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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, May 2025
48 tornado warnings in May 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 48
- Busiest day
- May 16, 202523 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, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland | 37 min |
| May 15, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 27 min |
| May 15, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt | 36 min |
| May 16, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 41 min |
| May 16, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 33 min |
| May 16, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 14 min |
| May 16, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 25 min |
| May 16, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 48 min |
| May 16, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 17 min |
| May 16, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Jasper, Richland | 19 min |
| May 16, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Massac, Pulaski | 48 min |
| May 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 34 min |
| May 16, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 43 min |
| May 16, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 41 min |
| May 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby | 28 min |
| May 16, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 26 min |
| May 16, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 37 min |
| May 16, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Williamson | 42 min |
| May 16, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 47 min |
| May 16, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander | 45 min |
| May 16, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Saline, Williamson | 35 min |
| May 16, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford | 23 min |
| May 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 45 min |
| May 16, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline | 34 min |
| May 16, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope, Pulaski | 26 min |
| May 16, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 49 min |
| May 19, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 24 min |
| May 19, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 38 min |
| May 19, 11:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 25 min |
| May 19, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 30 min |
| May 20, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 33 min |
| May 20, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union | 14 min |
| May 20, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Mercer, Rock Island | 29 min |
| May 20, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 30 min |
| May 20, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 33 min |
| May 20, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry | 51 min |
| May 20, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 39 min |
| May 20, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry | 38 min |
| May 20, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 49 min |
| May 20, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 12 min |
| May 20, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 36 min |
| May 20, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois | 39 min |
| May 20, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Iroquois | 27 min |
| May 20, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 43 min |
| May 20, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cumberland County5
- Jasper County5
- Effingham County4
- Macon County4
- Alexander County4
- Pulaski County4
- Clark County4
- Sangamon County4
- Fayette County3
- Massac County3
- Crawford County3
- Monroe County3
- Henry County3
- DeWitt County3
- Shelby County2
- Coles County2
- Piatt County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Marion County2
- Union County2
- Richland County2
- Pope County2
- Jackson County2
- Edgar County2
- Williamson County2
- Saline County2
- Gallatin County2
- Pike County2
- Logan County2
- Iroquois County2
- Vermilion County2
- Madison County1
- Bond County1
- Clinton County1
- Clay County1
- Lawrence County1
- Adams County1
- Calhoun County1
- Randolph County1
- Johnson 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.