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Tornado Warning 129, NWS Lincoln, IL

November 10, 1998Morgan County, Scott County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 1998, 1:52 AM CST for Morgan County, Scott County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 1998, 1:52 AM CST (07:52 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 2:30 AM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Morgan County, IL, Scott County, IL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 1:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1998-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1998-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 561 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
561 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
703 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

078 
WFUS1 KSPI 100753 RRA
TORSPI
ILC137-171-100830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
152 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 230 AM CST

* AT 150 AM CST... LINCOLN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING
  TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WINCHESTER
  JACKSONVILLE
  MURRAYVILLE
  BLUFFS
  CHAPIN

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD
TO SEE. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.

MILLER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 2:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Mason, Menard31 min
Nov 10, 3:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Schuyler36 min
Nov 10, 3:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXScott36 min
Nov 10, 4:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott45 min
Nov 10, 4:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler45 min
Nov 10, 4:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard, Sangamon41 min
Nov 10, 4:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason, Tazewell41 min
Nov 10, 4:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan52 min
Nov 10, 4:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian52 min
Nov 10, 5:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon, Shelby44 min
Nov 10, 5:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, McLean44 min
Nov 10, 5:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Piatt42 min
Nov 10, 6:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas41 min
Nov 10, 6:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign41 min
Nov 10, 6:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar, Vermilion42 min
Nov 10, 7:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland, Jasper52 min
Nov 10, 7:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Edgar62 min
Nov 10, 7:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford62 min
Nov 10, 7:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence, Richland52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.