Tornado, Madison
- When
- June 14, 5:15 PM CST to 5:16 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, New Douglas
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -89.670
Tornadoes in Illinois, June 14, 1998
A damaging tornado occurred in Madison and Bond counties in southwest Illinois, starting about 615 pm in Madison County just east of New Douglas and moving east into Bond County. This tornado has an almost continuous damage path of nearly 6 miles and a maximum width of 150 yards.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 4
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 occurred in Madison and Bond counties in southwest Illinois, starting about 615 pm in Madison County just east of New Douglas and moving east into Bond County. This tornado has an almost continuous damage path of nearly 6 miles and a maximum width of 150 yards. Four mobile homes in far northwest Bond County near the Gilmore community were destroyed with 4 people suffering minor injuries. Two farm houses sustained roof damage and 4 farm implement buildings were also destroyed. Numerous trees were also downed along the path.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:13 UTC.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Bond
- When
- June 14, 5:16 PM CST to 5:26 PM CST
- Where
- Bond County, Sorento to 5 mi SE of Sorento
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -89.600
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
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, June 14, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, June 14 to 16, 1998
- 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
- 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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, 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: 5648759, 5648760.