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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 7, 1998Fulton County, Peoria County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 1998, 3:27 PM CDT for Fulton County, Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 7, 1998, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 1998, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fulton County, IL, Peoria County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 7, 3:29 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Monterey, IL
Apr 7, 3:41 PM CDT	Hail 1.25	Hanna City, IL
Apr 7, 4:01 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Hanna City, IL	A tornado briefly touched down in a field 3 miles west of Hanna City. No injuries or damage were reported.

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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 7, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 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.

281 
WFUS1 KSPI 072029 RRA
TORSPI
ILC057-143-072115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
327 PM CDT TUE APR 7 1998

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  GLASFORD
  HANNA CITY
  PEORIA

* AT 325 PM CDT LINCOLN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR SAFER SHELTER.

PLAHMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria	61 min
Apr 7, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Schuyler	45 min
Apr 7, 4:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Peoria	53 min
Apr 7, 4:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Morgan, Sangamon	47 min
Apr 7, 4:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Mason	54 min
Apr 7, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Schuyler	69 min
Apr 7, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan, Sangamon	63 min
Apr 7, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	55 min
Apr 7, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Tazewell	65 min
Apr 7, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Mason	53 min
Apr 7, 5:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton	69 min
Apr 7, 5:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan	66 min
Apr 7, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian	63 min
Apr 7, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon, Shelby	69 min
Apr 7, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell	62 min
Apr 7, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Mason	62 min
Apr 7, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Menard	50 min
Apr 7, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean	62 min
Apr 7, 6:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Moultrie	42 min
Apr 7, 6:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Knox, Stark	46 min
Apr 7, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Piatt	50 min
Apr 7, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Logan	63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.