Alert archive / Illinois / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, 2023
9 winter storm watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- January3 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 22, 20232 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 22, 2:06 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Marion and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:19 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Edwards, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Wabash, Wayne | 36 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 12 more | 22 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:23 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Jo Daviess | 24 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:54 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago | 24 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:08 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside | 13 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:39 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Cook, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 5 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:33 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 25 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, Lake, McHenry, Winnebago | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jo Daviess County3
- Boone County2
- Lake County2
- McHenry County2
- Winnebago County2
- Carroll County2
- Stephenson County2
- Bond County1
- Clinton County1
- Fayette County1
- Macoupin County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Montgomery County1
- Randolph County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Washington County1
- Edwards County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Perry County1
- Wabash County1
- Wayne County1
- Champaign County1
- Christian County1
- Clark County1
- Clay County1
- Coles County1
- Crawford County1
- Cumberland County1
- Douglas County1
- Edgar County1
- Effingham County1
- Jasper County1
- Lawrence County1
- Macon County1
- Moultrie County1
- Piatt County1
- Richland 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.