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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 28, 1998Coles County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 1998, 5:39 AM CST for Coles County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 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
Mar 28, 1998, 5:39 AM CST (11:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1998, 6:15 AM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Coles County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:39 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 1998-03-28Temperature 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 km15 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 1998-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 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.

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 281139 RRA
TORSPI
ILC029-281215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
539 AM CST SAT MAR 28 1998

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 615 AM CST

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  MATTOON
  CHARLESTON

* AT 535 AM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO IN
  MATTOON...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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.

GOETSCH


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 6:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan28 min
Mar 27, 6:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason, Menard, Sangamon35 min
Mar 27, 6:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton35 min
Mar 27, 6:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Tazewell40 min
Mar 27, 6:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox, Peoria40 min
Mar 27, 6:45 PM CSTTornado WarningILXSangamon30 min
Mar 27, 6:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Shelby55 min
Mar 27, 7:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMarshall, Woodford59 min
Mar 27, 7:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXStark59 min
Mar 27, 7:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, McLean59 min
Mar 27, 7:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Piatt36 min
Mar 28, 12:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXJasper36 min
Mar 28, 4:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXShelby57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.