Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 1993, 9:04 PM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 1993, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 1993, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 406 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
- 3073 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1234 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 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 240208 FFWPIA ILC143-179-240400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 904 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...PEORIA COUNTY...TAZEWELL COUNTY AT 905 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING ALL ACROSS PEORIA COUNTY AND WAS JUST MOVING INTO TAZEWELL COUNTY. DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER GROUND THAT WAS ALREADY SATURATED BY EARLIER STORMS... FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OVER THE AFFECTED AREA. OF SPECIAL CONCERN IS NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY WHERE 5 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED EARLIER IN THE EVENING AROUND WASHINGTON AND MORTON. 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. BREESER
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, 7:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
ILZ009-010-240145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 7 22 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CASS...MORGAN ...AND MACOUPIN COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AT 715 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BLOOMINGTON...TO MIDWAY BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND DECATUR ...TO 20 MILES WEST OF VANDALIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE LINE OF STORMS AS IT MOVES TO NEAR CHAMPAIGN... CHARLESTON/MATTOON...AND EFFINGHAM BETWEEN 830 AND 900 PM. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDED WEST OF THIS LINE TO NEAR PEORIA...TO 60 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...TO ST. LOUIS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF 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. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 7:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
ILZ009-010-240145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 7 52 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF CENTRAL AND MOST OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR MENARD... SANGAMON...LOGAN...MONTGOMERY AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AT 750 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STRONG...EXTENDED FROM MIDWAY BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON AND CHAMPAIGN...TO DECATUR...PANA AND VANDALIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD MOVE TO NEAR A CHAMPAIGN...CHARLESTON/MATTOON ...EFFINGHAM LINE BY 830 PM. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL HAVE GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDED WEST OF THIS LINE TO NEAR PEORIA...TO 30 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...TO ST. LOUIS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF 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. ALSO...A NEW LINE OF STORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM MACOMB TO QUINCY. THESE STORMS WERE 8MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 8:16 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-240230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 816 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 815 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...MOSTLY EAST OF A LINE FROM VAN ORIN...IN BUREAU COUNTY...TO ELMWOOD...IN PEORIA COUNTY...TO CHANDLERVILLE...IN MASON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. A SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABINGDON...IN KNOX COUNTY...TO CANTON...IN FULTON COUNTY...TO RUSHVILLE... IN SCHUYLER COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN STILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. BUCKINGHAM...CORRECTION FOR WATCH INFO...
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 8:17 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-240230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 816 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 815 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...MOSTLY EAST OF A LINE FROM VAN ORIN...IN BUREAU COUNTY...TO ELMWOOD...IN PEORIA COUNTY...TO CHANDLERVILLE...IN MASON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. A SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABINGDON...IN KNOX COUNTY...TO CANTON...IN FULTON COUNTY...TO RUSHVILLE... IN SCHUYLER COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN STILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG WINDS.
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 8:24 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
ILZ009-010-240145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 8 23 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING MACON AND DEWITT COUNTIES... AT 820 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STRONG...CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND EXTENDED FROM WATSEKA...TO CHAMPAIGN...TO JUST EAST OF SHELBYVILLE AND VANDALIA. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD MOVE TO NEAR DANVILLE...TO 30 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE...TO NEWTON ILLINOIS BETWEEN 900 AND 930 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF STORMS...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TUNE TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 8:32 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-240230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 816 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 815 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...MOSTLY EAST OF A LINE FROM VAN ORIN...IN BUREAU COUNTY...TO ELMWOOD...IN PEORIA COUNTY...TO CHANDLERVILLE...IN MASON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. A SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABINGDON...IN KNOX COUNTY...TO CANTON...IN FULTON COUNTY...TO RUSHVILLE... IN SCHUYLER COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN STILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. BUCKINGHAM...CORRECTION FOR WATCH" INFO...
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.