Scott's Central Illinois Skywarn Website: April 8^{th 1999 Chase report}

^{April 8th 1999 Severe Weather Chase in Southern Central Illinois}

^{I met at 2:45 p.m. at Hardee's In Morton Illinois. We left and headed south to route 136 down to Route 24 stayed on Route 136. We made a pitstop in Macomb Illinois will go to Carthage Illinois. 5:00pm a Tornado watch for Fulton, Knox, Mason, Menard, Sangamon, Hancock, Schyler, McDonough, Marion, Shelby, Warren, Louis, Adams, Brown. This watch was declared a Potentially Dangerous Situation. We are outside of Carthage at approximately 5:21. The line of most Severe weather should be from a line at Cedar Rapids down to Quincy. The temperature was in the 60°. A Storm Cell developing over Missouri will be close to Carthage within 20-30 minutes. Going south on route 94. Tornado Warning for Lee and Hancock counties. A severe thunderstorm 13 miles Southwest Keokuk moving Northeast. We moved 1 miles east of our current position. 5 miles west of Carthage into E-NE 40 MPH. Leading edge of the storm into Carthage 6:20pm}

^{TORNADO 6:47 near Elvaston confirmed by Sherrif's department and us to be a TORNADO 6:55-7:05pm. Two houses Destroyed.}

^{5:10pm Tornado Watch til 9pm}

^{Warren, McDonough, Knox, Fulton, Mason}

^{7:34pm Tornado Watch til 1:00 am}

^{Tazewell, Knox, Fulton, Peoria, Woodford, Stark, Logan, Mason}

^{7:43pm Tornado Warning til 8:30pm}

^Knox

^{7:55pm Tornado Warning til 8:40pm}

^Warren

^{8:31pm Tornado Warning til 9:00pm}

^{Knox, Fulton}

^{8:41pm Severe Thunderstorm Warning til 9:30pm}

^{Peoria, Stark}

^{9:28pm Severe Thunderstorm Warning til 10:00pm}

^Peoria

^{9:34pm Severe Thunderstorm Warning til 10:15pm}

^Woodford

^{9:40pm Severe Thunderstorm Warning til 10:15pm}

^Logan

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