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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2003

208 tornado warnings in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
208
Busiest month
May144 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 31, 200325 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
Mar 19, 1:16 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian, Sangamon59 min
Mar 19, 1:24 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian, Sangamon51 min
Mar 31, 6:01 PM CSTTornado WarningDVNMercer59 min
Apr 4, 6:18 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXFayette27 min
Apr 4, 6:19 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXFayette, Marion26 min
Apr 4, 6:32 PM CSTTornado WarningILXClay, Effingham43 min
Apr 4, 6:44 PM CSTTornado WarningILXEdgar, Vermilion46 min
Apr 4, 7:04 PM CSTTornado WarningILXJasper, Richland56 min
Apr 24, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJefferson34 min
Apr 25, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander, Pulaski42 min
Apr 30, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNMercer64 min
Apr 30, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox63 min
Apr 30, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry55 min
Apr 30, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox58 min
Apr 30, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry38 min
Apr 30, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILXStark55 min
Apr 30, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBureau61 min
Apr 30, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBureau50 min
Apr 30, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNPutnam38 min
Apr 30, 9:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLaSalle44 min
Apr 30, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBureau57 min
Apr 30, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNPutnam45 min
Apr 30, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLaSalle33 min
May 1, 1:44 AM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean31 min
May 4, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander37 min
May 4, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPulaski49 min
May 4, 9:40 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac50 min
May 4, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope47 min
May 6, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMonroe59 min
May 6, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXRandolph52 min
May 6, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSaint Clair54 min
May 6, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander42 min
May 6, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXWashington55 min
May 6, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXRandolph49 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson, Perry45 min
May 6, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPulaski, Union50 min
May 6, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt35 min
May 6, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander13 min
May 6, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXWashington36 min
May 6, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac42 min
May 6, 10:05 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope55 min
May 6, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac8 min
May 6, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJohnson, Pulaski49 min
May 6, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac39 min
May 6, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHardin45 min
May 6, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope46 min
May 6, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGallatin44 min
May 8, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery28 min
May 8, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Montgomery29 min
May 8, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Fayette49 min
May 8, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay, Effingham41 min
May 8, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion31 min
May 8, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland60 min
May 8, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCrawford, Lawrence37 min
May 9, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun, Pike48 min
May 9, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXGreene, Macoupin49 min
May 9, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXGreene, Macoupin48 min
May 9, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon29 min
May 9, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery33 min
May 9, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin33 min
May 9, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery32 min
May 9, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian43 min
May 9, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike49 min
May 10, 7:58 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Sangamon62 min
May 10, 8:19 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXMadison41 min
May 10, 8:26 AM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon, Shelby49 min
May 10, 8:41 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin34 min
May 10, 8:52 AM CDTTornado WarningILXMoultrie38 min
May 10, 8:58 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian47 min
May 10, 9:18 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Madison27 min
May 10, 9:21 AM CDTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas54 min
May 10, 10:06 AM CDTTornado WarningILXEdgar54 min
May 10, 10:18 AM CDTTornado WarningILXClark, Coles, Cumberland42 min
May 10, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams39 min
May 10, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHancock23 min
May 10, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams52 min
May 10, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHancock31 min
May 10, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHancock, McDonough46 min
May 10, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBrown39 min
May 10, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSchuyler52 min
May 10, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams17 min
May 10, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Knox52 min
May 10, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNWarren24 min
May 10, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBrown15 min
May 10, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSchuyler50 min
May 10, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNMercer46 min
May 10, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Mason60 min
May 10, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox, Stark44 min
May 10, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBureau, Henry81 min
May 10, 9:19 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell56 min
May 10, 9:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLee39 min
May 10, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason, Tazewell60 min
May 10, 9:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTDeKalb, LaSalle63 min
May 10, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford54 min
May 10, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTKane52 min
May 10, 10:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean70 min
May 10, 10:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLivingston53 min
May 10, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall47 min
May 10, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTCook, DuPage48 min
May 10, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTCook, DuPage45 min
May 10, 11:03 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford42 min
May 14, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean42 min
May 14, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord, Iroquois48 min
May 14, 6:04 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion56 min
May 14, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Piatt47 min
May 14, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean61 min
May 14, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan57 min
May 14, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenderson, McDonough43 min
May 14, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion60 min
May 14, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Piatt58 min
May 14, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon46 min
May 14, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDouglas, Edgar54 min
May 14, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Piatt46 min
May 14, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Mason41 min
May 28, 2:41 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell, Woodford49 min
May 28, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTKankakee18 min
May 28, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell40 min
May 28, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan28 min
May 28, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTWill20 min
May 28, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt62 min
May 28, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTWill26 min
May 28, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Shelby45 min
May 28, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord21 min
May 28, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion65 min
May 28, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXEdgar50 min
May 30, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTWinnebago58 min
May 30, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLee49 min
May 30, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTBoone46 min
May 30, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTMcHenry52 min
May 30, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTDeKalb, Lee32 min
May 30, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBureau, Putnam33 min
May 30, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLaSalle31 min
May 30, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTKendall, LaSalle47 min
May 30, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall40 min
May 30, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLivingston32 min
May 30, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford41 min
May 30, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLaSalle11 min
May 30, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTWill52 min
May 30, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason50 min
May 30, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Tazewell39 min
May 30, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean51 min
May 30, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord, Iroquois, Livingston26 min
May 30, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTCook50 min
May 30, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord, Iroquois, Livingston15 min
May 30, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTKankakee, Will35 min
May 30, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan48 min
May 30, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord, Livingston30 min
May 30, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTIroquois27 min
May 30, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord31 min
May 30, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPiatt45 min
May 30, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon25 min
May 30, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon23 min
May 30, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion63 min
May 30, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDouglas40 min
May 30, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WarningILXEdgar45 min
Jun 10, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMonroe, Randolph, Saint Clair38 min
Jun 10, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXClinton, Saint Clair47 min
Jun 10, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXClinton, Marion46 min
Jun 11, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon56 min
Jun 11, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt52 min
Jun 11, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion61 min
Jun 11, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan57 min
Jun 11, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon57 min
Jun 11, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion58 min
Jun 14, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCarroll22 min
Jun 14, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCarroll38 min
Jun 28, 9:32 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria58 min
Jul 6, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLake, McHenry50 min
Jul 6, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLake27 min
Jul 8, 12:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXStark46 min
Jul 8, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall60 min
Jul 8, 1:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLaSalle, Livingston59 min
Jul 8, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLaSalle, Livingston30 min
Jul 8, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox55 min
Jul 8, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell25 min
Jul 8, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean60 min
Jul 9, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean50 min
Jul 9, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign63 min
Jul 9, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPiatt41 min
Jul 9, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion52 min
Jul 9, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason60 min
Jul 9, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNWarren32 min
Jul 9, 9:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHancock42 min
Jul 9, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenderson, Warren47 min
Jul 9, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNMcDonough60 min
Jul 9, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton66 min
Jul 17, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTCook36 min
Jul 17, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTWill30 min
Jul 18, 5:08 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian52 min
Jul 18, 5:29 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXFayette, Montgomery76 min
Jul 18, 5:41 AM CDTTornado WarningILXShelby49 min
Jul 18, 5:45 AM CDTTornado WarningILXScott45 min
Jul 18, 6:00 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian45 min
Jul 18, 8:22 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun, Pike38 min
Jul 21, 1:36 AM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall, Stark54 min
Aug 1, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry55 min
Aug 1, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTCook38 min
Aug 1, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTCook42 min
Aug 1, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTCook27 min
Aug 2, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon36 min
Aug 2, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian41 min
Aug 2, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian36 min
Aug 3, 2:13 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean47 min
Aug 3, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan44 min
Aug 3, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan43 min
Aug 3, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason40 min
Aug 31, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark, Crawford55 min
Aug 31, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark62 min

By county

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

45 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 31, 200325tornado warnings
  2. May 11, 200324tornado warnings
  3. May 10, 200321tornado warnings
  4. May 7, 200319tornado warnings
  5. May 1, 200313tornado warnings
  6. May 28, 200310tornado warnings
  7. May 8, 20037tornado warnings
  8. May 14, 20037tornado warnings
  9. July 8, 20037tornado warnings
  10. May 15, 20036tornado warnings
  11. July 10, 20036tornado warnings
  12. July 18, 20036tornado 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.