Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings / 2009
Tornado Warnings in Illinois, March 2009
14 tornado warnings in March 2009. 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 March 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 14
- Busiest day
- March 8, 200914 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 11:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 11:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 13 min |
| Mar 8, 11:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 43 min |
| Mar 8, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 21 min |
| Mar 8, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Mar 8, 12:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 44 min |
| Mar 8, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 10 min |
| Mar 8, 12:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Lawrence, Richland | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 65 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Randolph County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Logan County2
- McLean County2
- Calhoun County1
- Jersey County1
- Monroe County1
- Greene County1
- Macoupin County1
- Washington County1
- Sangamon County1
- Perry County1
- Jefferson County1
- DeWitt County1
- Tazewell County1
- Woodford County1
- Wayne County1
- Marion County1
- Alexander County1
- Pulaski County1
- Union County1
- Clay County1
- Lawrence County1
- Richland County1
- Kankakee County1
- Will County1
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.