Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings / 2020
Tornado Warnings in Illinois, March 2020
18 tornado warnings in March 2020. 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 March 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 18
- Busiest day
- March 29, 202011 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry | 43 min |
| Mar 19, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne, White | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Warren | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henderson, Warren | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin, Pope | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Mercer, Warren | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac | 9 min |
| Mar 28, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pope | 18 min |
| Mar 28, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Whiteside | 18 min |
| Mar 28, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lee, Ogle | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ogle, Winnebago | 26 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Warren County3
- Henry County3
- Knox County2
- Massac County2
- Pope County2
- Ogle County2
- Franklin County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Perry County1
- Edwards County1
- Hamilton County1
- Wayne County1
- White County1
- Bureau County1
- Henderson County1
- Hardin County1
- Mercer County1
- Fulton County1
- Whiteside County1
- Lee County1
- Peoria County1
- Tazewell County1
- Woodford County1
- Winnebago 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.