Wind Advisories in Illinois
778 wind advisories since 1986. 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 wind advisories reaches back to 2005.
Wind Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
- 778
- Busiest year
- 202058 wind advisories
- Average year
- 35over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Champaign County159
- Piatt County156
- Vermilion County156
- DeWitt County154
- McLean County152
- Kankakee County146
- Macon County146
- Douglas County144
- Ford County144
- Iroquois County144
- Livingston County143
- Edgar County141
- Logan County141
- Coles County138
- Grundy County138
- Moultrie County137
- Woodford County132
- LaSalle County131
- Sangamon County131
- Christian County129
- Tazewell County129
- DuPage County128
- Kane County128
- Lake County128
- Shelby County127
- Kendall County126
- Rock Island County125
- Marshall County124
- DeKalb County123
- Peoria County123
- Mason County120
- Menard County120
- White County120
- Henry County119
- McHenry County119
- Ogle County119
- Stark County119
- Union County119
- Boone County118
- Bureau County118
62 more counties
- Knox County118
- Lee County118
- Putnam County118
- Cass County117
- Cumberland County117
- Mercer County117
- Winnebago County117
- Alexander County117
- Gallatin County117
- Hardin County117
- Clark County116
- Hamilton County116
- Williamson County116
- Franklin County115
- Jackson County115
- Saline County115
- Morgan County114
- Edwards County114
- Wabash County114
- Johnson County113
- Pulaski County113
- Wayne County113
- Fulton County112
- Scott County112
- Whiteside County112
- Jefferson County112
- Pope County112
- Schuyler County111
- Massac County111
- Perry County111
- Carroll County110
- Henderson County110
- Jo Daviess County110
- Warren County108
- Effingham County105
- Stephenson County105
- Montgomery County104
- Crawford County103
- Jasper County103
- McDonough County103
- Clay County102
- Lawrence County102
- Richland County102
- Hancock County101
- Adams County100
- Macoupin County100
- Brown County98
- Pike County97
- Bond County96
- Fayette County96
- Madison County96
- Greene County95
- Clinton County94
- Jersey County92
- Saint Clair County92
- Calhoun County90
- Marion County88
- Monroe County87
- Washington County86
- Randolph County75
- Cook County60
- Will County58
The latest wind advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 4:41 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry | 108 min |
| Jun 17, 9:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:51 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:39 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 21 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:18 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:46 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:50 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough, Mercer and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:32 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LOT | Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 8 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:02 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson and 10 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 1, 12:18 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:59 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 18 hr |
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. Rebuilt daily.