Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 1993, 8:06 AM CDT for Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 1993, 8:06 AM CDT (13:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 1993, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tazewell County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 389 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
- 362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIA 141306 FFWPIA ILC179-141515- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 806 AM CDT TUE SEP 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY HEAVY RAINS OVER TAZEWELL COUNTY HAVE CAUSED AN IMMINENT FLASH FLOOD HAZARD NEAR THE MACKINAW RIVER OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. TAZEWELL COUNTY OFFICIALS ADVISE THAT THE MACKINAW WILL SOON OVERFLOW ITS BANKS AND QUICKLY FLOOD THE SPRINGFIELD ROAD AREA WEST OF HIGHWAY 121 IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY. PERSONS IN THE EFFECTED AREA SHOULD IMMEDIATLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. &
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 14, 5:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-141025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 540 AM CDT TUE SEP 14 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING... PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREETS...AND SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED NOT TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE WATER DEPTH. AT 540 AM CDT... LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER NEARLY ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. THE EASTERN EXTENT OF THE RAINFALL AREA EXTENDED FROM NORTHWESTERN INDIANA THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTY TO NEAR SPRINGFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. RAINFALL TOTALS TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS MORNING. AT THE PEORIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 2.18 ~INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE PAST 18 HOURS. STAY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING THIS MORNING AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER UPDATES. BREESER
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 6:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-141025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 540 AM CDT TUE SEP 14 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING... PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREETS...AND SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED NOT TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE WATER DEPTH. AT 540 AM CDT... LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER NEARLY ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. THE EASTERN EXTENT OF THE RAINFALL AREA EXTENDED FROM NORTHWESTERN INDIANA THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTY TO NEAR SPRINGFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS MORNING. AT THE PEORIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 2.18 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE PAST 18 HOURS. STAY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING THIS MORNING AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER UPDATES. BREESER
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 6:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
ILZ009-141245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 638 AM CDT MON SEP 13 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING... AT 635 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER A SMALL PART OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BLOOMINGTON...TO 20 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...TO ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF ST. LOUIS. THE AREA OF RAIN SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT...WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN A NARROW BAND ABOUT 5 MILES WIDE... EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF LINCOLN...SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF JACKSONVILLE. AT 625 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER ROADS IN SOME LOW LYING AREAS OF CASS AND MORGAN COUNTIES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS TO THE WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY IF NECESSARY. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 7:25 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-141330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 725 AM CDT TUE SEP 14 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING... ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SCHUYLER...MASON...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD COUTIES... AT 720 AM CDT... RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER NEARLY ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE...HOWEVER...WERE SEEING DECREASING COVERAGE OF THE RAINFALL AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...INCLUDING SOME THUNDERSTORMS...WAS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL MASON COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...RAINFALL WILL PERSIST OVER MOST OF THE REGION WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED MAINLY WITHIN 20 MILES OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER FROM MASON TO SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY. OF SPECIAL CONCERN ARE SCHUYLER...MASON... TAZEWELL AND WOODFOR COUNTIES...WHERE NUMEROUS SWOLLEN STREAMS AND WATER COVERED ROADWAYS HAVE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY. PERSONS ALL ACROSS THE REGION AND ESPECIALLY THE MENTIONED COUNTIES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY THIS MORNING. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS..WATER DEPTH IS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE AND MANY ROADS ARE COVERED BY A FOOT OR MORE OF FLOODWATER. STAY CLEAR OF SWOLLEN STREAMS...FAST MOVING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU AWAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. BREESER
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 7:27 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-141330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 725 AM CDT TUE SEP 14 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING... ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SCHUYLER...MASON...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD COUTIES... AT 720 AM CDT... RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER NEARLY ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE...HOWEVER...WERE SEEING DECREASING COVERAGE OF THE RAINFALL AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...INCLUDING SOME THUNDERSTORMS...WAS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL MASON COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...RAINFALL WILL PERSIST OVER MOST OF THE REGION WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED MAINLY WITHIN 20 MILES OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER FROM MASON TO SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY. OF SPECIAL CONCERN ARE SCHUYLER...MASON... TAZEWELL AND WOODFOR COUNTIES...WHERE NUMEROUS SWOLLEN STREAMS AND WATER COVERED ROADWAYS HAVE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY. PERSONS ALL ACROSS THE REGION AND ESPECIALLY THE MENTIONED COUNTIES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY THIS MORNING. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS..WATER DEPTH IS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE AND MANY ROADS ARE COVERED BY A FOOT OR MORE OF FLOODWATER. STAY CLEAR OF SWOLLEN STREAMS...FAST MOVING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU AWAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.h BREESER
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 7:49 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
ILZ009-141345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 747 AM CDT MON SEP 13 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING... AT 745 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS WEST OF A BLOOMINGTON...SPRINGFIELD...ST. LOUIS LINE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN A NARROW BAND EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR PETERSBURG...TO SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR PALMYRA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST ABOUT 25 MPH. MINOR FLOODING OF SOME ROADS WAS REPORTED IN CASS AND MORGAN COUNTIES AROUND 630 AM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS TO THE WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING DEVELOPS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MCCOY
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.