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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2016
90 tornado warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 90
- Busiest month
- May20 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 23, 201615 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 54 min |
| Mar 15, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | McDonough, Warren | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island, Whiteside | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll | 19 min |
| Mar 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 16 min |
| Mar 15, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lee | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll | 12 min |
| Mar 15, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Richland | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 30 min |
| May 1, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Jasper, Richland | 37 min |
| May 1, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 38 min |
| May 10, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pope, Saline | 31 min |
| May 10, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 29 min |
| May 10, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 34 min |
| May 10, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Saline | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin, Pope | 29 min |
| May 10, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 23 min |
| May 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin | 33 min |
| May 10, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 34 min |
| May 11, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 26 min |
| May 11, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 29 min |
| May 11, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wabash | 25 min |
| May 11, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wabash | 11 min |
| May 11, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | White | 32 min |
| May 11, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 28 min |
| May 11, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson | 30 min |
| May 11, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 42 min |
| May 11, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Williamson | 30 min |
| May 11, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Stark | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lee | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DeKalb, LaSalle, Lee | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Whiteside | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry | 21 min |
| Jun 22, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DeKalb, LaSalle | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Livingston | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Livingston | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Livingston | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Livingston | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Livingston | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 11:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | White | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 6:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island, Whiteside | 24 min |
| Jul 17, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Putnam | 24 min |
| Jul 17, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, Livingston | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ford, Kankakee, Livingston | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henderson | 29 min |
| Sep 9, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 52 min |
| Sep 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark | 32 min |
| Sep 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 33 min |
| Sep 16, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 38 min |
| Oct 6, 10:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 27 min |
| Oct 6, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 24 min |
| Oct 6, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island, Whiteside | 35 min |
| Nov 2, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 23 min |
| Nov 2, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 29 min |
| Nov 2, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 31 min |
| Nov 2, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 26 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Livingston County7
- Rock Island County6
- Whiteside County5
- LaSalle County5
- Henry County4
- Iroquois County4
- Kankakee County4
- Pope County4
- Saline County4
- Hardin County4
- Hancock County3
- Sangamon County3
- Lee County3
- Christian County3
- Effingham County3
- Cumberland County3
- Richland County3
- Jasper County3
- Johnson County3
- Gallatin County3
- Wabash County3
- Franklin County3
- Williamson County3
- Bureau County3
- Ford County3
- Vermilion County3
- Randolph County3
- Macon County3
- Henderson County2
- McDonough County2
- Fulton County2
- Knox County2
- Morgan County2
- Peoria County2
- Carroll County2
- Montgomery County2
- Shelby County2
- White County2
- Hamilton County2
- Jackson County2
25 more counties
- DeKalb County2
- Putnam County2
- Grundy County2
- Champaign County2
- Clark County2
- Moultrie County2
- Warren County1
- Menard County1
- Tazewell County1
- Woodford County1
- Fayette County1
- Adams County1
- Clay County1
- Crawford County1
- Lawrence County1
- Jefferson County1
- Edwards County1
- Perry County1
- Stark County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Stephenson County1
- Logan County1
- Piatt County1
- Coles County1
- Douglas 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.