1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:48 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado briefly touched down one mile north of Scotland. It knocked down several power poles and took the roofs off of one home, 2 barns, and a machine shed. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1998Warnings in Illinois, April 1998
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: 5641536.