Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 87, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1998, 7:18 PM CDT for Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 57 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
- Jun 12, 1998, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1998, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Richland County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:48 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkersburg, IL | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn near Parkersburg, as well as, blowing down several trees and power lines in the Parkersburg and Berryville areas. One tree fell onto a trailer in Bonpas, though no injuries were reported. No damage estimate was available. |
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, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSPI 130019 RRA TORSPI ILC159-130115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 718 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 716 PM CDT LINCOLN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF OLNEY...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS AROUND... NOBLE SCHNELL CALHOUN PARKERSBURG 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, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie | 42 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.