Tornado, Macoupin
- When
- May 12, 7:16 PM CST to 7:19 PM CST
- Where
- Macoupin County, Palmyra to 1 mi E of Palmyra
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -89.980
Tornado in Illinois, May 12, 1998
A small tornado caused damage to a couple of farms. Three barns and a grain bin were destroyed and a truck was overturned.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $50,000
- 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 small tornado caused damage to a couple of farms. Three barns and a grain bin were destroyed and a truck was overturned.
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:13 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
- Tornado and Heavy Snow in California, May 12 to 13, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 1998
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, May 12 to 13, 1998
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Michigan, May 12 to 13, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 12, 1998
- Hail in Illinois, May 12, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 12, 1998
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, May 12 to 13, 1998
- Coastal Flood in Pennsylvania, May 12 to 13, 1998
- Hail in Illinois, May 12, 1998
- Hail in Illinois, May 12, 1998
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 1998Warnings in Illinois, May 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: 5648447.