Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings / 2008
Tornado Warnings in Illinois, January 2008
19 tornado warnings in January 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 January 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 19
- Busiest day
- January 7, 20087 tornado warnings
Over time
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Calhoun County5
- Greene County3
- Edwards County3
- Boone County2
- Tazewell County2
- Pike County2
- McLean County2
- Alexander County2
- Pulaski County2
- Union County2
- Wabash County2
- Winnebago County1
- McHenry County1
- Mason County1
- Woodford County1
- Johnson County1
- Hardin County1
- Gallatin County1
- White County1
- Wayne County1
- Lawrence County1
- Richland County1
- Crawford County1
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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.