Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

May 3, 1996, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC)

Expired

May 4, 1996, 1:45 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Macon County, IL, Sangamon County, IL

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TTAA00 KSPI 040347
FFWSPI
ILC115-167-040645-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1046 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...MACON COUNTY...SANGAMON COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SANGAMON AND MACON COUNTIES LATE FRIDAY
EVENING HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT
REPORTED 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 8 PM AND 1045 PM. DOPPLER RADAR AT
1045 PM INDICATES THAT MORE STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THESE
AREAS...LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
 
BE ESPECfIALLY 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.
$$
 
GEELHART

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 3, 7:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
800 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 1996

NOT MUCH TIME FOR A DISCUSSION.  SVR WX GOING ON ACROSS SERN SECTIONS
OF CWA.  TRWS ARE RIDING RIGHT ALONG THE DEWPOINT AXIS WITH 60+ DWPTS
TO THE SOUTH AND 45 TO THE NORTH.  SOUTH WINDS CONT TO FEED GOOD
MOISTURE ACROSS QUASI-STNRY FRONT SO EXPECT SOME GOOD OVERUNNING RAINS
ACROSS MOST OF IL.  QUICK LOOK AT SAT SHOWS STORMS OVER SERN IL AND
STORMS IN SERN IA ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP INTO MCS TYPE SYSTEMS.
FAVORABLE THICKNESS TAKES THESE E-SE ACROSS MOST OF CWA.  SO MAY BE
GOOD IDEA TO ADD HVY RAIN TO ALL OF CWA.  FFA STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR SERN
IL GIVEN STORMS ROLLING ACROSS ATTM.

PIA    49/52  +5
SPI    53/55  86
DEC    52/54  86
CMI    52/53  86
SE IL  57/57  +8

KETCHAM

In the hours before

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-040315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
913 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS
SHIFTED INTO PARTS OF INDIANA.

HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT.

GEELHART

Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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