Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Watches / 2002
Tornado Watches in Illinois, November 2002
4 tornado watches in November 2002. 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 November 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- November 10, 20024 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 6:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 9, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Massac and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 11:10 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Massac, Pulaski | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hardin County3
- Johnson County3
- Massac County3
- Pope County3
- Pulaski County3
- Alexander County2
- Union County2
- Edwards County2
- Gallatin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Saline County2
- Wabash County2
- Wayne County2
- White County2
- Clark County1
- Clay County1
- Clinton County1
- Coles County1
- Crawford County1
- Cumberland County1
- Douglas County1
- Edgar County1
- Effingham County1
- Fayette County1
- Franklin County1
- Jackson County1
- Jasper County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lawrence County1
- Marion County1
- Perry County1
- Randolph County1
- Richland County1
- Vermilion County1
- Washington County1
- Williamson 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.