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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 16, 1995DeWitt County, Macon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1995, 9:12 PM CDT for DeWitt County, Macon County, Illinois. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties DeWitt County, IL, Macon County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 32 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1995-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 132 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1995-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSPI 170213
FFWSPI
ILC039-115-170715-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
912 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...DEWITT COUNTY...AND MACON COUNTY
 
AT 910 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MACON AND
DEWITT COUNTIES THAT WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
 
MACON COUNTY AUTORITIES REPORTED THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IN LESS THAN
AN HOUR FELL OVER DECATUR AND FLOODING IS WIDE SPREAD OVER ALL OF THE
COUNTY.
 
DEWITT CONTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT ROUTE 10 HAS BEEN CLOSED NEAR
CLINTON AND NUMEROUS STREETS ARE FLOODED.
 
 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. FLOODING IS IMMINENT. DO NOT
TRY TO WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS RAPIDLY MOVING WATER...AS YOU MAY BE
SWEPT AWAY BY THE CURRENT.
$$
 
PEARSON
 
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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, May 16, 8:22 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
ILZ027>031-036-037-038-040-041-020230

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
820 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PUTNAM...KNOX...STARK...MARSHALL
AND WOODFORD COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER
HAS ENDED FOR THESE COUNTIES.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR
PEORIA...FULTON...SCHUYLER...TAZEWELL...AND MASON COUNTIES...

STUMETZ
Special weather statement, May 16, 9:11 PM CDT, 1 minute before
ILZ029-036-037-040-041-020230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
910 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR
PEORIA...FULTON...SCHUYLER...TAZEWELL...AND MASON COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR THIS EVENING ACROSS
CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

WATERHOUSE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Schuyler41 min
May 16, 7:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCass, Menard5 hr
May 16, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton44 min
May 16, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass38 min
May 16, 8:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCass5 hr
May 16, 8:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMorgan4 hr
May 16, 8:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXLogan, Menard, Sangamon5 hr
May 16, 11:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton, Mason, Schuyler, Tazewell12 hr
May 16, 11:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.