Tornado Warning 103, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Jun 29, 1998, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 1998, 5:15 PM CDT

In force

69 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Peoria County, IL, Stark County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

952 
WFUS1 KSPI 292107 RRA
TORSPI
ILC143-175-262215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
406 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  STARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 405 PM CDT... LINCOLN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
  40 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEORIA...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS AROUND...
  TOULON
  WYOMING
  PRINCEVILLE
  ELMWOOD
  HANNA CITY
  PEORIA

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD
BE ABANDONED FOR A SAFER SHELTER.

GEELHART/AUTEN

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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.