Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 1990, 4:19 PM CDT for Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1990, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1990, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Peoria 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 423 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What 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, 1:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
ILZ009-010-301940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION 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 MILES 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 LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN:FALL. 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
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 1:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-302000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 155 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO PEORIA... AT 150 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...FROM THE PEORIA AREA SOUTHEAST TO LINCOLN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA...NEAR THE TOWN OF GREEN VALLEY. THE RAIN AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND UNDERPASSES... DEADLY GROUND STROKES OF LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF? WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 400 PM. THE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF PEORIA. J LAST
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
ILZ009-010-302040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 240 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON... AT 230 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR BURLINGTON IOWA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SEVERAL BANDS OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES NORTH OF PEORIA NEAR PRINCEVILLE EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO SAN JOSE...30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA...FROM QUINCY EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO GREENFIELD...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND ALONG THE ILLINOIS...INDIANA BORDER FROM DANVILLE SOUTH TO FLAT ROCK ILLINOIS. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREAMS...LOW LYING AREAS AND PONDING OF WATER OVER STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. o NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR. STUMETZ
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 300 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF ILLINOIS INCLUDING PEORIA AND SURROUNDING AREAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM. AT 255 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHERN STARK COUNTY TO SOUTHEAST TAZEWELL COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WYOMING...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN AREA WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS GROUND STROKES OF LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AVOID WINDOWS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
ILZ009-010-302130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 315 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON... AT 315 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF PEORIA FROM NEAR KEWANEE TO CHILLICOTHE...AND OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF DANVILLE TO 30 MILES EAST OF DANVILLE INTO INDIANA OVER ATTICA. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING PONDING OF WATER ON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE PAST HOUR. STUMETZ
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:01 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-302200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 400 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF ILLINOIS INCLUDING PEORIA AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 355 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF ILLINOIS. IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRADFORD...35 MILES NORTH OF PEORIA. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN THE BRADFORD AREA. THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM...HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON ROADWAYS UNDER BRIDGES. VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS GROUND STROKES OF LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MILLER
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, 1:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 119 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 |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.