Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Illinois, 1998
43 tornado watches in 1998. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 43
- Busiest month
- April17 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- June 29, 19984 tornado watches
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 27, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Greene, Jackson and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 19 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Cook and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Massac, Pulaski | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Cass, Christian, DeWitt, Fulton and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham, Franklin and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope, Saline | 7 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Randolph | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Lawrence, Wabash | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Hancock | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Pulaski | 6 hr |
| May 6, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander | 6 hr |
| May 12, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Cook, Cumberland and 35 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton and 18 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Champaign, Cook, DeKalb, DeWitt, DuPage and 15 more | 4 hr |
| May 22, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland and 30 more | 6 hr |
| May 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, DeWitt and 19 more | 7 hr |
| May 23, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham, Gallatin and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 1:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, DeWitt and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Cumberland and 26 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Edwards, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Knox, Logan and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Alexander, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass and 40 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Edwards, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Henderson, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Rock Island | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Cass and 54 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Hancock | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 1:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Alexander, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 6:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 20 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Macoupin County14
- Montgomery County13
- Madison County12
- Monroe County12
- Edwards County12
- Gallatin County12
- Hamilton County12
- Richland County12
- Wabash County12
- White County12
- Effingham County12
- Menard County12
- Sangamon County12
- Bond County11
- Calhoun County11
- Greene County11
- Jackson County11
- Jersey County11
- Perry County11
- Saint Clair County11
- Washington County11
- Crawford County11
- Lawrence County11
- Saline County11
- Wayne County11
- Adams County11
- Cass County11
- Christian County11
- Logan County11
- Morgan County11
- Shelby County11
- Jasper County11
- Clinton County10
- Randolph County10
- Clark County10
- Fayette County10
- Mason County10
- Scott County10
- Clay County10
- Cumberland County10
62 more counties
- Franklin County10
- Jefferson County10
- Alexander County9
- Hardin County9
- Williamson County9
- Brown County9
- DeWitt County9
- Macon County9
- Moultrie County9
- Piatt County9
- McLean County9
- Tazewell County9
- Woodford County9
- Coles County9
- Marion County9
- Pike County8
- Schuyler County8
- Fulton County8
- Hancock County8
- Livingston County8
- Marshall County8
- Putnam County8
- Massac County8
- Pulaski County8
- Pope County8
- Union County8
- Henderson County7
- Knox County7
- LaSalle County7
- Peoria County7
- Champaign County7
- Iroquois County7
- Vermilion County7
- Johnson County7
- Cook County6
- DeKalb County6
- DuPage County6
- Grundy County6
- Henry County6
- Kane County6
- Kendall County6
- Lake County6
- Lee County6
- McDonough County6
- Stark County6
- Warren County6
- Will County6
- Mercer County6
- Edgar County6
- Douglas County6
- Ford County6
- Kankakee County6
- Bureau County5
- Ogle County5
- Whiteside County5
- Boone County5
- McHenry County5
- Rock Island County5
- Winnebago County5
- Carroll County4
- Stephenson County4
- Jo Daviess County3
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.