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Tornado Warning 81, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 14, 1998Jersey County, Macoupin County, Madison County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1998, 5:14 PM CDT for Jersey County, Macoupin County, Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 min. 6 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 14, 1998, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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
Jun 14, 5:45 PM CDTHail 0.75Bunker Hill, IL
Jun 14, 5:50 PM CDTHail 0.75Bunker Hill, IL
Jun 14, 5:55 PM CDTHail 1Mt Clare, IL
Jun 14, 6:02 PM CDTHail 1.75Staunton, IL
Jun 14, 6:10 PM CDTTornado F0Livingston, IL
Jun 14, 6:15 PM CDTTornado F0New Douglas, 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
Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 1998-06-14Temperature 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 1998-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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.

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 142213 RRA
TORSTL
ILC083-117-119-142315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
514 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS
  SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS
  NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY ILLINOIS IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT AT 512 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  GODFREY
  BRIGHTON
  FOSTERBURG
  DORSEY
  WOODBURN

DOPPLER RADAR IS SHOWING A STRONG TORNADO SIGNAL. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH MOVE TO A SHELTER NOW! A BASEMENT IS BEST...BUT IF NOT
AVAILABLE...MOVE TO THE LOWEST LEVEL AND HIDE IN A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND CARS IN FAVOR OF A STRONG
BUILDING.

AMS/DF

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 6:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun31 min
Jun 14, 7:03 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXJersey32 min
Jun 14, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison47 min
Jun 14, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin34 min
Jun 14, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Clinton66 min
Jun 14, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery66 min
Jun 14, 8:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette45 min
Jun 14, 8:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Washington48 min
Jun 14, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun, Pike65 min
Jun 14, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams52 min
Jun 14, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRandolph61 min
Jun 14, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams32 min
Jun 14, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXRandolph61 min
Jun 14, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXGreene61 min
Jun 14, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams, Brown62 min
Jun 14, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXGreene61 min
Jun 14, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery50 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.