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Tornado Watches in Illinois, 2007

23 tornado watches in 2007. 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 2007. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
23
Busiest month
October7 tornado watches
Busiest day
October 18, 20076 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
Mar 1, 3:58 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson and 10 more8 hr
Mar 1, 8:40 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCChampaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 27 more9 hr
Mar 22, 2:59 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, DeWitt and 19 more7 hr
Mar 31, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer and 4 more7 hr
Mar 31, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 37 more6 hr
Mar 31, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCook, DuPage, Iroquois, Kankakee, Lake, Vermilion and 1 more3 hr
Apr 3, 11:51 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford and 30 more8 hr
Jun 1, 12:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, Fulton, Grundy and 23 more6 hr
Jun 7, 11:34 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCHancock, Henderson, Mercer, Rock Island10 hr
Jun 7, 2:41 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, Henry, Jo Daviess and 9 more9 hr
Jun 7, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Pike and 2 more7 hr
Jun 7, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 50 more7 hr
Jun 7, 11:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jackson and 10 more8 hr
Jul 3, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCarroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson6 hr
Jul 16, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHancock, Henderson, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren7 hr
Oct 2, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey and 8 more4 hr
Oct 17, 11:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 13 more4 hr
Oct 18, 2:01 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more5 hr
Oct 18, 2:27 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCEdwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson and 9 more4 hr
Oct 18, 4:37 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCFord, Iroquois, Kankakee3 hr
Oct 18, 1:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more9 hr
Oct 18, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 28 more8 hr
Nov 21, 12:47 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Johnson, Pulaski, Union6 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. October 18, 20076tornado watches
  2. June 8, 20073tornado watches
  3. March 1, 20072tornado watches
  4. March 31, 20072tornado watches
  5. June 7, 20072tornado watches
  6. March 22, 20071tornado watches
  7. April 1, 20071tornado watches
  8. April 3, 20071tornado watches
  9. June 1, 20071tornado watches
  10. July 3, 20071tornado watches
  11. July 16, 20071tornado watches
  12. October 2, 20071tornado 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.