High Wind, Jackson
- When
- March 26, 11:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 37.785, -89.382 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Illinois, March 26, 1998
Strong south winds averaged 20 to 30 MPH with higher gusts. Gusts were estimated near 58 MPH on the higher elevations from Marion and Carbondale northeast to Fairfield in Wayne County.
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
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 PAH wrote it up.
Strong south winds averaged 20 to 30 MPH with higher gusts. Gusts were estimated near 58 MPH on the higher elevations from Marion and Carbondale northeast to Fairfield in Wayne County. Limbs, branches, and a few power lines were blown down in these areas. No significant or widespread damage occurred. The strong winds were caused by low pressure over the Plains interacting with high pressure over the Atlantic coast.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Wayne
- When
- March 26, 11:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 38.430, -88.426 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 26, 1998
- High Wind in Texas, March 26, 1998
- Heat in West Virginia, March 26 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, March 26, 1998
- High Wind in Kentucky, March 26, 1998
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 26, 1998
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 26, 1998
- Heat in Ohio, March 26 to 31, 1998
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, March 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, March 26 to 29, 1998
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, March 26, 1998
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, March 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: 5633768, 5633769.