Tornado, Adams
- When
- June 14, 3:00 PM CST to 3:06 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County, Quincy to 3 mi S of Quincy
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -91.420
Tornado in Illinois, June 14, 1998
A damaging tornado struck the Quincy,Illinois area, first downing some trees about 400 pm to the south southwest of town. The tornado weakened and moved northeast causing only minor tree damage.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
A damaging tornado struck the Quincy,Illinois area, first downing some trees about 400 pm to the south southwest of town. The tornado weakened and moved northeast causing only minor tree damage. About 404 pm the tornado strengthened reaching F1 intensity about 1 mile south of Quincy near 24th St. and Payson Road. Two walls of the building housing the indoor pool of the Sheridan Swimming Club were blown away. The tornado had been spotted by lifeguards as it approached enabling all occupants to be moved to shelter areas. Only 1 minor injury occurred when a lifeguard was struck in the leg by flying glass. Numerous trees were downed in the area and a few storage sheds were destroyed. A nearby church suffered minor roof damage.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 1998
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 14, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, June 14, 1998
- Tornadoes in Illinois, June 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 14, 1998
- Flooding in Maine, June 14 to 16, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 1998
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1998Warnings in Illinois, June 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: 5648757.