Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

May 8, 1996, 5:01 AM CDT (10:01 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 1996, 8:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, IL, Jasper County, IL

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TTAA00 KSPI 081002
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ILC033-035-079-081300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
501 AM CDT WED MAY 8 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN IL HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

   ...CRAWFORD COUNTY
   ...JASPER COUNTY

IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

   ...CUMBERLAND COUNTY
 
AT 457 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
CUMBERLAND...JASPER AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF
HOURS.  RAINFALL RANGED FROM 1/4 OF AN INCH UP TO 1 1/2 INCHES IN
SOME LOCATIONS.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE AREA THIS
MORNING tDUMPING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON ALREADY SOAKED SOILS...SO IF
FLOODING APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGER OF FLOODING.

$$
BYRD

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 8, 2:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
200 AM CDT WED MAY 8 1996

AS OF 145 AM...88D INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF RWS AND TRWS ACROSS WC IL.
THE PCPN WAS W OF A PIA TO SPI LINE WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS ACROSS
SCOTT AND MORGAN COUNTIES AT THIS TIME.  SCOTT CO SHERIFF/S OFFICE
REPORTS THAT THE DITCHES ARE FULL ACROSS SRN PTNS OF THE CO.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE MCS ERNIE IS FORMING PRACTICALLY OVERHEAD...SO CAN
EXPECT HVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE NRN PTNS OF CWA THIS MORNING.  THO THERE
IS STILL THE POSSIBILITY OF AN MCS FORMG OVR NRN KS/SRN NE THIS MORNG...
AS THERE IS SOME DEVELOPMENT VSBL ON SATELITE AS OF 0615Z PICTURE...
WHICH COULD ZAP SOME OF THE ENERGY FROM CURRENT COMPLEX OVR NERN MO/
WC IL.  MEANWHILE...BEST THREAT OF SVR WX WILL NOT BE TILL TONIGHT
PER DAY1 OUTLOOK FROM SPC.

FFG NUMBERS FOR OUR CWA ARE IN THE 1.0 TO 2.3 INCH RANGE...SO I FEEL
THAT A FFA SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR C IL TODAY AND TONIGHT.

AS FOR TEMPS TOD,AY...WITH WF MOVG TO N OF CWA BELIEVE TEMPS WILL RISE
INTO THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80.

PIA      77/58  +6
SPI      79/60  +5
DEC      78/59  +5
CMI      77/58  +5
SERN IL  81/62  53

BYRD

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

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