Tornado, Madison
- When
- April 13, 5:05 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Granite City to Edwardsville
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 9.5 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Property damage
- $800,000
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -90.130
Tornado in Illinois, April 13, 1998
The same thunderstorm that produced a tornado in St. Louis County produced another in Madison County from Granite City to Edwardsville.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $800,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
The same thunderstorm that produced a tornado in St. Louis County produced another in Madison County from Granite City to Edwardsville. The tornado first caused damage on the northwest side of Granite City at the Nameoki Trailer Park where 5 mobile homes were damaged by downed trees. The tornado moved northeast to Pontoon Beach where about 6 homes suffered roof damage. The tornado weakened, but gained strength again and caused damage on the south side of Edwardsville, primarily at the intersection of Center Grove, Goshen, and Troy roads. Several businesses suffered roof damage in this area, among them a floor covering store, an autobody shop, and the Moose Lodge. A nearby daycare also suffered minor roof damage.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:06 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 13, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 13, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 13 to 14, 1998
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1998Warnings in Illinois, April 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5636720.