Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Watches / 1999
Tornado Watches in Illinois, January 1999
4 tornado watches in January 1999. 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 January 1999. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- January 22, 19992 tornado watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hardin | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope, Wabash | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hardin County4
- Gallatin County3
- Massac County3
- Pope County3
- Alexander County2
- Jackson County2
- Johnson County2
- Pulaski County2
- Saline County2
- Union County2
- Williamson County2
- Franklin County1
- Hamilton County1
- Jefferson County1
- Monroe County1
- Perry County1
- Randolph County1
- Washington County1
- White County1
- Wabash County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.