Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 1993, 6:47 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 1993, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 402 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
- 2053 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 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 232351 FFWPIA ILC179-203-240145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 647 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...TAZEWELL COUNTY...WOODFORD COUNTY AT 648 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. IN TAZEWELL COUNTY...THE CITY OF HOPEDALE REPORTED DITCHES ALONG ROADWAYS FILLED TO CAPACITY AND HIGH WATER THREATENING THE HOSPITAL. 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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BUCKINGHAM
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, Aug 23, 4:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
ILZ009-232200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 4 12 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 410 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF MOLINE...TO 30 MILES WEST OF PEORIA...TO WEST OF ST. LOUIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUINCY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH CASS AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY 5 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 4:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
422 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
AT 420 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS...MOSTLY WEST OF A LINE FROM CANTON...IN FULTON
COUNTY...AND EXTENDING TO THE SOUTHWEST PAST FREDERICK...IN SCHUYLER
COUNTY. THESE STORMS COULD BRING BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
BUCKINGHAM
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AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
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R 6H.Special weather statement, Aug 23, 5:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
ILZ009-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 5 11 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 510 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...TO 45 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...TO THE ST. LOUIS AREA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE LOCATED 45 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR BEARDSTOWN AND MEREDOSIA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND SOME SMALL HAIL SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS CASS AND MORGAN COUNTIES TO NEAR VIRGINIA AND JACKSONVILLE BETWEEN 530 AND 600 PM. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 5:52 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
ILZ009-232345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 5 51 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 550 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...TO NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR ASHLAND...TO ST. LOUIS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. THE HEAVIEST STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE LOCATED 28 MILES NORTHWEST AND 45 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND SOME HAIL SHOULD BE EXPECTED AS THIS LINE OF STORMS MOVES ACROSS MORGAN AND MENARD COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE TO A LINCOLN...SPRINGFIELD...CARLINVILLE LINE BY AROUND 7 PM. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 6:25 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
ILZ009-232345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 6 22 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 620 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED BETWEEN PEORIA AND BLOOMINGTON...TO NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD AT PETERSBURG TO 15 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 15 MILES WEST OF CARLINVILLE. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD REACH THE LINCOLN...SPRINGFIELD...CARLINVILLE AREAS BY AROUND 7 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE WINDS OF 50 MPH OR HIGHER...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWN POURS OF RAIN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WARNINGS. PALMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 55 min |
| Aug 23, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 37 min |
| Aug 23, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 67 min |
| Aug 23, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 63 min |
| Aug 23, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeKalb | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 64 min |
| Aug 23, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 65 min |
| Aug 23, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 55 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.