Alert archive / Illinois / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, 2008
39 winter storm watches in 2008. 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 39
- Busiest month
- February15 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 30, 20084 winter storm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 3:00 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Jo Daviess | 25 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:05 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:19 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 23 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:18 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:36 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Lake and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:55 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 4, 4:03 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:09 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Peoria and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:32 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Adams, Brown | 13 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:09 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Jersey, Madison and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:21 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:33 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 6 more | 27 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:19 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark | 12 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:22 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Lake, Lee, McHenry, Ogle and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:10 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:48 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 8 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:17 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:28 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:18 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Knox, McLean and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:59 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Wayne | 13 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:04 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 19 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:44 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 13 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:49 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake and 4 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:03 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Whiteside | 9 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:10 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside | 37 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lake, Lee, McHenry and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 8 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:59 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:02 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Putnam and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 16, 8:43 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:25 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:12 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 13 hr |
| Dec 20, 4:17 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago | 7 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 32 hr |
| Dec 22, 4:44 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jo Daviess County10
- Lake County9
- Carroll County9
- Stephenson County9
- Whiteside County8
- Boone County8
- McHenry County8
- Ogle County8
- Winnebago County8
- Rock Island County7
- DeKalb County7
- Lee County7
- DuPage County6
- Bureau County6
- Henry County6
- Mercer County6
- Kane County6
- Franklin County5
- Hamilton County5
- Jackson County5
- Jefferson County5
- Perry County5
- Union County5
- Wayne County5
- White County5
- Williamson County5
- Bond County5
- Calhoun County5
- Clinton County5
- Fayette County5
- Jersey County5
- Madison County5
- Marion County5
- Monroe County5
- Randolph County5
- Saint Clair County5
- Washington County5
- Grundy County5
- Livingston County5
- Henderson County5
60 more counties
- Putnam County5
- Warren County5
- Kendall County5
- Edwards County4
- Wabash County4
- Edgar County4
- Tazewell County4
- Woodford County4
- Greene County4
- Macoupin County4
- Montgomery County4
- Ford County4
- Iroquois County4
- Kankakee County4
- Hancock County4
- McDonough County4
- LaSalle County4
- Knox County4
- Marshall County4
- Peoria County4
- Stark County4
- Alexander County4
- Gallatin County4
- Hardin County4
- Johnson County4
- Massac County4
- Pope County4
- Pulaski County4
- Saline County4
- Cass County3
- Champaign County3
- Clark County3
- Clay County3
- Coles County3
- Crawford County3
- Cumberland County3
- DeWitt County3
- Douglas County3
- Effingham County3
- Jasper County3
- Lawrence County3
- McLean County3
- Piatt County3
- Richland County3
- Shelby County3
- Vermilion County3
- Fulton County3
- Christian County2
- Logan County2
- Macon County2
- Mason County2
- Menard County2
- Morgan County2
- Moultrie County2
- Sangamon County2
- Scott County2
- Schuyler County2
- Adams County1
- Brown County1
- Pike County1
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.