Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Watches / 2026
Tornado Watches in Illinois, June 2026
11 tornado watches in June 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 June 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 11
- Busiest day
- June 11, 20263 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Hancock, Henderson, Henry and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bureau, Cass, DeKalb, DeWitt, Fulton, Grundy and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:31 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Fulton, Hancock and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Cass and 45 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Champaign, Christian, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Macon and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:49 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 40 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 45 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Edwards, Hamilton, Wabash, Wayne, White | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 31 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hamilton, White | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Adams County5
- Brown County5
- Hancock County5
- McDonough County5
- Fulton County5
- Schuyler County5
- Pike County4
- Bureau County4
- Cass County4
- DeWitt County4
- Knox County4
- Livingston County4
- Logan County4
- McLean County4
- Marshall County4
- Mason County4
- Menard County4
- Peoria County4
- Putnam County4
- Stark County4
- Tazewell County4
- Christian County4
- Coles County4
- Douglas County4
- Edgar County4
- Macon County4
- Moultrie County4
- Shelby County4
- Calhoun County3
- Henderson County3
- Henry County3
- Mercer County3
- Rock Island County3
- Warren County3
- Whiteside County3
- Grundy County3
- LaSalle County3
- Woodford County3
- Ford County3
- Iroquois County3
62 more counties
- Morgan County3
- Sangamon County3
- Scott County3
- Champaign County3
- Piatt County3
- Vermilion County3
- Clark County3
- Cumberland County3
- Montgomery County3
- Hamilton County3
- White County3
- DeKalb County2
- Kane County2
- Kendall County2
- Lee County2
- Carroll County2
- Jo Daviess County2
- Stephenson County2
- Greene County2
- Jersey County2
- Macoupin County2
- Bond County2
- Clay County2
- Clinton County2
- Crawford County2
- Effingham County2
- Fayette County2
- Jasper County2
- Lawrence County2
- Madison County2
- Marion County2
- Monroe County2
- Richland County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Washington County2
- Edwards County2
- Wabash County2
- Wayne County2
- Gallatin County2
- Jackson County2
- Saline County2
- Williamson County2
- Boone County1
- Cook County1
- DuPage County1
- Kankakee County1
- Lake County1
- McHenry County1
- Ogle County1
- Will County1
- Winnebago County1
- Franklin County1
- Jefferson County1
- Perry County1
- Randolph County1
- Alexander County1
- Hardin County1
- Johnson County1
- Massac County1
- Pope County1
- Pulaski County1
- Union 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.