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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2021
146 tornado warnings in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 146
- Busiest month
- June39 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 26, 202128 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 23, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 41 min |
| Mar 23, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock | 19 min |
| Mar 23, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Shelby | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Douglas | 9 min |
| May 3, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 25 min |
| May 3, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 37 min |
| May 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 30 min |
| May 3, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 23 min |
| May 3, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 29 min |
| May 3, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 33 min |
| May 3, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 25 min |
| May 3, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles | 28 min |
| May 6, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 28 min |
| May 6, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 31 min |
| May 6, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 14 min |
| May 6, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 36 min |
| May 27, 12:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison | 34 min |
| May 27, 12:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Richland | 13 min |
| Jun 8, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 23 min |
| Jun 18, 11:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DuPage, Kane | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 10:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 20 min |
| Jun 20, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Will | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Will | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 22 min |
| Jun 25, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 11:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Livingston | 18 min |
| Jun 26, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Will | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 11:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, LaSalle, Livingston | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 11:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 15 min |
| Jun 26, 1:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Livingston | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ford, Livingston | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Morgan | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 37 min |
| Jul 12, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Boone, Winnebago | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DeKalb | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DeKalb, Ogle | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lee | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DeKalb, Kane | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DeKalb, Ogle | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kane | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DeKalb, Lee | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DeKalb, Kane | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DuPage, Kane | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kane | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kankakee, Will | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 10:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Will | 54 min |
| Aug 25, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry | 17 min |
| Sep 7, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Will | 26 min |
| Oct 3, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 17 min |
| Oct 11, 1:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Oct 11, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 21 min |
| Oct 11, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan | 25 min |
| Oct 11, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 33 min |
| Oct 11, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 30 min |
| Oct 11, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Tazewell | 25 min |
| Oct 11, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason | 24 min |
| Oct 11, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 28 min |
| Oct 11, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Putnam | 48 min |
| Oct 11, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Woodford | 20 min |
| Oct 11, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 47 min |
| Oct 11, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle, Lee | 13 min |
| Oct 24, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 43 min |
| Oct 24, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 24 min |
| Oct 24, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 26 min |
| Oct 24, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 42 min |
| Oct 24, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 41 min |
| Oct 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 45 min |
| Oct 24, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 40 min |
| Oct 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 19 min |
| Oct 24, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 30 min |
| Oct 24, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison | 42 min |
| Oct 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 21 min |
| Oct 24, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion, Washington | 16 min |
| Oct 24, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 6 min |
| Dec 5, 8:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 11 min |
| Dec 5, 9:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 31 min |
| Dec 5, 10:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 18 min |
| Dec 5, 10:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton | 19 min |
| Dec 10, 6:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 48 min |
| Dec 10, 7:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 49 min |
| Dec 10, 7:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 45 min |
| Dec 10, 7:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 14 min |
| Dec 10, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey | 45 min |
| Dec 10, 7:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 40 min |
| Dec 10, 7:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 21 min |
| Dec 10, 7:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 40 min |
| Dec 10, 8:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 40 min |
| Dec 10, 8:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Madison | 39 min |
| Dec 10, 8:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Tazewell | 32 min |
| Dec 10, 8:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison | 42 min |
| Dec 10, 8:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison | 17 min |
| Dec 10, 8:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 22 min |
| Dec 10, 8:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Dec 10, 8:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 12 min |
| Dec 10, 8:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Montgomery | 34 min |
| Dec 10, 9:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 36 min |
| Dec 10, 9:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison | 51 min |
| Dec 10, 9:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 19 min |
| Dec 10, 9:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 32 min |
| Dec 10, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Will | 16 min |
| Dec 10, 10:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 19 min |
| Dec 10, 10:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Montgomery | 49 min |
| Dec 10, 10:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 45 min |
| Dec 10, 11:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 29 min |
| Dec 10, 11:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion, Washington | 50 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Morgan County11
- Madison County10
- Sangamon County10
- Will County10
- Mason County9
- Pike County8
- Bond County8
- Cass County8
- Menard County8
- Clinton County7
- Logan County7
- Macoupin County7
- McLean County7
- Coles County6
- Douglas County6
- Kane County6
- Cook County6
- DeKalb County6
- Calhoun County5
- Washington County5
- Fayette County5
- Shelby County5
- Moultrie County5
- Montgomery County5
- DuPage County5
- Iroquois County5
- Livingston County5
- Bureau County5
- Randolph County5
- Saint Clair County4
- Marion County4
- Macon County4
- Greene County4
- Woodford County4
- Kankakee County4
- Christian County3
- Fulton County3
- Scott County3
- Lee County3
- Tazewell County3
30 more counties
- Jersey County3
- Hancock County2
- Wayne County2
- DeWitt County2
- Piatt County2
- Grundy County2
- LaSalle County2
- Winnebago County2
- Ogle County2
- Putnam County2
- Massac County2
- Pope County2
- Jackson County2
- Cumberland County1
- Clay County1
- Richland County1
- Knox County1
- Henderson County1
- Adams County1
- Ford County1
- Champaign County1
- Boone County1
- Henry County1
- Marshall County1
- Monroe County1
- Jefferson County1
- Franklin County1
- Hamilton County1
- Edgar County1
- Vermilion 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.