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Tornado Warning 85, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1998, 5:52 PM CDT for Clark County, Cumberland County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 min. 2 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
- Jun 12, 1998, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1998, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clark County, IL, Cumberland County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:12 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenup, IL | A tree was blown down causing damage to the roof of a church on Route 40 one mile east of Greenup. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available. |
| Jun 12, 6:26 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, IL | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees, tree limbs, and power lines throughout the county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 538 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
276 WFUS1 KSPI 122253 RRA TORSPI ILC023-035-122345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 552 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 550 PM CDT LINCOLN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 SOUTHEAST OF MATTOON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS AROUND... UNION CENTER CASEY MARTINSVILLE IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A SAFER SHELTER. TF/BK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Menard | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 39 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.