Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 46, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1998, 9:24 PM CDT for Crawford County, Illinois. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report 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 15, 1998, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1998, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 9:42 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Robinson, IL | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and power lines in Robinson. No injuries 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 15, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
928 WFUS1 KSPI 160224 TORSPI ILC033-160315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 924 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 920 PM CDT LINCOLN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBINSON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH. * THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS AROUND... ROBINSON PALESTINE LANDES DAMAGE TO HOMES HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THIS STORM. PLEASE TAKE IMEDIATE ACTION TO SAVE YOUR LIFE. TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO SEE. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Jasper, Richland | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 55 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.