Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Illinois, 2006
43 tornado watches in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 43
- Busiest month
- April15 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 12, 20066 tornado watches
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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 1, 10:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Edwards and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 2, 5:38 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 2, 7:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 47 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Edwards, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:18 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 53 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion, Monroe and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Wayne and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Edwards, Wabash, White | 2 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:07 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 30 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bureau, Ford, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun and 58 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:06 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:52 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Pike and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 35 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 41 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford and 16 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 17 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:58 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 21 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 57 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:17 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 44 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Jackson, Madison, Monroe, Perry, Pulaski and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:29 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 13 more | 7 hr |
| May 24, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 7 hr |
| May 24, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Champaign and 63 more | 7 hr |
| May 25, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Edwards and 11 more | 7 hr |
| May 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 22, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Alexander, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass and 42 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Massac, Pope and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 23, 8:49 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alexander County17
- Pulaski County17
- Union County17
- Jackson County17
- Johnson County16
- Massac County16
- Pope County16
- Clinton County16
- Perry County16
- Washington County16
- Hardin County15
- Saline County15
- Williamson County15
- Franklin County15
- Hamilton County15
- Marion County15
- Monroe County15
- Randolph County15
- Saint Clair County15
- White County15
- Gallatin County14
- Bond County14
- Clay County14
- Edwards County14
- Fayette County14
- Jefferson County14
- Madison County14
- Shelby County14
- Wabash County14
- Wayne County14
- Effingham County13
- Montgomery County13
- DeWitt County13
- Lawrence County13
- Macon County13
- Richland County13
- Christian County12
- Greene County12
- Jersey County12
- Macoupin County12
62 more counties
- Morgan County12
- Sangamon County12
- Scott County12
- Clark County12
- Crawford County12
- Cumberland County12
- Douglas County12
- Edgar County12
- Jasper County12
- Moultrie County12
- Piatt County12
- Vermilion County12
- Calhoun County11
- Champaign County11
- Coles County11
- Ford County11
- Logan County11
- McLean County11
- Menard County11
- Iroquois County10
- Kankakee County10
- Livingston County10
- Putnam County10
- Pike County9
- Bureau County9
- Cass County9
- Fulton County9
- Grundy County9
- Henderson County9
- Henry County9
- Knox County9
- LaSalle County9
- McDonough County9
- Marshall County9
- Mason County9
- Mercer County9
- Peoria County9
- Schuyler County9
- Stark County9
- Tazewell County9
- Warren County9
- Woodford County9
- Brown County8
- Hancock County8
- Adams County7
- Kendall County7
- Lee County6
- Whiteside County6
- Rock Island County5
- Will County5
- Boone County5
- DeKalb County5
- Ogle County5
- Winnebago County5
- Cook County4
- DuPage County4
- Kane County4
- Lake County4
- McHenry County4
- Carroll County4
- Jo Daviess County3
- Stephenson County3
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.