Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings / 2019
Tornado Warnings in Illinois, May 2019
59 tornado warnings in May 2019. 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 May 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 59
- Busiest day
- May 23, 201920 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 11:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 23 min |
| May 8, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall | 14 min |
| May 8, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 13 min |
| May 16, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DeKalb, Kendall, LaSalle | 45 min |
| May 16, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 26 min |
| May 16, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 35 min |
| May 21, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 41 min |
| May 21, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 42 min |
| May 21, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Madison | 50 min |
| May 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 37 min |
| May 21, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison | 29 min |
| May 21, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 21 min |
| May 21, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 26 min |
| May 21, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 37 min |
| May 21, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Perry | 24 min |
| May 21, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Jackson, Union, Williamson | 39 min |
| May 21, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 29 min |
| May 21, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson | 30 min |
| May 22, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock | 51 min |
| May 22, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 16 min |
| May 22, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 30 min |
| May 22, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 52 min |
| May 22, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 17 min |
| May 22, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | McDonough | 44 min |
| May 22, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 32 min |
| May 22, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 27 min |
| May 22, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 34 min |
| May 22, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 32 min |
| May 22, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 26 min |
| May 22, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 27 min |
| May 23, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 30 min |
| May 23, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Madison | 45 min |
| May 23, 12:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Livingston | 38 min |
| May 23, 12:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 20 min |
| May 23, 12:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Livingston | 48 min |
| May 23, 1:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 33 min |
| May 23, 3:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Marion | 36 min |
| May 23, 8:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 34 min |
| May 24, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 30 min |
| May 24, 12:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | McDonough | 26 min |
| May 24, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | McDonough | 35 min |
| May 24, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 62 min |
| May 24, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Tazewell | 35 min |
| May 24, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 47 min |
| May 27, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henderson | 41 min |
| May 27, 2:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 38 min |
| May 27, 2:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Warren | 38 min |
| May 27, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll | 20 min |
| May 27, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ogle | 45 min |
| May 27, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Whiteside | 40 min |
| May 27, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Mercer | 11 min |
| May 27, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Whiteside | 31 min |
| May 27, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 39 min |
| May 27, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 55 min |
| May 27, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lee | 35 min |
| May 27, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Lee | 32 min |
| May 27, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 46 min |
| May 27, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 33 min |
| May 29, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 28 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fulton County6
- Marshall County4
- Madison County4
- McDonough County4
- LaSalle County3
- Bond County3
- Jackson County3
- Adams County3
- Schuyler County3
- Peoria County3
- Mason County3
- Monroe County2
- Vermilion County2
- Calhoun County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Jersey County2
- Macoupin County2
- Fayette County2
- Marion County2
- Perry County2
- Franklin County2
- Jefferson County2
- Hancock County2
- Knox County2
- Livingston County2
- Tazewell County2
- Cook County2
- Will County2
- Bureau County2
- Henry County2
- Whiteside County2
- Stark County2
- Woodford County2
- Lee County2
- Randolph County1
- DeKalb County1
- Kendall County1
- Clinton County1
- Alexander County1
- Union County1
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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.