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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, May 2003

144 tornado warnings in May 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 May 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings: 144
Busiest day: May 31, 200325 tornado warnings

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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
Apr 30, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Knox	63 min
Apr 30, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Henry	55 min
Apr 30, 8:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Knox	58 min
Apr 30, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Henry	38 min
Apr 30, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Stark	55 min
Apr 30, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Bureau	61 min
Apr 30, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Bureau	50 min
Apr 30, 9:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Putnam	38 min
Apr 30, 9:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	LaSalle	44 min
Apr 30, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Bureau	57 min
Apr 30, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Putnam	45 min
Apr 30, 10:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	LaSalle	33 min
May 1, 1:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	31 min
May 4, 9:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander	37 min
May 4, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Pulaski	49 min
May 4, 9:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Massac	50 min
May 4, 9:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Pope	47 min
May 6, 7:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Monroe	59 min
May 6, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Randolph	52 min
May 6, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Saint Clair	54 min
May 6, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander	42 min
May 6, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Washington	55 min
May 6, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Randolph	49 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	45 min
May 6, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Pulaski, Union	50 min
May 6, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt	35 min
May 6, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander	13 min
May 6, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Washington	36 min
May 6, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Massac	42 min
May 6, 10:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Pope	55 min
May 6, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Massac	8 min
May 6, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pulaski	49 min
May 6, 10:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Massac	39 min
May 6, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hardin	45 min
May 6, 10:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Pope	46 min
May 6, 11:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gallatin	44 min
May 8, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	28 min
May 8, 3:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Bond, Montgomery	29 min
May 8, 3:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette	49 min
May 8, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	41 min
May 8, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Marion	31 min
May 8, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	60 min
May 8, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	37 min
May 9, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Pike	48 min
May 9, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Greene, Macoupin	49 min
May 9, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Greene, Macoupin	48 min
May 9, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Sangamon	29 min
May 9, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Montgomery	33 min
May 9, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Macoupin	33 min
May 9, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Montgomery	32 min
May 9, 8:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian	43 min
May 9, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Pike	49 min
May 10, 7:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	62 min
May 10, 8:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Madison	41 min
May 10, 8:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon, Shelby	49 min
May 10, 8:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Macoupin	34 min
May 10, 8:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Moultrie	38 min
May 10, 8:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian	47 min
May 10, 9:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Bond, Madison	27 min
May 10, 9:21 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas	54 min
May 10, 10:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar	54 min
May 10, 10:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland	42 min
May 10, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Adams	39 min
May 10, 6:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Hancock	23 min
May 10, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Adams	52 min
May 10, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Hancock	31 min
May 10, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	46 min
May 10, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Brown	39 min
May 10, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Schuyler	52 min
May 10, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Adams	17 min
May 10, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	52 min
May 10, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Warren	24 min
May 10, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Brown	15 min
May 10, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Schuyler	50 min
May 10, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Mercer	46 min
May 10, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason	60 min
May 10, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Knox, Stark	44 min
May 10, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry	81 min
May 10, 9:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell	56 min
May 10, 9:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Lee	39 min
May 10, 9:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Mason, Tazewell	60 min
May 10, 9:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	DeKalb, LaSalle	63 min
May 10, 10:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Woodford	54 min
May 10, 10:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Kane	52 min
May 10, 10:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	70 min
May 10, 10:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Livingston	53 min
May 10, 10:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Marshall	47 min
May 10, 10:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage	48 min
May 10, 11:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Cook, DuPage	45 min
May 10, 11:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Woodford	42 min
May 14, 5:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	42 min
May 14, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois	48 min
May 14, 6:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	56 min
May 14, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Piatt	47 min
May 14, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	61 min
May 14, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan	57 min
May 14, 6:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Henderson, McDonough	43 min
May 14, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	60 min
May 14, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Piatt	58 min
May 14, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon	46 min
May 14, 7:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Douglas, Edgar	54 min
May 14, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Piatt	46 min
May 14, 8:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason	41 min
May 28, 2:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Tazewell, Woodford	49 min
May 28, 2:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Kankakee	18 min
May 28, 3:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell	40 min
May 28, 3:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan	28 min
May 28, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Will	20 min
May 28, 3:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt	62 min
May 28, 4:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Will	26 min
May 28, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	45 min
May 28, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Ford	21 min
May 28, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	65 min
May 28, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar	50 min
May 30, 5:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Winnebago	58 min
May 30, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Lee	49 min
May 30, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Boone	46 min
May 30, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	McHenry	52 min
May 30, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	DeKalb, Lee	32 min
May 30, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	33 min
May 30, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	LaSalle	31 min
May 30, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Kendall, LaSalle	47 min
May 30, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Marshall	40 min
May 30, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Livingston	32 min
May 30, 7:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Woodford	41 min
May 30, 7:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	LaSalle	11 min
May 30, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Will	52 min
May 30, 7:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Mason	50 min
May 30, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan, Tazewell	39 min
May 30, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	51 min
May 30, 8:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	26 min
May 30, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Cook	50 min
May 30, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Ford, Iroquois, Livingston	15 min
May 30, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Kankakee, Will	35 min
May 30, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan	48 min
May 30, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Ford, Livingston	30 min
May 30, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Iroquois	27 min
May 30, 9:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LOT	Ford	31 min
May 30, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Piatt	45 min
May 30, 9:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon	25 min
May 30, 9:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon	23 min
May 30, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	63 min
May 30, 9:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Douglas	40 min
May 30, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar	45 min

By county

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

39 more counties

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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.