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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 10, 1995McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 1995, 2:36 AM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 2 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1995, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County McLean County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPIA 100739
FFWPIA
ILC113-100945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEORIA IL
236 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEORIA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...MCLEAN COUNTY
 
AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER MCLEAN COUNTY WERE PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAINS IN THE AREA OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. THEREFORE...A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MCLEAN COUNTY UNTIL 445 AM CDT.
 
DON'T DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS! MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN VEHICLES.
 
HUNTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion31 min

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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.