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Tornado Watches in Illinois, 2022
12 tornado watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- April4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 13, 20222 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 3:52 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:52 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clay, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:16 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clinton, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hardin, Massac, Pope | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 49 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson and 11 more | 8 hr |
| May 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 10 hr |
| Sep 18, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island and 1 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alexander County5
- Hardin County5
- Johnson County5
- Massac County5
- Pope County5
- Pulaski County5
- Union County5
- Franklin County4
- Jackson County4
- Jefferson County4
- Perry County4
- Williamson County4
- Gallatin County3
- Clay County3
- Lawrence County3
- Richland County3
- Clinton County3
- Marion County3
- Monroe County3
- Randolph County3
- Saint Clair County3
- Washington County3
- Adams County2
- Hancock County2
- Henderson County2
- McDonough County2
- Mercer County2
- Rock Island County2
- Warren County2
- Edwards County2
- Hamilton County2
- Saline County2
- Wabash County2
- Wayne County2
- White County2
- Boone County2
- Carroll County2
- Cook County2
- Crawford County2
- DeKalb County2
52 more counties
- DuPage County2
- Effingham County2
- Jasper County2
- Jo Daviess County2
- Kane County2
- Kankakee County2
- Kendall County2
- McHenry County2
- Stephenson County2
- Will County2
- Bond County2
- Fayette County2
- Madison County2
- Bureau County1
- Champaign County1
- Christian County1
- Clark County1
- Coles County1
- Cumberland County1
- DeWitt County1
- Douglas County1
- Edgar County1
- Ford County1
- Fulton County1
- Grundy County1
- Henry County1
- Iroquois County1
- Knox County1
- LaSalle County1
- Lee County1
- Livingston County1
- Logan County1
- McLean County1
- Macon County1
- Marshall County1
- Mason County1
- Menard County1
- Moultrie County1
- Ogle County1
- Peoria County1
- Piatt County1
- Putnam County1
- Sangamon County1
- Shelby County1
- Stark County1
- Tazewell County1
- Vermilion County1
- Whiteside County1
- Winnebago County1
- Woodford County1
- Montgomery County1
- Lake 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.