Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Watches / 2006
Tornado Watches in Illinois, January 2006
4 tornado watches in January 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 January 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- January 2, 20064 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alexander County2
- Gallatin County2
- Hardin County2
- Johnson County2
- Massac County2
- Pope County2
- Pulaski County2
- Saline County2
- Union County2
- Williamson County2
- Clay County2
- Edwards County2
- Effingham County2
- Franklin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Jackson County2
- Jefferson County2
- Perry County2
- Shelby County2
- Wabash County2
- Wayne County2
- White County2
- Bond County1
- Calhoun County1
- Christian County1
- Clinton County1
- Fayette County1
- Greene County1
- Jersey County1
- Macoupin County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Montgomery County1
- Morgan County1
- Pike County1
- Randolph County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Sangamon County1
- Scott 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.