Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2014
72 tornado warnings in 2014. 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 72
- Busiest month
- June17 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- February 20, 201415 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Morgan, Scott | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 3:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 22 min |
| Feb 20, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette, Montgomery | 20 min |
| Feb 20, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 34 min |
| Feb 20, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Union | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 35 min |
| Feb 20, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 35 min |
| Feb 20, 4:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby | 28 min |
| Feb 20, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 40 min |
| Feb 20, 5:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 33 min |
| Feb 20, 5:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Saline | 28 min |
| Feb 20, 5:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, Wayne, White | 34 min |
| Feb 20, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 5:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 6:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Saint Clair | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 6:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union, Williamson | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union, Williamson | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, White | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Saline, Williamson | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 10:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 11:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 31 min |
| May 9, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 36 min |
| May 28, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 2:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 19 min |
| Jun 4, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 20 min |
| Jun 7, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 17 min |
| Jun 7, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Brown | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 3:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | McHenry | 40 min |
| Jun 30, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 10:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Mercer | 36 min |
| Sep 1, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 23 min |
| Sep 2, 12:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 34 min |
| Sep 10, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 29 min |
| Oct 2, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 21 min |
| Oct 13, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 23 min |
| Oct 13, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 32 min |
| Oct 13, 2:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Oct 13, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 19 min |
| Oct 13, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 41 min |
| Oct 13, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 16 min |
| Oct 13, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Oct 13, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 20 min |
| Oct 13, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 34 min |
| Oct 13, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 11 min |
| Oct 13, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 38 min |
| Oct 13, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 30 min |
| Oct 13, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham | 17 min |
| Oct 13, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, White | 28 min |
| Oct 13, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, McLean | 23 min |
| Oct 13, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 13 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Madison County8
- Saint Clair County5
- Macon County4
- Montgomery County4
- Shelby County4
- Williamson County4
- Johnson County4
- Gallatin County4
- Christian County3
- Sangamon County3
- DeWitt County3
- Jackson County3
- Union County3
- Coles County3
- Douglas County3
- Moultrie County3
- Piatt County3
- Edgar County3
- White County3
- Macoupin County3
- McLean County3
- Monroe County3
- Crawford County3
- Jasper County3
- Mason County2
- Logan County2
- Fayette County2
- Effingham County2
- Saline County2
- Edwards County2
- Wabash County2
- Clinton County2
- Bond County2
- McHenry County2
- Kankakee County2
- Jefferson County2
- Cass County1
- Morgan County1
- Scott County1
- Franklin County1
32 more counties
- Clark County1
- Cumberland County1
- Hamilton County1
- Wayne County1
- Vermilion County1
- Pope County1
- Stephenson County1
- Alexander County1
- Pulaski County1
- Woodford County1
- Hardin County1
- Randolph County1
- Greene County1
- Menard County1
- Brown County1
- Hancock County1
- McDonough County1
- Rock Island County1
- Lake County1
- Iroquois County1
- Carroll County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Cook County1
- Will County1
- Henry County1
- Mercer County1
- Lawrence County1
- Richland County1
- Perry County1
- Washington County1
- Marion County1
- Champaign 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.