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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2022
51 tornado warnings in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 51
- Busiest month
- May16 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 19, 20226 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 5, 8:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 25 min |
| Mar 5, 8:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DVN | Mercer | 17 min |
| Mar 5, 8:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll, Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 38 min |
| Mar 5, 10:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Mason | 12 min |
| Mar 7, 1:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander | 11 min |
| Mar 30, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 14 min |
| Mar 30, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | White | 13 min |
| Apr 30, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 10 min |
| Apr 30, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Boone, McHenry | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 41 min |
| May 13, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | McDonough, Warren | 25 min |
| May 13, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Warren | 27 min |
| May 19, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 29 min |
| May 19, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jersey, Madison | 26 min |
| May 19, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton | 38 min |
| May 19, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Montgomery | 24 min |
| May 19, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 31 min |
| May 19, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 33 min |
| May 19, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wabash | 11 min |
| May 19, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wabash | 10 min |
| May 19, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 25 min |
| May 21, 12:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, Wayne, White | 19 min |
| May 25, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Kane | 44 min |
| May 25, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | DuPage | 26 min |
| May 25, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook | 42 min |
| May 25, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 21 min |
| May 31, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 30 min |
| May 31, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | McDonough | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, Kane | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, DuPage | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | LaSalle | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | McHenry | 16 min |
| Jul 8, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 17 min |
| Jul 17, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Union | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 5:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Cook, Will | 28 min |
| Jul 23, 6:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Will | 25 min |
| Jul 23, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 1:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Livingston | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Mercer | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Mercer | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 18 min |
| Aug 28, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess | 34 min |
| Sep 18, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock | 28 min |
| Sep 18, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 36 min |
| Sep 18, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 15 min |
| Sep 18, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall | 36 min |
| Sep 19, 12:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 26 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cook County6
- McLean County5
- Mercer County3
- Alexander County3
- DuPage County3
- McDonough County3
- Wabash County3
- Rock Island County2
- Carroll County2
- Wayne County2
- White County2
- Jo Daviess County2
- McHenry County2
- Warren County2
- Madison County2
- Bond County2
- Fayette County2
- Kane County2
- Hancock County2
- Will County2
- Woodford County2
- Henry County1
- Whiteside County1
- Mason County1
- Boone County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Jersey County1
- Clinton County1
- Montgomery County1
- Marion County1
- Clay County1
- Effingham County1
- Lawrence County1
- Edwards County1
- Winnebago County1
- LaSalle County1
- Union County1
- Livingston County1
- Tazewell County1
- Adams 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.