Alert archive / Illinois / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, 2026
7 winter storm watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- January5 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 21, 20263 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 21, 2:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion, Monroe and 3 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:46 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:39 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 15 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Pike | 13 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Cook | 35 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:55 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Putnam and 3 more | 56 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:03 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago | 31 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bond County1
- Clinton County1
- Fayette County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Randolph County1
- Saint Clair County1
- Washington County1
- Alexander County1
- Edwards County1
- Franklin County1
- Gallatin County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hardin County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Johnson County1
- Massac County1
- Perry County1
- Pope County1
- Pulaski County1
- Saline County1
- Union County1
- Wabash County1
- Wayne County1
- White County1
- Williamson 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
29 more counties
- Macon County1
- Morgan County1
- Moultrie County1
- Piatt County1
- Richland County1
- Sangamon County1
- Scott County1
- Shelby County1
- Vermilion County1
- Calhoun County1
- Greene County1
- Jersey County1
- Macoupin County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pike County1
- Cook County1
- Bureau County1
- Carroll County1
- Henry County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Mercer County1
- Putnam County1
- Rock Island County1
- Stephenson County1
- Whiteside County1
- Boone County1
- Lee County1
- Ogle County1
- Winnebago 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.