Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1993, 9:35 AM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1993, 9:35 AM CDT (14:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1993, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
County McLean County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 381 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
- 1206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 281438 FFWPIA ILC113-281730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 935 AM CDT MON JUN 28 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...MCLEAN COUNTY AT 930 AM CDT... HEAVY RAINFALL HAD BEEN OCCURRING ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF MCLEAN COUNTY FOR THE PAST 3 HOURS. THE TOWN OF GRIDLEY...IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY HAD RECIEVED 2.2 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 745 AM CDT. THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS PART OF A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM EASTERN PEORIA COUNTY ACROSS MCLEAN COUNTY TO WESTERN INDIANA. THE BAND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS OF THE COUNTY. 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. 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. 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, Jun 28, 7:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-281330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 720 AM CDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXPIRES FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ...NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 715 AM CDT...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAD PASSED FOR THE WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF HENDERSON...WARREN...KNOX...STARK...BUREAU...PUTNAM... AND MASHALL. THE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF HANCOCK...MCDONOUGH...FULTON...SCHUYLER...PEORIA... WOODFORD...TAZEWELL...MCLEAN AND MASON. EARLY THIS MORNING...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHERN PEORIA AND NORTHERN WOODFORD COUNTIES AS WELL AS STARK AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE NOT CONSIDERED SEVERE BUT THE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL GUSTY WINDS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
ILZ010-281345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 740 AM CDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1 PM CDT... AT 735 AM CDT...ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE DETECTED OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN AN AREA ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE...STRETCHING FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...TO 40 MILES NORTH OF CHAMPAIGN. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AND EXTENDED TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF QUINCY...TO 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN EDGE OF VERMILLION COUNTY...AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF HOOPESTON AND ROSSVILLE BETWEEN 800 AND 830 AM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH THE WESTERN PARTS OF CASS AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND 9 AM. CONDITONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. XSTAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MCCOY
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-281430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 825 AM CDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 820 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A 30 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM PEORIA THROUGH BLOOMINGTON TO WESTERN INDIANA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND INTENSE LIGHNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED NEAR MINIER...23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT CONTINUED TO BE TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS... CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1 PM TODAY. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-281430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 825 AM CDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 820 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG A 30 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM PEORIA THROUGH BLOOMINGTON TO WESTERN INDIANA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND INTENSE LIGHNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS DETECTED NEAR MINIER...23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA. MOVEMENT CONTINUED TO BE TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS... CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 1 PM TODAY. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEfVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BREESER
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:46 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
ILZ010-281445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 8 45 AM CDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CONTINUES UNTIL 1 PM CDT... AT 830 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA TO 30 MILES EAST OF DANVILLE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST PART OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING THE EAST AT 15 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...BUT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE. AUTEN
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:49 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
ILZ009-010-281445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...INCLUDE ZONE 9... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 8 45 AM CDT MON JUN 28 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CONTINUES UNTIL 1 PM CDT... AT 830 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEORIA TO 30 MILES EAST OF DANVILLE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST PART OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING THE EAST AT 15 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...BUT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE. AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Carroll | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeKalb, Ogle | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeKalb, Lee, Ogle | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Carroll | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lee | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau | 65 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.