb 29, 8:09 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXPike46 min
Apr 16, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander25 min
Apr 20, 8:02 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin43 min
Apr 20, 9:06 AM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon39 min
Apr 20, 9:30 AM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean60 min
Apr 20, 9:33 AM CDTTornado WarningILXPiatt42 min
Apr 20, 9:45 AM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt30 min
Apr 20, 10:04 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign56 min
Apr 20, 10:09 AM CDTTornado WarningLOTIroquois36 min
Apr 20, 10:23 AM CDTTornado WarningILXMoultrie, Shelby52 min
Apr 20, 10:47 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Douglas58 min
Apr 20, 10:51 AM CDTTornado WarningILXColes39 min
Apr 20, 11:11 AM CDTTornado WarningILXCumberland49 min
Apr 20, 11:27 AM CDTTornado WarningILXJasper48 min
Apr 20, 11:40 AM CDTTornado WarningILXClark50 min
Apr 20, 11:58 AM CDTTornado WarningILXEdgar32 min
May 8, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry30 min
May 8, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell43 min
May 8, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell50 min
May 12, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCass, Mason, Menard47 min
May 12, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMenard, Sangamon49 min
May 12, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan47 min
May 12, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord, Livingston27 min
May 12, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean63 min
May 12, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTIroquois, Kankakee45 min
May 12, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt49 min
May 12, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLivingston31 min
May 12, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon25 min
May 12, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon50 min
May 12, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan29 min
May 12, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTKankakee50 min
May 12, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTIroquois32 min
May 12, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTIroquois40 min
May 12, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Shelby67 min
May 12, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPiatt62 min
May 12, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon41 min
May 12, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMoultrie63 min
May 12, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Madison50 min
May 12, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFayette51 min
May 12, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion68 min
May 12, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes51 min
May 12, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay, Effingham57 min
May 12, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningILXJasper49 min
May 12, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay54 min
May 12, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCrawford, Jasper53 min
May 12, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay, Richland50 min
May 12, 9:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion34 min
May 12, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWayne64 min
May 18, 10:17 AM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion28 min
May 18, 10:58 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Douglas47 min
May 18, 11:15 AM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion45 min
May 18, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry31 min
May 18, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBureau24 min
May 18, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBureau47 min
May 18, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry28 min
May 18, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall37 min
May 18, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNPutnam34 min
May 18, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall24 min
May 18, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLaSalle23 min
May 18, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford42 min
May 18, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLivingston24 min
May 18, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTGrundy, LaSalle31 min
May 18, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLivingston30 min
May 18, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTKankakee, Will39 min
May 18, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean, Woodford49 min
May 18, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord, Livingston44 min
May 18, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord, Livingston27 min
May 18, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean68 min
May 18, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan42 min
May 18, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord30 min
May 18, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt45 min
May 18, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Piatt62 min
May 18, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord, Iroquois35 min
May 18, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion54 min
May 23, 10:17 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac28 min
May 23, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac, Pope29 min
May 23, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHUnion33 min
May 26, 11:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun, Pike39 min
May 31, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord, Iroquois25 min
Jun 20, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFayette, Montgomery43 min
Jun 20, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningILXShelby49 min
Jun 20, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery28 min
Jun 20, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningILXShelby42 min
Jun 20, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFayette50 min
Jun 20, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningILXEffingham63 min
Jun 20, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningILXShelby45 min
Jun 20, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes66 min
Jun 20, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFayette45 min
Jun 20, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCumberland65 min
Jun 20, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark, Edgar60 min
Jun 20, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningILXJasper56 min
Jun 20, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike47 min
Jun 20, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan65 min
Jun 20, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Macon67 min
Jun 20, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign50 min
Jun 20, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion66 min
Jun 20, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign36 min
Jun 24, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXClinton23 min
Jun 25, 11:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike46 min
Jul 18, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXGreene, Jersey48 min
Jul 18, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun41 min
Jul 18, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin42 min
Jul 18, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXJersey, Madison49 min
Jul 18, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun46 min
Jul 18, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin41 min
Aug 1, 10:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNWhiteside22 min
Aug 23, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery46 min
Aug 23, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery31 min
Aug 26, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas, Moultrie45 min
Aug 26, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes49 min
Sep 11, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTOgle10 min
Sep 11, 10:19 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Knox26 min
Oct 5, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHardin28 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

21 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 12, 200022tornado warnings
  2. May 18, 200021tornado warnings
  3. April 20, 200014tornado warnings
  4. June 20, 200014tornado warnings
  5. May 13, 20007tornado warnings
  6. May 19, 20005tornado warnings
  7. June 21, 20004tornado warnings
  8. January 3, 20003tornado warnings
  9. May 9, 20003tornado warnings
  10. May 24, 20003tornado warnings
  11. July 18, 20003tornado warnings
  12. July 19, 20003tornado warnings

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.