Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 1993, 8:20 PM CDT for McLean County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 1993, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 1993, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McLean County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 384 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
- 3397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIA 030124 FFWPIA ILC113-179-030615- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 820 PM CDT THU SEP 2 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY...SOUTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY AT 816 PM CDT...THE TOWN OF HOPEDALE HAD SEVERAL ROADS UNDER TWO FEET OF WATER. CREEKS ARE OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTHERN TAZEWELL AND MCLEAN COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE CAN BE ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WHICH WILL AGGREVATE THE FLOODING. LATEST RADAR INDICATES THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST MCLEAN COUNTY 10 TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON AT 820 PM CDT. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE HEYWORTH...LE ROY...SABINA...AND BELLFLOWER. 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. 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, Sep 2, 6:20 PM CDT, 2 hours before
ILZ006-007-009-030015-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
620 PM CDT THU SEP 2 1993
...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING...
AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR PEORIA...
WOODFORD...MCLEAN...TAZEWELL...MASON...AND FULTON COUNTIES. CREEKS
AND STREAMS IN THESE COUNTIES ARE BANKFULL AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN
WILL CAUSE THEM TO OVERFLOW. STREETS AND AGRICULTURAL AREAS IN LOW
LYING AREAS WILL POND DUE TO RUNOFF OF ADDITIONAL RAINWATER.
AT 615 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY ALONG AND WEST
OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER FROM ABOUT LASALLE TO BEARDSTOWN. THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS NEAR HAVANA...36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. THIS RAINFALL IS
MOVING INTO LOCATIONS ALREADY SATURATED BY EARLIER HEAVY RAINS. PEOPLE
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR RENEWED FLOODING AS
THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BETWEEN NOW AND 800 PM.
MILLERSpecial weather statement, Sep 2, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
ILZ006-007-009-030015-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
620 PM CDT THU SEP 2 1993
...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING...
AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR PEORIA...
WOODFORD...MCLEAN...TAZEWELL...MASON...AND FULTON COUNTIES. CREEKS
AND STREAMS IN THESE COUNTIES ARE BANKFULL AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN
WILL CAUSE THEM TO OVERFLOW. STREETS AND AGRICULTURAL AREAS IN LOW
LYING AREAS WILL POND DUE TO RUNOFF OF ADDITIONAL RAINWATER.
AT 615 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY ALONG AND WEST
OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER FROM ABOUT LASALLE TO BEARDSTOWN. THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS NEAR HAVANA...36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA. THIS RAINFALL IS
MOVING INTO LOCATIONS ALREADY SATURATED BY EARLIER HEAVY RAINS. PEOPLE
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR RENEWED FLOODING AS
THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BETWEEN NOW AND 800 PM.
MILLERSpecial weather statement, Sep 2, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
ILZ009-030045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 645 PM CDT THU SEP 02 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 640 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW QUITE STRONG...EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...TO JUST SOUTH OF QUINCY...THEN SOUTHWESTWARD INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH... HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL...IN ADDITION TO DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD REACH LINCOLN...SPRINGFIELD...AND JACKSONVILLE BETWEEN 730 AND 800 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF STORMS...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 7:30 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-030130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 730 PM CDT THU SEP 2 1993 ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING... AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR PEORIA... WOODFORD...MCLEAN...TAZEWELL...MASON...AND FULTON COUNTIES. CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THESE COUNTIES ARE BANKFULL AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE THEM TO OVERFLOW. STREETS AND AGRICULTURAL AREAS IN LOW LYING AREAS WILL POND DUE TO RUNOFF OF ADDITIONAL RAINWATER. AT 725 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON TO 25 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN AND STREET FLOODING AT DELAVAN BETWEEN 615 AND 715 PM. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY AND MOST OF MCLEAN COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...RAPIDLY RISING CREEKS AND FLOODED ROADS THE REST OF THIS EVENING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY...INSTEAD...AN ALTERNATE ROUTE SHOULD BE TAKEN. MILLER
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 7:31 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-030130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 730 PM CDT THU SEP 2 1993 ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING... AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR PEORIA... WOODFORD...MCLEAN...TAZEWELL...MASON...AND FULTON COUNTIES. CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THESE COUNTIES ARE BANKFULL AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE THEM TO OVERFLOW. STREETS AND AGRICULTURAL AREAS IN LOW LYING AREAS WILL POND DUE TO RUNOFF OF ADDITIONAL RAINWATER. AT 725 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON TO 25 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN AND STREET FLOODING AT DELAVAN BETWEEN 615 AND 715 PM. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY AND MOST OF MCLEAN COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...RAPIDLY RISING CREEKS AND FTLOODED ROADS THE REST OF THIS EVENING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY...INSTEAD...AN ALTERNATE ROUTE SHOULD BE TAKEN. MILLER
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 7:51 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
ILZ009-030145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 749 PM CDT THU SEP 02 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 745 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME QUITE STRONG...WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON...TO 15 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR PETERSBURG...TO ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD IN WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY...AND 50 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD AT MEREDOSIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. . THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH LINCOLN...SPRINGFIELD AND JACKSONVILLE BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE TELEPHONES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...SO STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MCCOY
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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.