Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Watches / 2026
Tornado Watches in Illinois, February 2026
1 tornado watches in February 2026. 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 February 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 1
- Busiest day
- February 19, 20261 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 12:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 15 more | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clark County1
- Clay County1
- Coles County1
- Crawford County1
- Cumberland County1
- Douglas County1
- Edgar County1
- Edwards County1
- Effingham County1
- Gallatin County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hardin County1
- Jasper County1
- Lawrence County1
- Moultrie County1
- Richland County1
- Saline County1
- Shelby County1
- Wabash County1
- Wayne County1
- White County1
Nearby
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.