Alert archive / Illinois / Winter Storm Watches / 2008
Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, December 2008
12 winter storm watches in December 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 December 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 12
- Busiest day
- December 17, 20083 winter storm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Carroll County5
- Jo Daviess County5
- Stephenson County5
- Rock Island County4
- Whiteside County4
- Boone County4
- Lake County4
- McHenry County4
- Ogle County4
- Winnebago County4
- DeKalb County3
- Kane County3
- Lee County3
- Bureau County3
- Henry County3
- Mercer County3
- Putnam County3
- Hancock County2
- Henderson County2
- McDonough County2
- Warren County2
- DuPage County2
- Ford County2
- Grundy County2
- Iroquois County2
- Kankakee County2
- Kendall County2
- LaSalle County2
- Livingston County2
- Bond County1
- Calhoun County1
- Clinton County1
- Fayette County1
- Greene County1
- Jersey County1
- Macoupin County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Montgomery County1
30 more counties
- Randolph County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Washington County1
- Alexander County1
- Edwards County1
- Franklin County1
- Gallatin County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hardin County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Johnson County1
- Massac County1
- Perry County1
- Pope County1
- Pulaski County1
- Saline County1
- Union County1
- Wabash County1
- Wayne County1
- White County1
- Williamson County1
- Fulton County1
- Knox County1
- McLean County1
- Marshall County1
- Peoria County1
- Stark County1
- Tazewell County1
- Woodford County1
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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.