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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 7, 1998Cass County, Mason County, Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 1998, 4:00 PM CDT for Cass County, Mason County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 min. 5 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, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 1998, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cass County, IL, Mason County, IL, Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 7, 4:10 PM CDTTornado F0Beardstown, ILA tornado touched down near Clear Lake. It caused minor damage to 5 cabins and tore part of the roof off of another one. Also, numerous trees were blown down. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.
Apr 7, 4:20 PM CDTTornado F2Snicarte, ILA tornado touched down 3 miles southwest of Snicarte. It moved a two story frame house three feet off its foundation with its TV antenna wrapped over the top of the house. An exterior wall on the far side of the house was blown off. Some roof and siding dam
Apr 7, 4:25 PM CDTHail 1.75Bath, IL
Apr 7, 4:35 PM CDTTornado F1Bath, ILThe tornado touched down on the south side of town and moved north. A frame house received damage to the middle part of the roof and an unattached garage was destroyed. The garage debris was deposited on a neighbor's roof. The tornado continued north throug
Apr 7, 4:47 PM CDTHail 1.75Havana, 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 12:00Z on 1998-04-07Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1998-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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.

468 
WFUS1 KSPI 072102 RRA
TORSPI
ILC017-125-169-072145-

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

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  CASS COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  BEARDSTOWN
  BLUFF SPRINGS
  CHANDLERVILLE
  BROWNING

* AT 358 PM CDT LINCOLN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
  NEAR BEARDSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Peoria61 min
Apr 7, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Peoria48 min
Apr 7, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria53 min
Apr 7, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon47 min
Apr 7, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason54 min
Apr 7, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Schuyler69 min
Apr 7, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Sangamon63 min
Apr 7, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Sangamon55 min
Apr 7, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell65 min
Apr 7, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason53 min
Apr 7, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton69 min
Apr 7, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan66 min
Apr 7, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian63 min
Apr 7, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon, Shelby69 min
Apr 7, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell62 min
Apr 7, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason62 min
Apr 7, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMenard50 min
Apr 7, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, McLean62 min
Apr 7, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMoultrie42 min
Apr 7, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox, Stark46 min
Apr 7, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPiatt50 min
Apr 7, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan63 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.