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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2001

48 tornado warnings in 2001. 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
48
Busiest month
August14 tornado warnings
Busiest day
August 18, 200112 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
Apr 6, 11:32 AM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Stark43 min
Apr 6, 12:01 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford44 min
Apr 9, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall, Stark49 min
Apr 9, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall46 min
Apr 9, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLaSalle, Livingston29 min
Apr 9, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBureau50 min
Apr 9, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLivingston31 min
Apr 10, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMadison67 min
Apr 10, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Fayette45 min
Apr 21, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell42 min
Apr 21, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean62 min
Apr 21, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLivingston31 min
Apr 21, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean52 min
May 10, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNWhiteside40 min
May 28, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTKankakee, Will41 min
Jun 14, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTCook23 min
Jul 8, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMoultrie43 min
Jul 8, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes63 min
Jul 8, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningILXShelby66 min
Jul 8, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCumberland55 min
Jul 17, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXJersey, Macoupin36 min
Jul 24, 11:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLaSalle32 min
Aug 18, 11:59 AM CDTTornado WarningILXMason61 min
Aug 18, 12:24 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Tazewell66 min
Aug 18, 1:25 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Menard65 min
Aug 18, 1:33 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, McLean57 min
Aug 18, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign50 min
Aug 18, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion55 min
Aug 18, 2:22 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Piatt53 min
Aug 18, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Piatt59 min
Aug 18, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion58 min
Aug 18, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDouglas60 min
Aug 18, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningILXEdgar, Vermilion55 min
Aug 18, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJefferson37 min
Aug 22, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNMcDonough51 min
Aug 25, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTDuPage30 min
Oct 24, 11:17 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXGreene43 min
Oct 24, 11:54 AM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon36 min
Oct 24, 12:27 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Macon, Sangamon48 min
Oct 24, 1:14 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon, Piatt46 min
Oct 24, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign48 min
Oct 24, 2:12 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion48 min
Oct 24, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTKankakee14 min
Oct 24, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXRandolph29 min
Oct 24, 2:41 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPerry34 min
Oct 24, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson35 min
Oct 24, 3:19 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin26 min
Oct 24, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHSaline26 min

By county

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

3 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. August 18, 200112tornado warnings
  2. October 24, 200112tornado warnings
  3. July 8, 20014tornado warnings
  4. April 10, 20013tornado warnings
  5. April 21, 20013tornado warnings
  6. April 6, 20012tornado warnings
  7. April 9, 20012tornado warnings
  8. April 11, 20012tornado warnings
  9. April 22, 20011tornado warnings
  10. May 11, 20011tornado warnings
  11. May 28, 20011tornado warnings
  12. June 15, 20011tornado 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. Rebuilt daily.