Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 1990, 1:46 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1990, 1:46 PM CDT (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1990, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fulton County, IL, Mason County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Tazewell 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 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 394 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPIA 301846
FFWPIA
ILC057-143-179-125-302045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
146 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
NORTHEAST FULTON...
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN PEORIA...WESTERN TAZEWELL...EXTREME NORTHERN
MASON...
AT 140 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM FARMINGTON...20 MILES WEST OF PEORIA TO
DELAVAN...25 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER ONE INCH
AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THIS AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE
ALREADY NEAR BANKFULL DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.
STAY OUT OF DRY CREEK BEDS AND LOW LYING AREAS. FLASH FLOODS CAN
OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
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.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR. LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS SITUATION.
ATTN ISP DIST...8...9 AND 14
MILLERWhat 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 30, 10:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
ILZ009-010-301530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1030 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990 AT 1030AM CDT ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS HEADING TOWARD SPRINGFIELD. IT WAS 25 MILES IN DIAMETER AND CENTERED 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. IT WILL BE IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA IN THE HOUR BEFORE 11.30 AM CDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GBUSTY WINDS. FS
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
ILZ009-010-301630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 11 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...MARBLE SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN MENARD COUNTY... AT 11AM CDT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS REPORTED IN GREENVIEW IN NORTHEASTERN MENARD COUNTY...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST ENTERING NORTHWESTERN MENARD COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SANhGAMON...MORGAN...CASS AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. PERSONS IN THESE STORM AREAS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...HAIL ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. FS
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:46 AM CDT, 2 hours before
ILZ006-009-301745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1145 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO POUND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1140 AM...WEATHER SER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-301830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1230 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1225 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST IOWA...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURLINGTON...TO DECATUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR MASON CITY IN EASTERN MASON COUNTY...35 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. PEORIA COUNTY AND CITY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER SERVICE RADIO...TELEVISION OR COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MILLER/J LAST
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
ILZ009-010-301830- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1235 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM CDT... AT 1235 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED IN MENARD AND SANGAMON COUNTIES HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND WERE NO LONGER SEVERE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN MOST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 30 MILES WEST OF PEORIA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN. ANOTHER NARROW BAND EXTENDED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HALFWAY BETWEEN QUINCY AND BURLINGTON IOWA TO VANDALIA. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. FS
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 1:45 PM CDT, 1 minute before
ILZ009-010-301940- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 140 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM CDT... AT 140 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM 25 MIES SOUTHWEST OF QUINCY EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO CHAMPAIGN THEN SOUTH TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN. NUMEROUS SHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURING. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM JUST WEST OF PEORIA TO JUST WEST OF DELAVEN AND FROM CHAMPAIGN SOUTH TO MARTINSVILLE. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND LOCAALY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. AS THE, STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS... STREETS AND HIGHWAYS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE POSSIBLE. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR. STUMETZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macoupin, Montgomery, Sangamon | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 56 min |
| Jun 30, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 56 min |
| Jun 30, 3:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Stephenson | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Boone, DeKalb | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Carroll, Ogle | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria | 116 min |
Nearby
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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.