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Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, 2012

12 winter storm watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Winter Storm Watches
12
Busiest month
December5 winter storm watches
Busiest day
December 23, 20123 winter storm watches

Over time

By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 3:13 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 6 more11 hr
Jan 11, 4:02 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchDVNBureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Putnam, Stephenson and 1 more12 hr
Jan 19, 3:23 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Lee and 3 more11 hr
Jan 19, 4:01 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchDVNCarroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Whiteside12 hr
Feb 22, 11:12 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchDVNBureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Putnam and 3 more16 hr
Feb 22, 8:39 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 6 more15 hr
Mar 1, 9:01 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchLOTBoone, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago13 hr
Dec 17, 3:53 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchDVNBureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer and 4 more48 hr
Dec 18, 4:03 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchLOTBoone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall and 6 more48 hr
Dec 23, 2:31 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchPAHAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more25 hr
Dec 23, 2:48 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchILXChampaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 10 more37 hr
Dec 23, 2:57 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchLSXClinton, Fayette, Marion, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair and 1 more37 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

24 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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. Rebuilt daily.