Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1995, 11:19 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1995, 11:19 PM CDT (04:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1995, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fulton County, IL, Mason County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIA 170421 FFWPIA ILC125-179-057-169-170915- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL 1119 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY...SOUTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN SCHUYLER COUNTY AT 1100 PM CDT...RAINFALL WAS CONTINUING AT A STEADY PACE OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL RESULT IN STREAMS AND RIVERS THAT ARE ALREADY BANKFULL TO POSSIBLY OVERFLOW. SOME RAODS AND HIGHWAYS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SCHUYLER...FULTON...MASON...AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES ARE FLOODED AND CLOSED...AND MORE FLOODING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. DON'T DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS! MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. STUMETZ
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, 2 hours 57 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, 2 hours 8 minutes 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
Special weather statement, May 16, 10:35 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
ILZ042-047-048-050-051-170400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1035 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR MOST OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... TlHE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. COUNTIES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE CANCELLED WATCH ARE CASS...MORGAN...MENARD...SANGAMON...AND LOGAN. ROBINSON
Special weather statement, May 16, 10:51 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
ILZ043-044-052-053-054-061-170430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL 1051 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CE NTRAL ILLINOIS... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. COUNTIES CANCELLED FROM THE WATCH INCLUDE...DEWITT... MACON...CHRISTIAN...PIATT...MOULTRIE AND SHELBY. AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 41 min |
| May 16, 7:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard | 5 hr |
| May 16, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 44 min |
| May 16, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 38 min |
| May 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass | 5 hr |
| May 16, 8:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan | 4 hr |
| May 16, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 5 hr |
| May 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 5 hr |
| May 16, 11:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign | 3 hr |
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.