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Illinois

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0 warnings total · 0 tornado warnings · 7 alerts including watches and advisories

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Warnings in area

7 of 7 alerts
  1. Frost AdvisoryJefferson; Wayne; Edwards; Wabash; Perry; Franklin; Hamilton; White; Jackson; Williamson; Saline; Gallatin; Union; Johnson; Pope; Hardin; Alexander; Pulaski; Massac; Gibson; Pike; Posey; Vanderburgh; Warrick; Spencer; Fulton; Hickman; Carlisle; Ballard; McCracken; Graves; Livingston; Marshall; Calloway; Crittenden; Lyon; Trigg; Caldwell; Union; Webster; Hopkins; Christian; Henderson; Daviess; McLean; Muhlenberg; Todd; Perry; Bollinger; Cape Girardeau; Wayne; Carter; Ripley; Butler; Stoddard; Scott; Mississippi; New MadridNWS Paducah KY · until advisory · radar-alerts checked
  2. Frost AdvisoryKankakee; Livingston; Iroquois; Ford; Eastern Will; Lake; Porter; Newton; Jasper; BentonNWS Chicago IL · until advisory · radar-alerts checked
  3. Frost AdvisoryMcLean; De Witt; Piatt; Champaign; Vermilion; Christian; Macon; Moultrie; Douglas; Coles; Edgar; Shelby; Cumberland; Clark; Effingham; Jasper; Crawford; Clay; Richland; LawrenceNWS Lincoln IL · until advisory · radar-alerts checked
  4. Frost AdvisoryLogan; SangamonNWS Lincoln IL · until advisory · radar-alerts checked
  5. Frost AdvisoryCarroll; Warren; Tippecanoe; Fountain; Vermillion; Parke; Putnam; Marion; Vigo; Clay; Owen; Morgan; Johnson; Sullivan; Greene; Monroe; Brown; Bartholomew; Knox; Daviess; Martin; Lawrence; Jackson; JenningsNWS Indianapolis IN · until advisory · radar-alerts checked
  6. Frost AdvisoryGreene; Macoupin; Calhoun; Jersey; Pike; Audrain; Osage; Callaway; Montgomery; Lincoln; Gasconade; Warren; St. Charles; St. LouisNWS St Louis MO · until advisory · radar-alerts checked
  7. Frost AdvisoryMontgomery; Bond; Fayette; Clinton; Marion; Washington; Randolph; Madison; St. Clair; Monroe; Franklin; Jefferson; Crawford; Washington; St. Francois; Ste. Genevieve; Iron; Madison; ReynoldsNWS St Louis MO · until advisory · radar-alerts checked

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  • Frost Advisory 7

NWS’s polygons as issued, or the zones a zone-issued alert names; SPC’s watches by their counties. Checked . Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC.

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Lightning activity — GOES GLM

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Cached lightning source details and text readings

Snow analysis — NOHRSC

Source-rendered snow depth and snow water equivalent for the lower 48. History changes this snow picture only; warnings and radar keep their own clocks.

Stored snow depth · footprint valid 2026-10-17 18:00:00 UTC, picture retrieved 2026-10-18 03:23:05.460 UTC.

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  • 20 - 39 in
  • 39 - 59 in
  • 59 - 98 in
  • 98 - 197 in
  • 197 - 295 in
  • 295 - 394 in
  • 394 - 787 in
NOHRSC snow analysis for the lower 48; see the adjacent source legend and time qualification
NOAA/NWS/NOHRSC’s original picture and legend. No station or address value is inferred.

NOHRSC footprint times are metadata; pixel analysis time is not independently verified. Snow-depth pixels have previously differed from the footprint time. This is modeled/assimilated snow analysis, not a measurement at a place. Unshaded and no-data areas do not establish zero snow.

Snow pictures, retained history and source provenance

Radar-derived cells (0) · current

Collector checked ; feed generated . Zero cells does not establish coverage or clear weather. Observations from different radars are not merged.

    Station and river observations (42)

    Surface source current; observed water-level source current. Each reading keeps its own time. Map markers show at most 500 stations and 500 gauges; the complete source directory is paginated.

    Circle: surface station; square: water-level gauge. Filled: current reading and source; hollow: stale, unconfirmed or missing observation. Marker color is not a hazard category. Enable “Stations and gauges” in Layers to inspect them on the map.

    Showing 42 of 42 listed sources. All surface stations and retained trends · All supported gauges and forecasts

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    Select a row or map feature for its official details. Overlapping features offer a choice; all peer warnings remain in the list.

    Recent source changes

    Recording coverage and limits
    • warnings: retained from 2026-10-17T04:37:30.237Z through 2026-10-18T04:37:03.637Z
    • outlooks: retained from 2026-10-17T04:37:30.237Z through 2026-10-18T04:35:06.246Z
    • hydro: retained from 2026-10-17T04:37:30.237Z through 2026-10-18T04:35:07.287Z
    • analysis: retained from 2026-10-17T04:37:30.237Z through 2026-10-18T04:30:08.115Z
    • winter: retained from 2026-10-17T04:37:30.237Z through 2026-10-18T04:23:05.669Z

    Source-message history is not recorded imagery replay. Recorded radar/satellite imagery is not available in this view.

    Auto-updating checks this site’s cache every minute; each source keeps its own clock.

    Analysis and model context

    Current cached context, independently dated. Regional reference: IL; a reference within a wider monitoring area does not replace the complete warning geography. This section remains separate from the historical replay cursor and official cyclone forecast. Use Forecast to pin a retained model package.

    Storm ingredients: SPC’s hourly analysis

    SPC mesoanalysis map, Mixed-layer CAPE and CIN, Midwest region, analysis for 04Z. Its key and units are in SPC’s picture; what it shows is described beside it.
    Analysis SPC mesoanalysis for . The Midwest region. Data: NOAA/SPC.

    Instability: Mixed-layer CAPE and CIN (J/kg)

    How much energy a rising parcel of air near the ground would have. More means stronger updrafts if storms form; the shaded cap (CIN) is what has to be overcome first, and storms may not form at all.

    The technical reading

    MLCAPE: convective available potential energy of a parcel with the mean properties of the lowest 100 mb, contoured in J/kg. MLCIN, shaded, is the convective inhibition below the level of free convection. Values over about 1,000 J/kg are moderate and over 2,500 large; under strong CIN a high CAPE can stay unused.

    An ingredient, not a forecast: SPC’s analysis of the hour, from observations and a short-range model’s first guess. No one value is a warning or an outcome; storms need several ingredients together, and something to start them.

    SPC mesoanalysis checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

    Spotlight: Winter Storm Severity Index

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    Winter Storm Severity Index

    WPC: “WSSI does not depict official warnings and should always be used in context with official NWS forecasts and warnings.”

    • Winter Weather Area
    • Minor Impacts
    • Moderate Impacts
    • Major Impacts
    • Extreme Impacts

    Highest in this area, by day and by cause

    Day 1
    nothing drawn
    Day 2
    nothing drawn
    Day 3
    nothing drawn
    Snow amount, Days 1–3
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    Snow load, Days 1–3
    nothing drawn
    Ice, Days 1–3
    nothing drawn
    Blowing snow, Days 1–3
    nothing drawn

    Each day and cause on the Winter tab, with its own issue time

    WPC’s WSSI, overall impact, Days 1–3, valid to , issued . WPC issues each day and cause on its own clock. Not a warning, and not a chance. Data: NOAA/NWS/WPC.

    Chance of Moderate impacts or worse, Day 1

    WPC: “WSSI does not depict official warnings and should always be used in context with official NWS forecasts and warnings.”

    • 5–10%
    • 10–20%
    • 20–30%
    • 30–40%
    • 40–50%
    • 50–60%
    • 60–70%
    • 70–80%
    • 80–90%
    • 90–95%
    • 95% or more

    Each level and day on the Winter tab

    WPC’s WSSI-P: no chance drawn for Day 1. Data: NOAA/NWS/WPC.

    Chance of at least 4 inches of snow, Day 1

    WPC gives no chance of 4 inches of snow or more in this area over the next three days, so Day 1’s 4 inches is shown.

    • Slight: at least 10%
    • Moderate: at least 40%
    • High: at least 70%

    Every day and amount on the Winter tab

    WPC’s Probabilistic Winter Precipitation Forecast, to , issued . Outlines, as WPC draws them. Data: NOAA/NWS/WPC.

    Winter watches, warnings and advisories

    • Frost Advisory 7 7 not yet in effect · until · NWS Chicago IL, NWS Indianapolis IN, NWS Lincoln IL, 2 more offices

    NWS’s winter and cold alerts in force in the area, by event as issued, each counted once, with the offices that issued them and the latest end. Data: NOAA/NWS.

    Snow on the ground

    NOHRSC snow depth and snow water equivalent use the source’s original pictures and legends, with qualified footprint times. Open the cached source page for availability and retained history. This wall has no snow picture to rotate; missing imagery does not mean no snow.

    NOHRSC snow analysis and retained pictures

    Data: NOAA/NWS/NOHRSC. Snow analysis, not a measurement at a place.

    WPC’s heavy snow and icing discussion

    The whole discussion

    Issued , for to . WPC’s words, as written. Data: NOAA/NWS/WPC.

    SPC Day 1 outlook

    • General Thunderstorms Risk

    SPC’s Day 1 categorical outlook, valid to , issued . SPC’s categories, as drawn. Data: NOAA/SPC.

    Watches

    No tornado or severe thunderstorm watch in force in this area.

    SPC’s watches, by number, matched by the counties they list. Data: NOAA/SPC.

    Mesoscale discussions

    No mesoscale discussion reaches this area.

    SPC’s mesoscale discussions whose outline reaches the area. Data: NOAA/SPC.

    Storm ingredients

    SPC’s hourly mesoanalysis, observed soundings and model guidance for the area, on the Analysis tab with its own clocks.

    Open the Analysis tab

    Drawn by the Analysis tab’s own renderer. Data: NOAA/SPC, NOAA/NCEP.

    Flash-flood risk, Day 1

    • Marginal
    • Slight

    WPC’s excessive rainfall outlook, to , issued : a chance of flash flooding, in four categories. Data: NOAA/WPC.

    River gauges in flood

    No river, coastal or lake gauge in this area is in flood, observed or forecast.

    NWS’s gauges at flood stage or above in the area, worst first, each with its forecast hydrograph on Rain & rivers. Data: NOAA/NWPS.

    Rain expected and rain that fell

    WPC’s rain forecast and MRMS’s radar estimate of the rain that fell, on the Briefing’s map for the area.

    Open Rain & rivers

    Data: NOAA/WPC, NOAA/NSSL MRMS.

    The tropics

    NHC’s and JTWC’s storms, their official graphics and the watches and warnings for them. Storm Mode’s own tropical panels arrive with its tropical events.

    Open the Tropics page

    Data: NOAA/NHC, JTWC.

    Radar, winter preset

    The Radar page’s winter preset over the area: HRDPS forecast snow with NWS’s warnings on top, loaded by your browser. A forecast, labelled as one there.

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    Live tiles; the radar keeps no last-good copy.

    What changed, last 60 minutes

    since , when this server began watching this area

    Nothing has changed since 04:21Z.

    The products’ own words and times, and what is no longer in force since the last read. Never written by AI.

    Monitoring area, legacy alert summary and selection rules
    Area
    Illinois (NWS states: IL)
    Hazards
    Every kind of warning, watch and advisory this site carries
    Window
    In force now, with the next days of SPC’s and WPC’s products
    Made by
    This address: anyone can make one, and nothing is stored. Change the area or hazards

    An area you chose, not a storm’s footprint: everything here is in force in this area, never “from this storm”.

    In force in this area 7

    1. Frost Advisory77 not yet in effect · until 14:00Z
    Every alert in this area, most urgent first
    1. Frost AdvisoryJefferson; Wayne; Edwards; Wabash; Perry; Franklin; Hamilton; White; Jackson; Williamson; Saline; Gallatin; Union; Johnson; Pope; Hardin; Alexander; Pulaski; Massac; Gibson; Pike; Posey; Vanderburgh; Warrick; Spencer; Fulton; Hickman; Carlisle; Ballard; McCracken; Graves; Livingston; Marshall; Calloway; Crittenden; Lyon; Trigg; Caldwell; Union; Webster; Hopkins; Christian; Henderson; Daviess; McLean; Muhlenberg; Todd; Perry; Bollinger; Cape Girardeau; Wayne; Carter; Ripley; Butler; Stoddard; Scott; Mississippi; New MadridFrom · until · NWS Paducah KY
    2. Frost AdvisoryKankakee; Livingston; Iroquois; Ford; Eastern Will; Lake; Porter; Newton; Jasper; BentonFrom · until · NWS Chicago IL
    3. Frost AdvisoryMcLean; De Witt; Piatt; Champaign; Vermilion; Christian; Macon; Moultrie; Douglas; Coles; Edgar; Shelby; Cumberland; Clark; Effingham; Jasper; Crawford; Clay; Richland; LawrenceFrom · until · NWS Lincoln IL
    4. Frost AdvisoryLogan; SangamonFrom · until · NWS Lincoln IL
    5. Frost AdvisoryCarroll; Warren; Tippecanoe; Fountain; Vermillion; Parke; Putnam; Marion; Vigo; Clay; Owen; Morgan; Johnson; Sullivan; Greene; Monroe; Brown; Bartholomew; Knox; Daviess; Martin; Lawrence; Jackson; JenningsFrom · until · NWS Indianapolis IN · drawn over this area
    6. Frost AdvisoryGreene; Macoupin; Calhoun; Jersey; Pike; Audrain; Osage; Callaway; Montgomery; Lincoln; Gasconade; Warren; St. Charles; St. LouisFrom · until · NWS St Louis MO
    7. Frost AdvisoryMontgomery; Bond; Fayette; Clinton; Marion; Washington; Randolph; Madison; St. Clair; Monroe; Franklin; Jefferson; Crawford; Washington; St. Francois; Ste. Genevieve; Iron; Madison; ReynoldsFrom · until · NWS St Louis MO

    Most urgent first, by the Briefing’s ranking. Checked .

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