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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 1990, 5:27 AM CDT for Fulton County, McDonough County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1990, 5:27 AM CDT (10:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1990, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fulton County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Schuyler County, IL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 398 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPIA 201027
FFWPIA
ILC109-169-057-125-201330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
527 AM CDT WED JUN 20 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
MCDONOUGH...SCHUYLER...SOUTHERN FULTON...
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
MASON...
AT 520 AM CDT CONTINUED FLOODING OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS IN
MCDONOUGH AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES WAS REPORTED AND EVACUATIONS OF
SOME AREAS WERE UNDERWAY. THESE AREAS WERE BETWEEN HAVANA
IN MASON COUNTY AND RUSHVILLE IN SCHUYLER COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED COUNTY IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER ROADS COVERED BY FLOOD WATERS.
ATTN ISP 9 14 AND 20
ARMBRUSTWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:27 AM CDT, 5 hours before
ILZ009-010-200630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1225 AM CDT WED JUN 20 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 6 AM CDT.. AT 1215 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMPAIGN TO 35 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO JUST SOUTH OF BURLINGTON IOWA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM 30 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT MIDNIGHT 1/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF CHAMPAIGN. SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. < PERSONS LIVING IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF SEVERE WEATHER. FENLEY ATTN ISP DIST...6..9..10 AND 18
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
ILZ005-006-007-009-200335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 420 AM CST WED JUN 20 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 508 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PUTNAM... MARSHALL...WOODFORD AND MCLEAN COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL OCCURRING IN THESE AREAS BUT HAVE WEAKENED. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 509 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TAZEWELL... PEORIA...MASON...FULTON...SCHUYLER...MCDONOGH...HENDERSON AND WARREN COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST STORMS CURRENTLY IN THE THOSE COUNTIES WAS IN SOUTHERN SCHUYLER. ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FULTON AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 430AM. ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WOODFORD COUNTY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 500AM. ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SCHUYLER COUNTY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 515AM. . AT 420AM THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS WERE GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PONTIAC TO PEORIA TO BURLINGTON. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. ARMBRUST
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:43 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-201100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 440AM CDT WED JUN 20 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES 508 AND 509 HAVE BEEN CANCELED FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500AM FOR WOODFORD COUNTY. ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515AM FOR SCHUYLER AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AS FAR AS THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS OR HAIL...HOWEVER DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL BEING REPORTED. PERSONS SHOULD STILL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. ARMBRUST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Peoria, Woodford | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeKalb | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, McDonough, Warren | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 11:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 1:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Tazewell | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Woodford | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 2:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McDonough, Schuyler | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Edgar | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 69 min |
| Jun 20, 3:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Montgomery, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Mason | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Montgomery, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, McDonough, Mason, Schuyler | 110 min |
| Jun 20, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, McDonough, Schuyler | 90 min |
| Jun 20, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Mason | 90 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.