Tornado, Edgar
- When
- May 19, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Edgar County, 1 mi E of Chrisman
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -87.650
Tornadoes in Illinois, May 19, 1998
Sheriff's and Fire Department officials witnessed two tornado touch downs near Chrisman at the same time. One touched down one mile east of Chrisman and the other touched down 4 miles southeast of Chrisman.
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
- 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 ILX wrote it up.
Sheriff's and Fire Department officials witnessed two tornado touch downs near Chrisman at the same time. One touched down one mile east of Chrisman and the other touched down 4 miles southeast of Chrisman. Both touched down in empty fields, so no damage or injuries were reported.
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:30 UTC.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Edgar
- When
- May 19, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Edgar County, 4 mi SE of Chrisman
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -87.620
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
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- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- High Wind in Kansas, May 19, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 19, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, May 19, 1998
More
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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: 5649542, 5649543.