Alert archive / Illinois / Washington County
Weather alerts in Washington County, Illinois, 2022
90 weather alerts in 2022, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Washington County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 90
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 25
- Busiest month
- April13 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 3, 20226 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Washington County, 2022
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 1 | 0% | |||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 8 | 3 | 63% | 4 | 100% | 30 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 100% | 281 min |
Each office's whole area, 2022
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS St. Louis, MO: tornado warnings | 10 | 2 | 80% | 10 | 50% | 9 min |
| NWS St. Louis, MO: severe thunderstorm warnings | 173 | 88 | 49% | 343 | 81% | 21 min |
| NWS St. Louis, MO: flash flood warnings | 40 | 20 | 50% | 95 | 91% | 130 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 5:52 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 27 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:58 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 39 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:49 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | 24 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LSX | 69 hr |
| Feb 2, 9:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:48 PM CST | Flood Watch | LSX | 48 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:38 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 30 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:46 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 8 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:52 PM CST | Flood Watch | LSX | 44 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:21 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LSX | 51 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:21 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 58 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:09 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:15 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:33 PM CST | Flood Watch | LSX | 14 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:21 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 52 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:17 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LSX | 24 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Mar 31, 2:37 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 18 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:35 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 28 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 10:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Apr 13, 11:16 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:27 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LSX | 13 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:12 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 30 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Apr 24, 8:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:03 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | LSX | 13 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 15, 2:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 15, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 19, 10:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 19, 12:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 19, 2:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 19, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 63 min |
| May 21, 10:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 7, 1:17 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:02 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 31 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:52 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 5 days |
| Jun 13, 2:58 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LSX | 4 days |
| Jun 17, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 73 min |
| Jun 17, 5:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 3, 1:08 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 72 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:39 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LSX | 4 days |
| Jul 8, 4:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:02 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 3 days |
| Jul 24, 3:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:59 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LSX | 30 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 12 min |
| Jul 28, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:24 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 64 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:00 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 28 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:45 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LSX | 20 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Aug 3, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 5:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Aug 3, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 9:58 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LSX | 18 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 14 min |
| Aug 20, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 11:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 4 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:42 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LSX | 30 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:54 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LSX | 29 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LSX | 29 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:44 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LSX | 12 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:23 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 43 hr |
| Oct 17, 10:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LSX | 7 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:28 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 13 hr |
| Nov 3, 2:08 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LSX | 45 hr |
| Nov 25, 6:33 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 14 hr |
| Dec 1, 1:50 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 37 hr |
| Dec 6, 3:15 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 7 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:48 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | 36 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:54 AM CST | Wind Chill Watch | LSX | 25 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:30 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | LSX | 71 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LSX | 41 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:55 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LSX | 42 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 8 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 22 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 6 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 2 |
| Heat Advisory | 6 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Wind Chill Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.