Alert archive / Illinois / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, 2015
15 winter storm watches in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- January6 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 30, 20154 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 3:17 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Putnam, Rock Island and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:29 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:37 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 17 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 20 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:23 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 14 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:49 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:59 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:22 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:55 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Randolph | 12 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:46 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 19, 4:11 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Putnam and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:32 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:51 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 24 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:57 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bureau County4
- Carroll County4
- Henry County4
- Jo Daviess County4
- Putnam County4
- Rock Island County4
- Stephenson County4
- Whiteside County4
- Boone County4
- DeKalb County4
- Kane County4
- Kendall County4
- Lake County4
- LaSalle County4
- Lee County4
- McHenry County4
- Ogle County4
- Winnebago County4
- DuPage County3
- Mercer County3
- Alexander County3
- Gallatin County3
- Hardin County3
- Jackson County3
- Johnson County3
- Massac County3
- Pope County3
- Pulaski County3
- Saline County3
- Union County3
- Williamson County3
- Ford County2
- Grundy County2
- Iroquois County2
- Kankakee County2
- Livingston County2
- Hancock County2
- Henderson County2
- McDonough County2
- Warren County2
38 more counties
- Fulton County2
- Knox County2
- Marshall County2
- Peoria County2
- Stark County2
- Edwards County2
- Franklin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Jefferson County2
- Perry County2
- Wabash County2
- Wayne County2
- White County2
- Cass County1
- Champaign County1
- Christian County1
- Coles County1
- DeWitt County1
- Douglas County1
- Edgar County1
- Logan County1
- McLean County1
- Macon County1
- Mason County1
- Menard County1
- Morgan County1
- Moultrie County1
- Piatt County1
- Sangamon County1
- Schuyler County1
- Scott County1
- Tazewell County1
- Vermilion County1
- Woodford County1
- Adams County1
- Brown County1
- Pike County1
- Randolph 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. Rebuilt daily.