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Tornado Watches in Illinois, 2000

24 tornado watches in 2000. 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 2000. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
24
Busiest month
May13 tornado watches
Busiest day
May 12, 20003 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 7:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more6 hr
Jan 3, 11:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCHardin6 hr
Feb 25, 2:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton, Hancock and 10 more6 hr
Mar 8, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Champaign, Christian, Cook and 37 more6 hr
Apr 7, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 16 more7 hr
Apr 19, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey and 6 more6 hr
Apr 19, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, McDonough and 3 more6 hr
Apr 20, 10:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Champaign, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 30 more6 hr
May 8, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Cass and 36 more6 hr
May 8, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, McDonough and 7 more5 hr
May 9, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 1 more5 hr
May 11, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Lee, Rock Island and 2 more5 hr
May 11, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, McHenry and 6 more6 hr
May 12, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Cook, Cumberland and 28 more6 hr
May 12, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland6 hr
May 18, 11:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBureau, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Grundy and 26 more6 hr
May 18, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 39 more6 hr
May 18, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 40 more5 hr
May 23, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 10 more6 hr
May 23, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more5 hr
May 24, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more6 hr
Jul 18, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 12 more4 hr
Sep 11, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCarroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Rock Island, Stark and 2 more6 hr
Nov 9, 1:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCLawrence5 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

62 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 12, 20003tornado watches
  2. May 18, 20003tornado watches
  3. January 3, 20002tornado watches
  4. April 20, 20002tornado watches
  5. May 8, 20002tornado watches
  6. May 24, 20002tornado watches
  7. February 25, 20001tornado watches
  8. March 8, 20001tornado watches
  9. April 7, 20001tornado watches
  10. April 19, 20001tornado watches
  11. May 9, 20001tornado watches
  12. May 11, 20001tornado watches

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.