Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- February 11, 1:53 PM CST to 1:58 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Whiteside to 3 mi ENE of Whiteside
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -90.980
Tornado in Missouri, February 11, 1999
A tornado formed just southeast of Whiteside and continued northeast for about 6 miles. 2 barns and 2 utility sheds were destroyed near the initial formation point.
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
- $100,000
- 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 tornado formed just southeast of Whiteside and continued northeast for about 6 miles. 2 barns and 2 utility sheds were destroyed near the initial formation point. Several power poles and large trees were either snapped off or uprooted. This damage was rated at F1 while the rest of the damage path was F0. The tornado continued along County Road F destroying a few more utility buildings, downing numerous trees and power poles.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:52 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Missouri, February 11, 1999
- Ice Storm in Iowa, February 11, 1999
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, February 11, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, February 11, 1999
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Missouri, 1999Warnings in Missouri, February 1999
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: 5683647.