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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, May 2024
49 tornado warnings in May 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 49
- Busiest day
- May 8, 202414 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 4:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 37 min |
| May 7, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Boone, McHenry | 19 min |
| May 7, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 25 min |
| May 8, 12:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 49 min |
| May 8, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 50 min |
| May 8, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 28 min |
| May 8, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Williamson | 34 min |
| May 8, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Williamson | 29 min |
| May 8, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pope | 19 min |
| May 8, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union | 18 min |
| May 8, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline | 32 min |
| May 8, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson | 28 min |
| May 8, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin | 27 min |
| May 8, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin | 46 min |
| May 8, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 52 min |
| May 8, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 51 min |
| May 8, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Perry | 41 min |
| May 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson, Wayne | 48 min |
| May 8, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Union | 20 min |
| May 24, 7:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 43 min |
| May 24, 7:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 40 min |
| May 24, 8:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll, Rock Island, Whiteside | 45 min |
| May 24, 8:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Whiteside | 51 min |
| May 24, 8:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 48 min |
| May 24, 8:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Whiteside | 53 min |
| May 24, 8:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 49 min |
| May 24, 9:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 20 min |
| May 24, 11:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 38 min |
| May 24, 12:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough, Warren | 34 min |
| May 24, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 23 min |
| May 26, 7:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander | 23 min |
| May 26, 7:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander | 16 min |
| May 26, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac, Pulaski | 19 min |
| May 26, 8:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 15 min |
| May 26, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 47 min |
| May 26, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 51 min |
| May 26, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Lake, McHenry | 55 min |
| May 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 67 min |
| May 26, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Williamson | 34 min |
| May 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Marion | 45 min |
| May 26, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Saline | 38 min |
| May 26, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 34 min |
| May 26, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 27 min |
| May 26, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 12 min |
| May 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Williamson | 37 min |
| May 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 26 min |
| May 26, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 40 min |
| May 26, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 24 min |
| May 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Johnson County6
- Williamson County5
- Randolph County4
- Pope County4
- Monroe County3
- Gallatin County3
- Saline County3
- Hardin County3
- Rock Island County3
- Whiteside County3
- Stephenson County3
- Saint Clair County3
- McHenry County2
- Lawrence County2
- Jackson County2
- Union County2
- Perry County2
- Jefferson County2
- Henry County2
- Carroll County2
- Jo Daviess County2
- Hancock County2
- McDonough County2
- Alexander County2
- Massac County2
- Clay County2
- Calhoun County1
- Boone County1
- Franklin County1
- Wayne County1
- Bureau County1
- Warren County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Lake County1
- Clinton County1
- Washington County1
- Bond County1
- Fayette County1
- Marion County1
3 more counties
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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.