Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Watches

Tornado Watches in Illinois, 2025

34 tornado watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
34
Busiest month
April10 tornado watches
Busiest day
May 20, 20255 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 14, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 5 more9 hr
Mar 14, 7:34 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more10 hr
Mar 14, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 38 more7 hr
Mar 19, 12:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Bureau, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 44 more9 hr
Mar 19, 3:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCEdwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson, Pope and 4 more8 hr
Mar 30, 12:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 31 more7 hr
Mar 30, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCook, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 4 more5 hr
Mar 30, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Clinton, Edwards, Fayette, Franklin and 20 more8 hr
Apr 2, 8:47 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 9 more9 hr
Apr 2, 2:52 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more9 hr
Apr 2, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChampaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 23 more7 hr
Apr 2, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Clinton, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Marion and 5 more3 hr
Apr 4, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more7 hr
Apr 4, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 2 more5 hr
Apr 20, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Alexander, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun and 52 more7 hr
Apr 20, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFord, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle, Lee and 1 more116 min
Apr 20, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Gallatin, Hamilton and 10 more4 hr
Apr 30, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 24 more5 hr
May 15, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Jo Daviess, McHenry, Stephenson, Winnebago6 hr
May 15, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles and 37 more4 hr
May 16, 11:58 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jackson and 10 more8 hr
May 16, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 34 more8 hr
May 19, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Franklin and 17 more7 hr
May 20, 2:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Lawrence and 7 more4 hr
May 20, 1:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union8 hr
May 20, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles and 31 more6 hr
May 20, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHardin8 hr
Jun 6, 1:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 1 more7 hr
Jun 18, 9:46 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 62 more6 hr
Jun 18, 12:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFord, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Will7 hr
Jun 18, 2:07 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski6 hr
Jul 11, 12:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more7 hr
Jul 11, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 8 more5 hr
Dec 28, 2:47 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 44 more6 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. May 20, 20255tornado watches
  2. April 2, 20254tornado watches
  3. March 30, 20253tornado watches
  4. June 18, 20253tornado watches
  5. March 15, 20252tornado watches
  6. March 19, 20252tornado watches
  7. April 21, 20252tornado watches
  8. May 15, 20252tornado watches
  9. May 16, 20252tornado watches
  10. July 11, 20252tornado watches
  11. March 14, 20251tornado watches
  12. April 4, 20251tornado watches

Nearby

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20242026

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.