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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2018

68 tornado warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
68
Busiest month
December26 tornado warnings
Busiest day
December 1, 201821 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
Apr 3, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningILXEffingham, Jasper13 min
Apr 3, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander, Pulaski37 min
Apr 3, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Williamson35 min
Apr 3, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson41 min
Apr 3, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJohnson33 min
Apr 3, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White27 min
Apr 3, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJohnson, Massac, Pope38 min
Apr 3, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac31 min
Apr 3, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGallatin, White20 min
Apr 3, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope26 min
May 31, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHUnion31 min
Jun 10, 1:16 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean29 min
Jun 10, 1:56 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt34 min
Jun 10, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion52 min
Jun 11, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Pike27 min
Jun 19, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox, Stark20 min
Jun 21, 12:35 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox25 min
Jun 21, 1:00 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedILXFulton, Knox, Peoria30 min
Jun 23, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac, Pope9 min
Jun 26, 9:41 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHWhite34 min
Jun 26, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTWill37 min
Jun 26, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBureau, Henry21 min
Jun 26, 8:46 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedILXVermilion13 min
Jun 28, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMadison16 min
Jun 28, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXSaint Clair17 min
Jun 28, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Williamson26 min
Jul 19, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams37 min
Jul 20, 12:11 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXFayette, Marion34 min
Jul 29, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXRandolph25 min
Aug 6, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign22 min
Aug 7, 1:41 AM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Mason34 min
Aug 16, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton36 min
Aug 16, 8:27 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDVNStephenson18 min
Aug 28, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCarroll22 min
Sep 3, 1:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLake, McHenry25 min
Sep 5, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall26 min
Sep 25, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenderson, Mercer, Warren45 min
Sep 25, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNWhiteside6 min
Oct 7, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, McLean, Piatt26 min
Oct 7, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign23 min
Oct 7, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign18 min
Nov 25, 4:46 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXJersey29 min
Dec 1, 2:37 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXPike25 min
Dec 1, 2:49 PM CSTTornado WarningILXCass, Morgan, Scott41 min
Dec 1, 3:04 PM CSTTornado WarningILXSchuyler11 min
Dec 1, 3:05 PM CSTTornado WarningDVNMcDonough25 min
Dec 1, 3:24 PM CSTTornado WarningILXCass, Mason, Schuyler51 min
Dec 1, 3:42 PM CSTTornado WarningDVNMcDonough33 min
Dec 1, 3:47 PM CSTTornado WarningILXFulton, Mason, Schuyler43 min
Dec 1, 3:57 PM CSTTornado WarningILXKnox, Peoria38 min
Dec 1, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WarningDVNMcDonough, Warren30 min
Dec 1, 4:08 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery37 min
Dec 1, 4:22 PM CSTTornado WarningILXFulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell38 min
Dec 1, 4:28 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedLSXMontgomery17 min
Dec 1, 4:32 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatLSXMontgomery28 min
Dec 1, 4:37 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian38 min
Dec 1, 4:39 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian51 min
Dec 1, 4:42 PM CSTTornado WarningILXMason48 min
Dec 1, 4:43 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery14 min
Dec 1, 4:53 PM CSTTornado WarningILXFulton, Peoria37 min
Dec 1, 5:12 PM CSTTornado WarningILXMason, Tazewell48 min
Dec 1, 5:15 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatILXChristian30 min
Dec 1, 5:43 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatILXChristian, Macon32 min
Dec 1, 6:13 PM CSTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Macon32 min
Dec 1, 6:42 PM CSTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, McLean33 min
Dec 1, 7:13 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatILXMcLean32 min
Dec 1, 7:47 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedILXMcLean28 min
Dec 31, 11:56 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHMassac, Pope16 min

By county

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

19 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. December 1, 201821tornado warnings
  2. April 3, 201810tornado warnings
  3. December 2, 20184tornado warnings
  4. June 10, 20183tornado warnings
  5. October 7, 20183tornado warnings
  6. June 21, 20182tornado warnings
  7. June 26, 20182tornado warnings
  8. June 27, 20182tornado warnings
  9. June 28, 20182tornado warnings
  10. July 20, 20182tornado warnings
  11. August 7, 20182tornado warnings
  12. September 25, 20182tornado warnings

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.