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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2012
83 tornado warnings in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 83
- Busiest month
- March24 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 2, 201212 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 40 min |
| Jan 17, 3:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Monroe, Saint Clair, Washington | 38 min |
| Jan 17, 3:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 29 min |
| Jan 22, 10:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 33 min |
| Feb 29, 3:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 4:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Johnson, Union, Williamson | 22 min |
| Feb 29, 4:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Johnson, Saline, Union, Williamson | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 4:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline, Williamson | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 4:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline, White | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 5:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 11:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 11:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 12:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 12:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 12:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | White | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 1:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 13 min |
| Mar 2, 1:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 1:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 1:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 24 min |
| Mar 23, 12:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Perry | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 12:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Perry | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 23, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Mar 23, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 43 min |
| Mar 23, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 27 min |
| Mar 23, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 14 min |
| Mar 23, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 29 min |
| May 1, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 44 min |
| May 1, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 52 min |
| May 1, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 13 min |
| May 3, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Mercer | 17 min |
| May 6, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau | 26 min |
| May 6, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 39 min |
| May 6, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall | 53 min |
| May 6, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 64 min |
| May 6, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 48 min |
| May 6, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 44 min |
| May 6, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 39 min |
| May 6, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 18 min |
| Jun 29, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lee, Ogle | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Pike | 31 min |
| Aug 31, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 17 min |
| Aug 31, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Pike | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 11:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 12:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Woodford | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 22 min |
| Sep 1, 12:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Sangamon | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard, Sangamon | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Union, Williamson | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac | 22 min |
| Sep 1, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 25 min |
| Sep 5, 9:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette, Montgomery | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Edgar | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 24 min |
| Sep 25, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton | 23 min |
| Sep 25, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 26 min |
| Sep 25, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 41 min |
| Sep 25, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Oct 14, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle | 32 min |
| Oct 14, 2:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 19 min |
| Oct 17, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 32 min |
| Dec 3, 5:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ogle | 28 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County6
- Union County6
- Saline County6
- Massac County6
- Marshall County6
- Jackson County5
- Williamson County5
- Pulaski County5
- Gallatin County4
- Franklin County4
- Pope County4
- Clay County4
- Clinton County3
- Saint Clair County3
- Johnson County3
- Alexander County3
- White County3
- Hamilton County3
- Jefferson County3
- Vermilion County3
- Stark County3
- Iroquois County3
- Coles County3
- Cumberland County3
- Clark County3
- Edgar County3
- Monroe County2
- Hardin County2
- Perry County2
- Marion County2
- Wayne County2
- Effingham County2
- Madison County2
- Champaign County2
- LaSalle County2
- Peoria County2
- Ogle County2
- Greene County2
- Pike County2
- Woodford County2
28 more counties
- Logan County2
- Sangamon County2
- Edwards County1
- Wabash County1
- Lawrence County1
- Crawford County1
- Mercer County1
- Bureau County1
- Livingston County1
- Ford County1
- Knox County1
- Lee County1
- Moultrie County1
- Shelby County1
- Jasper County1
- Jersey County1
- Tazewell County1
- Christian County1
- Mason County1
- Menard County1
- Fayette County1
- Montgomery County1
- DeKalb County1
- Kane County1
- Kendall County1
- Cook County1
- DuPage County1
- Calhoun 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.