Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1998, 5:47 PM CST for Cass County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1998, 5:47 PM CST (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1998, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cass County, IL, Schuyler County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:47 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Camden, IL | As thunderstorms moved through Schuyler county, they destroyed several barns and grain bins in Camden. A Camden couple sustained injuries after being struck by a tree limb while they were standing in their yard watching the storm pass. Numerous windows were |
| Mar 27, 6:08 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Beardstown, IL | Several large trees were blown down and some siding was taken off of one home in Beardstown. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
259 WUUS1 KSPI 272347 RRA SVRSPI ILC017-169-280015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 547 PM CST FRI MAR 27 1998 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CASS COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 615 PM CST * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED RUSHVILLE BEARDSTOWN VIRGINIA * AT 545 PM CST LINCOLN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MT STERLING TO WINCHESTER...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN TREES AND DAMAGING ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES AT ANY TIME. FRIEDERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 40 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.