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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 16, 1995Champaign County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1995, 11:37 PM CDT for Champaign County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1995, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Champaign County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 170438
FFWSPI
ILC019-170745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD IL
1137 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
 
AT 1130 PM CDT...FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE COUNTY DUE TO THE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. LOCAL
OFFICIALS HAVE CLOSED MANY ROADS AROUND THE AREA.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK ACROSS
RAPIDLY MOVING WATER...AS YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE CURRENT.
 
$$
AUTEN

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, 9:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXDeWitt, Macon5 hr
May 16, 11:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton, Mason, Schuyler, Tazewell12 hr

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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.