Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 1993, 11:23 PM CDT for Fulton County, Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1993, 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1993, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fulton County, IL, Peoria County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 411 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
- 1898 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 180423
FFWPIA
ILC057-143-203-180730-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
1123 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
FULTON...
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ILLINOIS
PEORIA...WOODFORD...
AT 1115 PM... RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW PERSISTANT THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS FULTON... PEORIA AND INTO WOODFORD COUNTIES.
THESE STORM CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.
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.
RAIN TOTAL IN THE LAST 2 HOURS...
CANTON IN FULTON COUNTY 6 INCHES.
WEST PEORIA IN PEORIA COUNTY 6 INCHES
ROANOKE IN WOODFORD COUNTY 2 1/8 INCHES
MOGGEDWhat 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 17, 6:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
ILZ007-180030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 640 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 8 PM... AT 625 PM... RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS... ONE NEAR MACOMB IN MCDONOUGH COUNTY AND TW0 LARGER STRONGER STORMS NEAR PRINCETON AND WYANET IN BUREAU COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS IN BUREAU COUNTY WILL EXIT THE COUNTY BY 730 PM PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS IN BUREAU COUNTY ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA AND MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THEY EXIT THE COUNTY.THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MACOMB WILL ALSO CONTINUE A NORTHEAST TRACK MOVING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY AND THEN INTO KNOX COUNTY DURING THE PERIOD. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. . STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WANINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
ILZ007-180130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 740 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WAS CANCELLED 7:30 PM... AT 735 PM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BRADFORD IN SOUTHERN BUREAU COUNTY TO AVON IN NORTHWEST FULTON COUNTY. THE NEAREST STORM IN THIS LINE TO PEORIA WAS ABOUT 15 MILES WEST. MORE STORMS WERE IN HANCOCK COUNTY... BUT THESE WERE WEAK. ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SLIDE NORTHEAST ACROSS KNOX... STARK AND BURREAU COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM AND MAY BRUSH WESTERN PEORIA COUNTY. NONE ARE EXPECTED AT PEORIA DURING THE PERIOD. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN HANCOCK COUNTY WILL ALSO MOVE NORTHEAST AFFECTING HENDERSON... WARREN AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES THROUGH 9 PM. THESE STORMS STILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND BUT THE POTENTIAL WILL DIMINISH AS TEMPERATURES FALL. STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
ILZ007-180130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 740 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WAS CANCELLED 7:30 PM... AT 735 PM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BRADFORD IN SOUTHERN BUREAU COUNTY TO AVON IN NORTHWEST FULTON COUNTY. THE NEAREST STORM IN THIS LINE TO PEORIA WAS ABOUT 15 MILES WEST. MORE STORMS WERE IN HANCOCK COUNTY... BUT THESE WERE WEAK. ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SLIDE NORTHEAST ACROSS KNOX... STARK AND BURREAU COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM AND MAY BRUSH WESTERN PEORIA COUNTY. NONE ARE EXPECTED AT PEORIA DURING THE PERIOD. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN HANCOCK COUNTY WILL ALSO MOVE NORTHEAST AFFECTING HENDERSON... WARREN AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES THROUGH 9 PM. THESE STORMS STILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND BUT THE POTEN TIAL WILL DIMINISH AS TEMPERATURES FALL. STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
ILZ009-180045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 9 55 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR A PART OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 9 50 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO PEORIA THEN SOUTHWEST ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER TO HAVANA THEN TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF QUINCY. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT. PATCHY LIGHT RAIN WAS JUST SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STRONG STORMS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER MAY BEGIN TO MOVE EAST. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER COND(ITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NEEDED. PALMER
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
ILZ009-010-180045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO ADD ZONE 10 TO CODING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 9 55 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR A PART OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 9 50 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO PEORIA THEN SOUTHWEST ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER TO HAVANA THEN TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF QUINCY. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT. PATCHY LIGHT RAIN WAS JUST SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STRONG STORMS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER MAY BEGIN TO MOVE EAST. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULRD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NEEDED. PALMER
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:58 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
ILZ009-010-180500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1055 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR A PART OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 10 50 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL QUITE STRONG...CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...IN A LINE 15 MILES WIDE... EXTENDING FROM NEAR PONTIAC....OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON...THROUGH THE PEORIA AREA...TO JUST EAST OF QUINCY...TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS. THESE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY SINCE 10 PM. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A FEW STRONG STORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...OR ABOUT 35 TO 40 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF CARLINVILLE. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS SINCE 825 PM THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS IN YOUR AREA. MCCZOY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeKalb, Lee, Ogle | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stephenson | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Boone, DeKalb, Ogle | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 9:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 116 min |
| Jun 17, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 11:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Woodford | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 47 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.