Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 1993, 12:35 AM CDT for Henderson County, Knox County, Warren County, Illinois. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1993, 12:35 AM CDT (05:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1993, 2:32 AM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henderson County, IL, Knox County, IL, Warren County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 450 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 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 300534 FFWPIA ILC071-095-187-300830- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1235 AM CDT WED JUN 30 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...HENDERSON COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY AT 1230 AM... NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM WARREN...HENDERSON AND KNOX COUNTIES FROM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THOSE AREAS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS IN IOWA WILL MOVE INTO THESE COUNTIES PRODUCING INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR MORE FLOODING. 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. MOGGED
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 29, 10:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-300445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1030 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 300 AM. THIS MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE TORNADOES SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN OR CENTRAL ILLINOIS AS OF 1025 PM. HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EXTREME WESTERN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 100 AM. MILLER WWUS34KALO ,1
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 11:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
ILZ009-010-290400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1105 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WEATHER RADAR AT 1104 PM CDT INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN WEST CENTRAL OR CENTRAL ILLINOIS. HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST IOWA CHARGING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS ARE^ ABOUT 125 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST. STAY TUNED TO YOUR SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SKIPPER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 11:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-300545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1125 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM... AT 1120 PM... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING MOLINE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO INCLUDE BUREAU...WARREN...KNOX AND STARK COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING STORMS BETWEEN 1230 AND 1 AM. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 11:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
ILZ005>007-009-300545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1125 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM... AT 1120 PM... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING MOLINE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO INCLUDE BUREAU...WARREN...KNOX AND STARK COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING STORMS BETWEEN 1230 AND 1 AM. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MOGGED
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:00 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
ILZ009-010-290600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1155 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 3 AM CDT... WEATHER RADAR AT 1154 PM CDT INDICATED SERERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN BURLINGTON IOWA AND MOLINE ILLINOS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH. REMEMBER...IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO| MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SKIPPER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:14 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
ILZ009-010-290600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1155 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 3 AM CDT... WEATHER RADAR AT 1154 PM CDT INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN BURLINGTON IOWA AND MOLINE ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH. REMEMBER...IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SKIPPER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Henderson | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Warren | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 12:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Bureau, Stark | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Bureau, Stark | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 12:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 1:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 1:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 57 min |
| Jun 30, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 57 min |
| Jun 30, 1:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell, Woodford | 68 min |
| Jun 30, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell, Woodford | 68 min |
| Jun 30, 1:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 54 min |
| Jun 30, 2:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean | 69 min |
| Jun 30, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 69 min |
| Jun 30, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 53 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.