Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 1990, 5:09 PM CDT for Lee County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1990, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1990, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lee 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 319 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
- 1936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 KRFD 192209
FFWRFD
ILC177-201-007-141-103-200115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
509 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
STEPHENSON...WINNEBAGO...SOUTHERN BOONE...OGLE...LEE
THIS AFTERNOON AT 510 CDT THERE WERE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES.
SOME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN OR NEAR THE FLASH FLOOD AREA...
FREEPORT..ROCKFORD..BELVIDERE..OREGON..AND DEKALB.
THIS FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS AN IMMEDIATED THREAT!
PERSONS IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND..
IF YOU ARE IN AREAS WHERE YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR... BE EXTREMELY
CAUTIOUS AND CONSIDER HEADING FOR HIGHER GROUND. IF CAMPING OR
IN A CAR WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER THAT MAY ENDANGER YOUR
CAMPSITE OR CUT OFF ESCAPE ROUTES. DO NOT CROSS ROADS COVERED
BY WATER... THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT OR THE WATER MUCH DEEPER
THAN YOU THINK! REMEMBER THESE FLOODS HAPPEN RAPIDLY... BE ALERT!
ATTN: ISP DIST [1..2..16 FIELDSWhat 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, Jul 19, 2:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-192040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 235 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 230 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ST. LOUIS TO BLOOMINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR TOULON IN CENTRAL STARK COUNTY...30 MILES NORTH OF PEORIA AND NEAR ABINGDON IN WESTERN KNOX COUNTY...45 MILES WEST OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS JAFTERNOON AND EVENING. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
ILZ009-010-192040 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 245 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 235PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN LOGAN COUNTY...5 MILES NORTH OF LINCOLN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAN JOSE ILLINOIS...25 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON TO 40 MILES WEST OF ST LOUIS MISSOUSRI. MUNDY
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-192130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 330 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 325 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR LACON IN CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA AND JUST WEST OF CUBA IN FULTON COUNTY...40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
ILZ009-010-192140 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 340 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 335PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CASS...WESTERN MORGAN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... 35 MILES WEST AND 35 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF WINCHESTER ILLINOIS IN SCOTT COUNTY...35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA TO 40 MILES WEST OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI. MUNDY
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:35 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
ILZ009-010-192240 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 435 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 425PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CASS...MENARD...MORGAN AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES 20 MILES WEST AND 40 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAPIN ILLINOIS...30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOLIET TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI. MUNDY
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:02 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 500 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 455 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MARSEILLES TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE EAST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER IN TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD COUNTIES NEAR THE TOWNS OF MORTON...EUREKA AND MINONK...15 MILES SOUTHEAST TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEORIA. HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. AROUND 1.60 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 40 MINUTES...2 MILES WEST OF LOW POINT IN WESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN WOODFORD AND WESTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 5:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Ogle, Stephenson, Winnebago | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Boone | 3 hr |
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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.