Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1994, 4:31 AM CDT for Henry County, Illinois. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1994, 4:31 AM CDT (09:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1994, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 385 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
- 1222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 KMLI 140931
FFWMLI
ILC073-141130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
431 AM CDT THU JUL 14 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF ILLINOIS
CENTRAL HENRY
AT 425 AM...POLICE REPORTED FLOODING IN ORION...IN WEST CENTRAL
HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THIS FLOODING ARE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL BE OVER EASTERN
HENRY COUNTY BY 5 AM.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT IN THE SPECIFIED AREA.
PERSONS ALONG OR NEAR STREAMS SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING OR SHARP
RISES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.
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.
IF TIME PERMITS...ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORECMENT AGENCY TO RELAY
YOUR REPORT OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
BELL 0930ZWhat 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, Jul 14, 3:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
ILZ009-015-016-024-IAZ065>068-078-088-089-099-140900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 300 AM CDT THU JUL 14 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER ROCK ISLAND...HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS AND WHITESIDE... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST ROCK ISLANDAND ..NORTHWEST HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS THROUGH 4 AM. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO ENTER WHITESIDE COUNTY ILLINOIS BY 4 AM. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. DO NOT TRY DRIVING ACROSS ANY FLOODED ROADS. PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BELL
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
ILZ009-015-016-024-IAZ065>068-078-088-089-099-140900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 300 AM CDT THU JUL 14 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER ROCK ISLAND...HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS AND WHITESIDE... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST ROCK ISLANDAND ..NORTHWEST HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS THROUGH 4 AM. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO ENTER WHITESIDE COUNTY ILLINOIS BY 4 AM. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. DO NOT TRY DRIVING ACROSS ANY FLOODED ROADS. PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BELL
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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.