Tornado Warning 121, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Jun 29, 1998, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 1998, 7:45 PM CDT

In force

75 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clark County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL

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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WFUS1 KSPI 292331 RRA
TORSPI
ILC023-049-079-300045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 625 PM CDT...LINCOLN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SEVERAL POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THIS LINE
  OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF MARTINSVILLE...TO
  30 MILES NORTH OF NEWTON...TO 20 MILES NORTH OF EFFINGHAM.
  MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS AROUND...
  MARSHALL
  MARTINSVILLE
  NEWTON
  EFFINGHAM
  WATSON

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ACT QUICKLY YOUR LIFE MAY
DEPEND ON IT.

GEELHART/AUTEN

Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes in 1998

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.