Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 20, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County, 1 mi NW of Venedy Station
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 38.470, -89.630
Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 20, 1998
Thunderstorm wind gusts downed quite a few trees and some power lines along the Clinton/Washington County border, along the Kaskaskia River.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- 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.
Thunderstorm wind gusts downed quite a few trees and some power lines along the Clinton/Washington County border, along the Kaskaskia River.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:59 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- June 20, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, New Memphis to 2 mi SW of New Memphis
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 38.470, -89.650
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in New Jersey, June 20, 1998
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 20 to 21, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, June 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 20, 1998
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 20, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, June 20, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Massachusetts, June 20, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 20, 1998
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5648556, 5648557.