Illinois, 1998

Tornado in Illinois, June 14, 1998

June 14, 1998 · NWS LSX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The Illinois State Police reported a short lived tornado east of Livingston in open farmland. Trees were uprooted in the area but there was no other damage.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
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.

The Illinois State Police reported a short lived tornado east of Livingston in open farmland. Trees were uprooted in the area but there was no other damage. A storm chaser photographed the tornado which quickly became rain-wrapped and dissipated. However the storm produced a damaging tornado a few minutes later that moved into Bond County, IL.

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:08 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Madison

When
June 14, 5:10 PM CST to 5:12 PM CST
Where
Madison County, Livingston to 2 mi E of Livingston
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
100 yd
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.970, -89.730

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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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: 5648768.