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Tornado Watches in Illinois, 2012
14 tornado watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 14
- Busiest month
- January2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- August 31, 20122 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 11:47 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:28 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:14 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards and 28 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 3, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bureau, Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton and 26 more | 8 hr |
| May 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Pike, Rock Island | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 19 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clay, Coles, Cumberland and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Clinton, Edwards, Fayette, Franklin and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 17, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Perry and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clinton County7
- Marion County7
- Randolph County7
- Washington County7
- Alexander County7
- Franklin County7
- Jackson County7
- Johnson County7
- Perry County7
- Pulaski County7
- Union County7
- Williamson County7
- Bond County6
- Fayette County6
- Monroe County6
- Saint Clair County6
- Jefferson County6
- Massac County6
- Madison County5
- Montgomery County5
- Edwards County5
- Gallatin County5
- Hamilton County5
- Pope County5
- Saline County5
- Wabash County5
- Wayne County5
- White County5
- Hardin County4
- Clay County4
- Effingham County4
- Jasper County4
- Champaign County4
- Macon County4
- Piatt County4
- Cass County4
- Morgan County4
- Schuyler County4
- Scott County4
- Calhoun County3
44 more counties
- Greene County3
- Jersey County3
- Macoupin County3
- Crawford County3
- Lawrence County3
- Richland County3
- Christian County3
- Coles County3
- Cumberland County3
- Douglas County3
- Moultrie County3
- Shelby County3
- Brown County3
- Pike County3
- DeWitt County3
- Logan County3
- Mason County3
- Menard County3
- Sangamon County3
- Clark County2
- Edgar County2
- Vermilion County2
- Adams County2
- Fulton County2
- Knox County2
- McLean County2
- Marshall County2
- Peoria County2
- Stark County2
- Tazewell County2
- Woodford County2
- Bureau County1
- Ford County1
- Grundy County1
- Hancock County1
- Henderson County1
- Henry County1
- LaSalle County1
- Livingston County1
- McDonough County1
- Mercer County1
- Putnam County1
- Warren County1
- Rock Island County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.