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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2013

126 tornado warnings in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
126
Busiest month
November53 tornado warnings
Busiest day
November 17, 201349 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 2:19 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHMassac, Pope41 min
Jan 12, 2:50 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHHardin, Pope40 min
Jan 29, 3:42 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Jersey33 min
Jan 29, 9:08 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHJackson37 min
Jan 29, 9:14 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHUnion31 min
Jan 29, 9:24 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Jefferson, Perry36 min
Jan 29, 9:27 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHAlexander, Pulaski33 min
Jan 29, 9:38 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Williamson37 min
Jan 29, 9:43 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHJohnson, Union47 min
Jan 29, 10:07 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHSaline, Williamson23 min
Jan 29, 11:02 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHWabash28 min
Jan 29, 11:05 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHMassac25 min
Apr 10, 1:11 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDouglas, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby34 min
Apr 10, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJefferson28 min
Apr 10, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJefferson34 min
Apr 10, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXWashington17 min
Apr 10, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMadison26 min
Apr 10, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMadison, Saint Clair37 min
Apr 17, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams48 min
Apr 17, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams29 min
Apr 17, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams, Brown, Pike33 min
Apr 17, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler31 min
Apr 17, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams, Brown30 min
Apr 18, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson35 min
Apr 18, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson, Perry30 min
Apr 18, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Williamson28 min
Apr 18, 1:57 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Jefferson, Perry33 min
Apr 18, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin34 min
Apr 18, 2:33 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPAHFranklin, Hamilton42 min
May 19, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHancock29 min
May 19, 8:07 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDVNCarroll23 min
May 20, 7:30 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLSXAdams, Pike30 min
May 27, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon31 min
May 28, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTGrundy, Will37 min
May 30, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPerry32 min
May 30, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJefferson, Perry30 min
May 30, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry, Whiteside28 min
May 30, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Perry28 min
May 31, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMonroe31 min
May 31, 8:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLSXMadison37 min
May 31, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair34 min
May 31, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXGreene, Jersey, Macoupin29 min
May 31, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Madison27 min
May 31, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery25 min
May 31, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Madison, Montgomery23 min
May 31, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery34 min
May 31, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Sangamon43 min
May 31, 9:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin23 min
May 31, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Fayette, Marion, Montgomery32 min
May 31, 9:16 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Macon, Shelby29 min
May 31, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby31 min
May 31, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon35 min
May 31, 10:11 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt34 min
Jun 12, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLee, Ogle47 min
Jun 12, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTWinnebago34 min
Jun 12, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTDeKalb, Lee50 min
Jun 12, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTKendall47 min
Jun 12, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJo Daviess36 min
Jun 12, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJo Daviess28 min
Jun 12, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJo Daviess30 min
Jun 12, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCarroll, Jo Daviess29 min
Jun 12, 7:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDVNCarroll37 min
Jun 12, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCarroll, Whiteside33 min
Jun 12, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJo Daviess23 min
Jun 24, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry, Rock Island, Whiteside43 min
Jun 24, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBureau, Henry, Whiteside28 min
Jun 24, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNRock Island, Whiteside40 min
Jun 24, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBureau, Henry36 min
Jun 24, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLee30 min
Jun 24, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTDeKalb, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle31 min
Aug 9, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope33 min
Sep 1, 6:44 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLOTGrundy, Kendall, LaSalle46 min
Oct 5, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac31 min
Oct 31, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander31 min
Oct 31, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJohnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson25 min
Oct 31, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJohnson, Massac, Pope27 min
Oct 31, 8:26 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPAHGallatin, Hardin34 min
Nov 17, 9:36 AM CSTTornado WarningLOTBoone, McHenry39 min
Nov 17, 10:16 AM CSTTornado WarningLOTMcHenry44 min
Nov 17, 10:42 AM CSTTornado WarningILXLogan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon33 min
Nov 17, 10:50 AM CSTTornado WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell, Woodford25 min
Nov 17, 10:57 AM CSTTornado WarningILXMarshall, Tazewell, Woodford33 min
Nov 17, 11:11 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery19 min
Nov 17, 11:12 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedILXMarshall, Tazewell, Woodford33 min
Nov 17, 11:12 AM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian, Sangamon33 min
Nov 17, 11:12 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedLOTLaSalle, Livingston48 min
Nov 17, 11:21 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery24 min
Nov 17, 11:29 AM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian, Macon31 min
Nov 17, 11:31 AM CSTTornado WarningILXLogan, McLean, Tazewell29 min
Nov 17, 11:33 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedLOTGrundy, LaSalle, Livingston42 min
Nov 17, 11:41 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery19 min
Nov 17, 11:49 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXRandolph26 min
Nov 17, 11:53 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXClinton, Washington37 min
Nov 17, 11:54 AM CSTTornado WarningILXMcLean36 min
Nov 17, 11:55 AM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian, Shelby50 min
Nov 17, 11:56 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Fayette34 min
Nov 17, 11:57 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHPerry33 min
Nov 17, 12:09 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXRandolph21 min
Nov 17, 12:12 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHPerry33 min
Nov 17, 12:14 PM CSTTornado WarningLOTGrundy, Kankakee, Will46 min
Nov 17, 12:14 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedLSXMarion46 min
Nov 17, 12:19 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Piatt41 min
Nov 17, 12:22 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHJefferson38 min
Nov 17, 12:26 PM CSTTornado WarningILXCumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby49 min
Nov 17, 12:27 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHJackson33 min
Nov 17, 12:36 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Piatt39 min
Nov 17, 12:39 PM CSTTornado WarningILXClay, Effingham51 min
Nov 17, 12:44 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChampaign31 min
Nov 17, 12:46 PM CSTTornado WarningLOTCook, Will44 min
Nov 17, 12:50 PM CSTTornado WarningILXVermilion40 min
Nov 17, 12:51 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHWilliamson39 min
Nov 17, 12:58 PM CSTTornado WarningILXVermilion32 min
Nov 17, 12:58 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHWayne47 min
Nov 17, 1:05 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHHamilton, Jefferson, Wayne25 min
Nov 17, 1:08 PM CSTTornado WarningLOTIroquois37 min
Nov 17, 1:11 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHAlexander34 min
Nov 17, 1:15 PM CSTTornado WarningILXCrawford, Jasper, Richland45 min
Nov 17, 1:25 PM CSTTornado WarningILXEdgar20 min
Nov 17, 1:30 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHAlexander, Pulaski30 min
Nov 17, 1:32 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash28 min
Nov 17, 1:38 PM CSTTornado WarningILXLawrence37 min
Nov 17, 1:45 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHGallatin, Saline, White30 min
Nov 17, 1:52 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHMassac, Pulaski23 min
Nov 17, 2:06 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHGallatin, Saline24 min
Nov 17, 2:09 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedPAHMassac, Pope36 min
Nov 17, 2:23 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHGallatin37 min

By county

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

47 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. November 17, 201349tornado warnings
  2. June 1, 201315tornado warnings
  3. April 18, 201310tornado warnings
  4. January 30, 20139tornado warnings
  5. June 12, 20138tornado warnings
  6. June 24, 20136tornado warnings
  7. April 10, 20134tornado warnings
  8. November 1, 20134tornado warnings
  9. May 30, 20133tornado warnings
  10. June 13, 20133tornado warnings
  11. January 12, 20132tornado warnings
  12. April 11, 20132tornado warnings

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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.