Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 1993, 1:49 AM CDT for Fulton County, Mason County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1993, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fulton County, IL, Mason County, IL, Schuyler County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 382 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
- 3576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIA 010650 FFWPIA ILC125-057-169-011045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 149 AM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...MASON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY...SCHUYLER COUNTY AT 145 AM...AN AREA OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHERN FULTON AND ALL OF SCHUYLER AND MASON COUNTIES. REPORTS OF FLOODING WERE RECEIVED FROM RUSHVILLE IN SCHUYLER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. MOGGED
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, 11:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
ILZ006-009-0100515 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1110 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF QUINCY TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THIS INCLUDES SCHUYLER AND MASON COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AT 1105 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR QUINCY AND SUTTER... 20 MILES NORTH OF QUINCY IN HANCOCK COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM NEAR QUINCY...WHICH WAS THE MOST INTENSE WILL NOT AFFECT SCHUYLER OR MASON COUNTY HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
ILZ006-009-0100515 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1110 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF QUINCY TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THIS INCLUDES SCHUYLER AND MASON COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AT 1105 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR QUINCY AND SUTTER... 20 MILES NORTH OF QUINCY IN HANCOCK COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM NEAR QUINCY...WHICH WAS THE MOST INTENSE WILL NOT AFFECT SCHUYLER OR MASON COUNTY HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
ILZ009-010545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1146 PM CDT WED JUN 30 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 3 AM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT... AT 1145 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF PEORIA...TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETETCTED OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...WEST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF QUINCY...TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY. THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN CASS AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS BETWEEN 1200 AND 1230 AM. IN ADDITION TO DEADLY LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-010630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1230 AM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR SCHUYLER AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 1225 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SCHUYLER COUNTY SOUTHEAST THROUGH RUSHVILLE TO 20 MILE WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL EXIT SCHUYLER COUNTY AND MOVE INTO FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES AROUND 1 AM. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN SCHUYLER COUNTY WERE THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED NORTHWEST ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN ILLINOIS. ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT RAINS WITH NEW RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS ROADWAYS AND MANY CREEKS AND RIVERS ALREADY HIGH FROM EARLIER RAINS. PEOPLE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...RIVERS AND ROADWAYS TONIGHT. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY IN YOUR AUTOMOBILE SINCE IT IS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER AT NIGHT. STAY AWAY FROM RAPIDLY RISING CREEKS AND RIVERS BECAUSE THE SWIFT CURRENT COULD SWEEP YOU DOWNSTREAM. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-010630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1230 AM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR SCHUYLER AND MASON COUNTIES... AT 1225 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SCHUYLER COUNTY SOUTHEAST THROUGH RUSHVILLE TO 20 MILE WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL EXIT SCHUYLER COUNTY AND MOVE INTO FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES AROUND 1 AM. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN SCHUYLER COUNTY WERE THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED NORTHWEST ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN ILLINOIS. ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT RAINS WITH NEW RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS ROADWAYS AND MANY CREEKS AND RIVERS ALREADY HIGH FROM EARLIER RAINS. PEOPLE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...RIVERS AND ROADWAYS TONIGHT. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY IN YOUR AUTOMOBILE SINCE IT IS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER AT NIGHT. STAY AWAY FROM RAPIDLY RISING CREEKS AND RIVERS BECAUSE THE SWIFT CURRENT COULD SWEEP YOU DOWNSTREAM. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:22 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
ILZ009-010-010715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1 22 AM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1 20 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND HAD BEGUN TO MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE AREA OF STORMS AND SHOWERS WAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF PEORIA...TO DECATUR...TO VANDALIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS...IN A BROKEN LINE EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR VIRGINIA...TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR CHATHAM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION TO DEADLY LIGHTNING...THE STRONGER STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SOME SMALL HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT PONDING OF WATER AND TEMPORARY FLOODING OF SOME ROADWAYS WITH THE xHEAVIER STORMS. THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. MCCOY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 69 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.