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Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, 2019
16 winter storm watches in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 16
- Busiest month
- January10 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 17, 20194 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 10, 3:33 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:07 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Cass, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 15 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:08 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 8 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 17 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 10 more | 15 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:59 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:35 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 12 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Jo Daviess | 7 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:10 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 12 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:15 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, Lake, McHenry, Winnebago | 24 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:09 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:36 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:32 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:48 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 13 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:47 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Cass, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 17 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jo Daviess County5
- Pike County4
- Stephenson County4
- Bond County3
- Calhoun County3
- Clinton County3
- Fayette County3
- Greene County3
- Jersey County3
- Macoupin County3
- Madison County3
- Marion County3
- Monroe County3
- Montgomery County3
- Randolph County3
- Saint Clair County3
- Washington County3
- Cass County3
- Christian County3
- Coles County3
- Douglas County3
- Edgar County3
- Macon County3
- Menard County3
- Morgan County3
- Moultrie County3
- Sangamon County3
- Schuyler County3
- Scott County3
- Shelby County3
- Carroll County3
- Boone County3
- Lake County3
- McHenry County3
- Winnebago County3
- Clark County2
- Clay County2
- Crawford County2
- Cumberland County2
- Effingham County2
55 more counties
- Jasper County2
- Lawrence County2
- Richland County2
- Rock Island County2
- Whiteside County2
- DeKalb County2
- DuPage County2
- Kane County2
- Ogle County2
- Logan County2
- Mason County2
- Adams County2
- Brown County2
- Edwards County1
- Franklin County1
- Gallatin County1
- Hamilton County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Johnson County1
- Perry County1
- Saline County1
- Union County1
- Wabash County1
- Wayne County1
- White County1
- Williamson County1
- Bureau County1
- Hancock County1
- Henderson County1
- Henry County1
- McDonough County1
- Mercer County1
- Putnam County1
- Warren County1
- Ford County1
- Grundy County1
- Iroquois County1
- Kankakee County1
- Kendall County1
- LaSalle County1
- Lee County1
- Livingston County1
- Champaign County1
- DeWitt County1
- Fulton County1
- Knox County1
- McLean County1
- Marshall County1
- Peoria County1
- Piatt County1
- Stark County1
- Tazewell County1
- Vermilion County1
- Woodford 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.