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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 19, 1998Coles County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at May 19, 1998, 8:51 PM CDT for Coles County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 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
May 19, 1998, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1998, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
39 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 01:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 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 1998-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4287 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4287 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

313 
WFUS1 KSPI 200151 RRA
TORSPI
ILC029-200230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
851 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 848PM CDT  STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES
  NORTH OF MATTOON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS AROUND...
  MATTOON
  CHARLESTON
  LERNA
  RARDIN

SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNDAO ON HIWAY 45 ABOUT 2-3 MILES
NORTH OF MATTOON


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


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 7:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXVermilion3 hr
May 19, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt34 min
May 19, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Menard42 min
May 19, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign40 min
May 19, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Macon45 min
May 19, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas, Moultrie44 min
May 19, 8:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEdgar113 min
May 19, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Edgar48 min
May 19, 9:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEdgar, Vermilion2 hr
May 19, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Effingham, Jasper49 min
May 19, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXRichland35 min
May 20, 12:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXVermilion114 min
May 20, 1:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXVermilion5 hr
May 20, 9:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott34 min
May 20, 9:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Schuyler36 min
May 20, 9:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon49 min
May 20, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence35 min
May 20, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Schuyler51 min
May 20, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason36 min
May 20, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler44 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.