We provide our warnings through a program called Weather Message Net which is available for purchase at http://www.wxmesg.com). You can LIKE this page for updates on your Facebook friends activity as the warnings are issued, and you can also Subscribe to SMS updates to have these alerts sent to your phone. Standard messaging rates may apply so be sure to have an unlimited text plan if you do this.
Please be aware that during active severe weather events there will be a large number of products issued in a short period of time, which could congest your Friend's Activity feed page on Facebook. If you wish to hide these updates you can hover over the upper right hand side of any CIWN Fan Page posting on your friend's activity feed, clicking the X and choosing "Hide All from CIWN." This will allow you to be able to manually come to this page and view products and also to use the SMS subscription feature still but they will not show up on your feed. These are the products that you will see on this feed and the County Warning Areas (CWA's) that are covered at this time:
IL - All Counties:
All Severe Thunderstorm Watches for All IL Counties
All Storm Prediction Center (SPC) "Heads Up" alerts regarding significant weather and possible watch issuances for All IL Counties (includes Mesoscale Convective Discussions and Public Severe Weather Outlooks when IL is included)
All Tornado Warnings for All IL Counties from the 5 NWS offices that cover the state (listed below)
All Tornado Watches for All IL Counties from the Storm Prediction Center (SPC)
IL - Lincoln (ILX) NWS Office County Warning Area
(IL counties of Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fulton, Jasper, Knox, Lawrence, Logan, McLean, Macon, Marshall, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Moultrie, Peoria, Piatt, Richland, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Stark, Tazewell, Vermilion, and Woodford):
Local Forecasts for Bloomington/Normal, Champaign, Peoria and Springfield, IL usually updated 2-4 times daily
All Flash Flood Statements, Warnings and Watches for ILX CWA
All Flood Warnings (Non River or Flash Flood Warnings) for ILX CWA
All Non Precipitation Advisories, Warnings, and Watches (Dense Fog, High Wind, etc.) for ILX CWA
All Severe Weather Statements (updates on existing warnings) for ILX CWA
All Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for ILX CWA
All Significant Weather Advisories for ILX CWA
All Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisories for ILX CWA
All Winter Weather Advisories, Warnings, and Watches for ILX CWA
IL - Chicago (LOT) NWS Office County Warning Area
(IL counties of Boone, Cook, Dekalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, La Salle, Lee, Livingston, McHenry, Ogle, Will, and Winnebago)
IL - Paducah (PAH) NWS Office County Warning Area
(IL counties of Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Massac, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union, Wabash, Wayne, White, and Williamson):
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for IL counties of Franklin (West Frankfort), Jackson (Carbondale), Jefferson (Mt. Vernon), Perry (Du Quoin), and Williamson (Marion) only
IL - Quad Cities (DVN) NWS Office County Warning Area
(IL counties of Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, McDonough, Mercer, Putnam, Rock Island, Stephenson, Warren, and Whiteside)
IL - St. Louis (LSX) NWS Office County Warning Area
(IL counties of Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, St. Clair, and Washington):
All Flash Flood Warnings for IL counties in LSX CWA listed above
All Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for IL counties in LSX CWA listed above
MO - St. Louis (LSX) NWS Office County Warning Area:
All Flash Flood, Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings for MO counties of St. Louis only
DISCLAIMER: Please note that we assume no responsibility for the timely delivery of any weather alert products, or the lack thereof. You use this service at your own risk and it should not be depended on as your only source for severe weather information. We recommend that you tune to local radio and TV outlets and NOAA Weather Radio in your local area for the most accurate and timely life saving severe weather information. While we strive to provide timely alerts as denoted in detail above, we are not liable for equipment failures or other interruptions or delays in data delivery.
