Will County, IL Weather Alerts
Every National Weather Service alert issued for Will County, Illinois, pushed to your phone within moments — county code ILC197, forecast zone 3 zones (ILZ106, ILZ107, ILZ108). Free with StormCast.
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These are the identifiers the National Weather Service uses when it issues a warning here. StormCast watches ILC197 directly rather than matching on place names, which is why an alert arrives whether you are in Beecher or anywhere else in the county.
NWS County Code
ILC197
Forecast Zones
3 zones (ILZ106, ILZ107, ILZ108)
Forecast Office
Romeoville (LOT)
Radar Station
KLOT
Towns covered in Will County
An NWS alert for Will County applies to all 21 of these communities. You do not need a separate alert for each one.
River gauges in and around Will County
StormCast tracks 12 gauges near Will County. Set a flood-stage alert on any of them to get notified before the water reaches you.
- Hickory Creek at Joliet
- Des Plaines River at Brandon Road Lock (tailwater)
- Des Plaines River at Joliet
- Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Lockport Lock (tailwater)
- Long Run near Lemont
- Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal at Romeoville
- Du Page River at Shorewood
- Des Plaines River near Lemont
- Butterfield Creek at Flossmoor
- Thorn Creek at Glenwood
- Deer Creek near Chicago Heights
- Plum Creek (IL) near Crete
Current conditions
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Alert types issued for Will County
Tornado
Tornado Warning, Tornado Watch, Tornado Emergency and Severe Thunderstorm Warning.
How tornado alerts work →Flooding
Flash Flood Warning, Flood Watch, Flood Advisory and River Flood Warning.
How flood alerts work →Winter
Winter Storm Warning, Ice Storm Warning, Blizzard Warning and Winter Weather Advisory.
Winter warnings explained →Fire Weather
Red Flag Warning and Fire Weather Watch when conditions favor rapid fire spread.
Fire weather alerts →Heat & Cold
Excessive Heat Warning, Heat Advisory, Freeze Warning and Frost Advisory.
Frost & freeze alerts →Will County weather alert questions
Which NWS forecast zone is Will County in?
Will County, Illinois is NWS county code ILC197 and spans 3 forecast zones (ILZ106, ILZ107, ILZ108). Alerts for it are issued by the Romeoville (LOT) Weather Forecast Office, and the nearest NEXRAD radar is KLOT.
Which towns in Will County are covered?
All of them. NWS alerts are issued at the county and zone level, so a warning for Will County covers every community inside it, including Beecher, Bolingbrook, Braidwood, Channahon, Crest Hill, Crete, Elwood, Frankfort, Homer Glen, Joliet, Lockport, Manhattan, Mokena, Monee, Naperville, New Lenox, Peotone, Plainfield, Romeoville, Shorewood and Wilmington.
Are there river gauges in Will County?
Yes — StormCast monitors 12 river gauges in and around Will County, including Hickory Creek at Joliet, Des Plaines River at Brandon Road Lock (tailwater), Des Plaines River at Joliet. You can set a flood-stage alert on any of them and get a push notification when the water rises.
How fast are alerts for Will County delivered?
StormCast polls the NWS alert feed every 30 seconds. When a warning is issued for ILC197, the push notification goes out within moments — even with your screen off.