Alert archive / Illinois / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, 2022
17 winter storm watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 17
- Busiest month
- January8 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 31, 20225 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 12, 2:33 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Hancock | 24 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:10 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 13 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:07 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Cook | 18 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:49 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:51 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Putnam, Warren | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Cook, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:43 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 20 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:58 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, Fulton and 19 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:02 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:06 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough, Mercer and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:30 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more | 44 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:42 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 37 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:32 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 43 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:48 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:31 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 10 more | 23 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hancock County4
- Adams County4
- Brown County4
- Pike County4
- Cook County4
- Henderson County3
- McDonough County3
- Putnam County3
- Warren County3
- Cass County3
- Champaign County3
- Christian County3
- DeWitt County3
- Douglas County3
- Fulton County3
- Knox County3
- Logan County3
- McLean County3
- Macon County3
- Marshall County3
- Mason County3
- Menard County3
- Morgan County3
- Moultrie County3
- Peoria County3
- Piatt County3
- Sangamon County3
- Schuyler County3
- Scott County3
- Shelby County3
- Stark County3
- Tazewell County3
- Vermilion County3
- Woodford County3
- Ford County3
- Grundy County3
- Iroquois County3
- Kankakee County3
- LaSalle County3
- Livingston County3
62 more counties
- Will County3
- Bond County2
- Calhoun County2
- Clinton County2
- Fayette County2
- Greene County2
- Jersey County2
- Macoupin County2
- Madison County2
- Marion County2
- Monroe County2
- Montgomery County2
- Randolph County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Washington County2
- Clark County2
- Clay County2
- Coles County2
- Crawford County2
- Cumberland County2
- Edgar County2
- Effingham County2
- Jasper County2
- Lawrence County2
- Richland County2
- Edwards County2
- Franklin County2
- Gallatin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Hardin County2
- Jackson County2
- Jefferson County2
- Johnson County2
- Perry County2
- Pope County2
- Saline County2
- Union County2
- Wabash County2
- Wayne County2
- White County2
- Williamson County2
- DeKalb County2
- DuPage County2
- Kane County2
- Kendall County2
- Lee County2
- Bureau County2
- Henry County2
- Mercer County2
- Rock Island County2
- Whiteside County2
- Alexander County1
- Massac County1
- Pulaski County1
- Boone County1
- Lake County1
- McHenry County1
- Ogle County1
- Winnebago County1
- Carroll County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Stephenson 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.