Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 1993, 5:07 AM CDT for Henderson County, Warren County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1993, 5:07 AM CDT (10:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1993, 7:42 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henderson County, IL, Warren County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 455 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
- 1084 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 251008 FFWPIA ILC071-095-187-251315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 507 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...HENDERSON COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. MANY CREEKS WERE ALREADY SWOLLEN FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS. HENDERSON COUNTY REPORTED THAT EVERY ROAD IN AND AROUND OQUAWKA WAS UNDER WATER. SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSED IN WARREN COUNTY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 67 AND PARTS OF HIGHWAY 34. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREA THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THIS WILL ONLY MAKE AN ALREADY DANGEROUS SITUATION WORSE. SOME ROADS AND BRIDGES HAVE BEEN WEAKENED FROM THE RECENT FLOODING AND ARE IN DANGER OF COLLAPSING OR WASHING AWAY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN WESTERN ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. 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 IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID 8CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. MILLER
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, Jul 25, 2:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
ILZ005>007-250830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 215 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING MONMOUTH...GALESBURG...MACOMB...PEORIA AND BLOOMINGTON...THE REST OF TONIGHT. THERE WAS NO RAIN OCCURRING IN THESE AREAS AS OF 210 AM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER...ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO OUR REGION FROM IOWA AFTER 400 AM. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOOD SITUATION IN OUR AREA. SEVERAL CREEKS AND RIVERS WERE STILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS...WITH SOME ROADS CLOSED AS A RESULT. PEOPLE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER SINCE IT WILL ONLY TAKE A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAIN TO PRODUCE RENEWED FLOODING. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PART OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS EARLY THIS MORNING. AT 210 AM...THE RAINFALL WAS IN WESTERN BUREAU COUNTY...ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF MOLINE. THIS RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF BUREAU COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 330 AM. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
ILZ005>007-250830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 215 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING MONMOUTH...GALESBURG...MACOMB...PEORIA AND BLOOMINGTON...THE REST OF TONIGHT. THERE WAS NO RAIN OCCURRING IN THESE AREAS AS OF 210 AM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER...ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO OUR REGION FROM IOWA AFTER 400 AM. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOOD SITUATION IN OUR AREA. SEVERAL CREEKS AND RIVERS WERE STILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS...WITH SOME ROADS CLOSED AS A RESULT. PEOPLE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER SINCE IT WILL ONLY TAKE A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAIN TO PRODUCE RENEWED FLOODING. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PART OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS EARLY THIS MORNING. AT 210 AM...THE RAINFALL WAS IN WESTERN BUREAU COUNTY...ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF MOLINE. THIS RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF BUREAU COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND 330 AM. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
ILZ005>007-250930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 330 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED IN WESTERN ILLINOIS... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE FORMED IN KNOX AND FULTON COUNTIES AT 325 AM. THE RAINFALL WAS MAINLY BETWEEN GALESBURG AND HAVANA...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE SPOON RIVER AND ITS ASSOCIATED TRIBUTARIES BETWEEN NOW AND 430 AM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST IOWA ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND MOVE INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS BETWEEN 400 AND 500 AM. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS NEED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR RENEWED FLOODING THIS MORNING. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
ILZ005>007-250930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 330 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED IN WESTERN ILLINOIS... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE FORMED IN KNOX AND FULTON COUNTIES AT 325 AM. THE RAINFALL WAS MAINLY BETWEEN GALESBURG AND HAVANA...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE SPOON RIVER AND ITS ASSOCIATED TRIBUTARIES BETWEEN NOW AND 430 AM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST IOWA ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND MOVE INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS BETWEEN 400 AND 500 AM. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAPVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS NEED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR RENEWED FLOODING THIS MORNING. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:30 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
ILZ005>007-251030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 430 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ILLINOIS... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE QUAD CITIES TO ABOUT KEOKUK IOWA AT 425 AM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. SINCE MANY CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE ALREADY SWOLLEN...THE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING IN WESTERN ILLINOIS. PEOPLE IN WESTERN ILLINOIS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWED FLOODING THIS MORNING. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM ABOUT BRADFORD IN NORTHEAST STARK COUNTY TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF PEORIA...AND IN NORTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS BETWEEN NOW AND 530 AM. MILLER
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:31 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
ILZ005>007-251030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 430 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ILLINOIS... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE QUAD CITIES TO ABOUT KEOKUK IOWA AT 425 AM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. SINCE MANY CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE ALREADY SWOLLEN...THE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING IN WESTERN ILLINOIS. PEOPLE IN WESTERN ILLINOIS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWED FLOODING THIS MORNING. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM ABOUT BRADFORD IN NORTHEAST STARK COUNTY TO 15 MILErS SOUTH OF PEORIA...AND IN NORTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS BETWEEN NOW AND 530 AM. MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 3 hr |
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.