Alert archive / Illinois / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, 2016
8 winter storm watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- January4 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 23, 20162 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 8, 3:08 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Iroquois, Kankakee | 12 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:33 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:43 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Hardin | 25 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:23 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Jo Daviess | 24 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee | 13 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:07 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 12 hr |
| Dec 9, 10:28 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Dec 9, 11:09 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Whiteside | 16 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Iroquois County2
- Kankakee County2
- Hardin County2
- Jo Daviess County2
- Alexander County1
- Gallatin County1
- Johnson County1
- Massac County1
- Pope County1
- Pulaski County1
- Saline County1
- Union County1
- Williamson County1
- Ford County1
- Champaign County1
- Coles County1
- Douglas County1
- Edgar County1
- Vermilion County1
- Boone County1
- DeKalb County1
- DuPage County1
- Kane County1
- Kendall County1
- Lake County1
- Lee County1
- McHenry County1
- Ogle County1
- Winnebago County1
- Carroll County1
- Stephenson County1
- Whiteside 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.