Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 1990, 11:08 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1990, 11:08 PM CDT (04:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 389 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
- 1169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPIA 080408
FFWPIA
ILC179-080645-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
1108 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN TAZEWELL
AT 1100 PM CDT THE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURING
ON ROADS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF TAZEWELL COUNTY. 2 TO 3 FT
OF WATER WAS ON THE ROADS.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF
SOUTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
STAY OUT OF DRY CREEK BEDS AND LOW LYING AREAS. FLASH FLOODS CAN
OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER ROADS COVERED BY FLOOD WATERS.
ATTN ISP 8
STUMETZWhat 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 7, 8:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 850 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 AT 850 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HEAVY ACCOMPANIED WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM PEORIA EXTENDING WEST TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF IOWA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER ILLINOIS DURING THE EVENIN2G. STUMETZ
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-080500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 940 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HEAVY ACCOMPANIED WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-080500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 940 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HEAVY ACCOMPANIED WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CONTINUED OVER ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON IOWA TO LACON ILLINOIS THEN INTO INDIANA NORTHEAST OF WATSEKA ILLINOIS. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER ILLINOISK DURING THE EVENING. STUMETZ
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
ILZ009-010-080345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 945 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 942 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A 60 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR QUINCY ILLINOIS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF WATSEKA ILLINOIS. THE A 10 WIDE BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MACOMB ILLINOIS TO NEAR GIBSON CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS CAUSING LOCAL FLOODING..HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HILLIARD ATTN ISP DISTS 6...9...10[
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
ILZ009-010-080345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 945 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 942 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A 60 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR QUINCY ILLINOIS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF WATSEKA ILLINOIS. A 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MACOMB ILLINOIS TO NEAR GIBSON CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS CAUSING LOCAL FLOODING..HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HILLIARD ATTN ISP DISTS 6...9a...10
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:21 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-080600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1020 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HEAVY...WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL WERE OVuER ILLINOIS. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER ILLINOIS DURING THE EVENING. STUMETZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McDonough | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 60 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.