Tornado Warning 106, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Jun 29, 1998, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 1998, 5:30 PM CDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties

County Cass County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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TTAA00 KSPI 292127 RRA
TORSPI
ILC017-125-179-292230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CASS COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 420 PM CDT...LINCOLN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL POSSIBLE
  TORNADOES WITHIN A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THE LINE OF
  SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON TO
  30 MILES NORTHWEST OF VIRGINIA.  MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* THESSE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS AROUND...
  WASHINGTON
  TREMONT
  DELAVAN
  MASON CITY
  VIRGINIA
  BEARDSTOWN

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/AlUTEN

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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.