Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1993, 3:38 PM CDT for Fulton County, McDonough County, Illinois. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1993, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1993, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fulton County, IL, McDonough County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 407 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 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 KPIA 132038
FFWPIA
ILC109-057-132245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
338 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
MCDONOUGH...FULTON
AT 325 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
OCCURRING OVER MCDONOUGH COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM MOLINE TO QUINCY AND WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THE CITIES OF COLCHESTER AND
BLANDINSVILLE EACH RECEIVED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 20
MINUTES. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE MOVING INTO FULTON COUNTY BETWEEN
VERMONT AND HAVANA.
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.
OUSLEYWhat 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 13, 3:10 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-132130 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 310 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 305 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MCDONOUGH COUNTY. THE CITIES OF BLANDINSVILLE...COLCHESTER AND FOUNTAINGREEN EACH RECEIVED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN ABOUT A 20 MINUTE PERIOD. THESE STORMS WERE IN A LINE THAT STRETCHED FROM MOLINE TO QUINCY AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. BE ALERT TO LOCALIZED FLOODING THAT MAY OCCUR WITH THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE UPDATES AND INFORMATION. OUSLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:16 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
ILZ005-006-007-009-132130 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 310 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN ILLINOIS... AT 305 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MCDONOUGH COUNTY. THE CITIES OF BLANDINSVILLE...COLCHESTER AND FOUNTAINGREEN EACH RECEIVED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN ABOUT A 20 MINUTE PERIOD. THESE STORMS WERE IN A LINE THAT STRETCHED FROM MOLINE TO QUINCY AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. BE ALERT TO LOCALIZED FLOODING THAT MAY OCCUR WITH THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE UPDATES AND INFORMATION. OUSLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 4:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 115 min |
| Jul 13, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 33 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.