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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2008
194 tornado warnings in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 194
- Busiest month
- June77 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 30, 200820 tornado warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Boone, Winnebago | 33 min |
| Jan 7, 3:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Boone, McHenry | 35 min |
| Jan 7, 4:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 24 min |
| Jan 7, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 50 min |
| Jan 7, 5:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 31 min |
| Jan 7, 5:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene | 46 min |
| Jan 7, 5:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 33 min |
| Jan 7, 8:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 48 min |
| Jan 7, 9:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 47 min |
| Jan 7, 10:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene | 39 min |
| Jan 8, 2:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Pulaski, Union | 33 min |
| Jan 8, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin | 36 min |
| Jan 8, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, White | 30 min |
| Jan 29, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 32 min |
| Jan 29, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wayne | 27 min |
| Jan 29, 4:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 31 min |
| Jan 29, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 23 min |
| Jan 29, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 23 min |
| Jan 29, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford | 25 min |
| Feb 5, 6:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Jasper, Richland | 32 min |
| Feb 5, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 26 min |
| Feb 5, 6:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 37 min |
| Feb 5, 6:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 37 min |
| Feb 5, 6:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 31 min |
| Feb 5, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 30 min |
| Feb 5, 7:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Williamson | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 9:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 23 min |
| Feb 5, 9:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 13 min |
| Mar 31, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 15 min |
| May 2, 9:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 23 min |
| May 10, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 26 min |
| May 25, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 33 min |
| May 25, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 53 min |
| May 25, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 59 min |
| May 25, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Williamson | 60 min |
| May 25, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 20 min |
| May 25, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Williamson | 15 min |
| May 25, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 64 min |
| May 25, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 25 min |
| May 27, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Richland | 29 min |
| May 30, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 27 min |
| May 30, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 38 min |
| May 30, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 31 min |
| May 30, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 50 min |
| May 30, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 24 min |
| May 30, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 12 min |
| May 30, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 12 min |
| May 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 46 min |
| May 30, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 21 min |
| May 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 46 min |
| May 30, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 41 min |
| May 30, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 49 min |
| May 30, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 49 min |
| May 30, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 40 min |
| May 30, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 49 min |
| May 30, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 36 min |
| May 30, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Sangamon | 43 min |
| May 30, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 31 min |
| May 30, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 47 min |
| May 30, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 35 min |
| May 30, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 33 min |
| May 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 37 min |
| May 30, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 35 min |
| May 30, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 38 min |
| May 30, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 47 min |
| May 30, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 1:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 2:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 2:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 2:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 3:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 3:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 16 min |
| Jun 3, 7:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 8:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 8:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 42 min |
| Jun 3, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Sangamon | 42 min |
| Jun 3, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 3:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 3:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 21 min |
| Jun 4, 3:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Livingston | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Boone | 19 min |
| Jun 6, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | McHenry | 14 min |
| Jun 6, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 21 min |
| Jun 6, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Jasper | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henderson, Mercer, Rock Island | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, Livingston | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 54 min |
| Jun 7, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lake | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Perry | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 14 min |
| Jun 12, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 23 min |
| Jun 12, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island, Whiteside | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll, Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 12:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Boone, McHenry | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Pike | 23 min |
| Jun 27, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 21 min |
| Jun 27, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, Wayne, White | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Brown | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island, Whiteside | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 5:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ogle | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DeKalb, Ogle | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DeKalb, Kane | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Kane | 20 min |
| Aug 4, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Will | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 6:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 17 min |
| Sep 8, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Shelby | 37 min |
| Sep 12, 10:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 42 min |
| Sep 12, 11:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 44 min |
| Sep 13, 12:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, Livingston | 37 min |
| Dec 27, 1:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 47 min |
| Dec 27, 2:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 47 min |
| Dec 27, 10:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 44 min |
| Dec 27, 10:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 47 min |
| Dec 27, 11:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 41 min |
| Dec 27, 11:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 24 min |
| Dec 27, 12:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 48 min |
| Dec 27, 12:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 31 min |
| Dec 27, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 37 min |
| Dec 27, 1:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt | 33 min |
| Dec 27, 1:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 40 min |
| Dec 27, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 51 min |
| Dec 27, 4:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion, Washington | 41 min |
| Dec 27, 5:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson, Wayne | 35 min |
| Dec 27, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wayne | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pike County14
- Christian County12
- Macon County12
- Greene County11
- Sangamon County10
- Calhoun County9
- Wayne County8
- Adams County8
- Cook County8
- Clay County7
- Saint Clair County7
- Rock Island County7
- Shelby County7
- Iroquois County7
- Kankakee County7
- McLean County6
- Woodford County6
- Clinton County6
- Randolph County6
- Washington County6
- DeWitt County6
- Morgan County6
- Vermilion County6
- Livingston County6
- Tazewell County5
- Edwards County5
- Richland County5
- Crawford County5
- Jasper County5
- Jackson County5
- Monroe County5
- Logan County5
- Champaign County5
- Edgar County5
- Montgomery County5
- Moultrie County5
- Piatt County5
- Bond County5
- Fayette County5
- Will County5
52 more counties
- Boone County4
- Pulaski County4
- Union County4
- Lawrence County4
- Whiteside County4
- Scott County4
- Douglas County4
- Jersey County4
- Macoupin County4
- Coles County4
- Peoria County4
- McHenry County3
- Alexander County3
- Wabash County3
- Cumberland County3
- Williamson County3
- Henderson County3
- Brown County3
- Marion County3
- LaSalle County3
- Madison County3
- Effingham County3
- Marshall County3
- Jefferson County3
- DuPage County3
- Mason County2
- White County2
- Clark County2
- Hancock County2
- McDonough County2
- Warren County2
- Mercer County2
- Carroll County2
- Perry County2
- Jo Daviess County2
- Grundy County2
- Henry County2
- Ogle County2
- DeKalb County2
- Kane County2
- Winnebago County1
- Johnson County1
- Hardin County1
- Gallatin County1
- Massac County1
- Cass County1
- Menard County1
- Lake County1
- Hamilton County1
- Franklin County1
- Fulton County1
- Stark County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.