Tornado Warning 124, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Jun 29, 1998, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 1998, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

69 min

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Clay County, IL, Richland 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 292352 RRA
TORSPI
ILC025-033-159-300100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 645 PM CDT...LINCOLN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORSM...WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THE LINE OF
  STORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROBINSON...TO 20
  MILES NORTHWEST OF OLNEY...TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLORA.
  MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS AROUND...
  ROBINSON
  PALESTINE
  OLNEY
  LOUISVILLE
  FLORA

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.

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.