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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 11, 2000Clark County, Coles County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2000, 3:02 AM CDT for Clark County, Coles County, Illinois. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2000, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2000, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2000-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3024 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 2000-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3024 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KILX 110801
FFWILX
ILC023-029-111300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
302 AM CDT TUE JUL 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 300 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EASTERN COLES AND CLARK COUNTIES. THIS
  AREA OF STORMS EXTENDED ALL THE WAY BACK INTO SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND
  NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF
  RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES THROUGH 600 AM.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY TOTAL UP TO 5 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF
  COLES AND CLARK COUNTIES BY 600 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW
MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.

REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

PLAHMER
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 12:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton, Mason5 hr
Jul 11, 12:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXLogan5 hr
Jul 11, 1:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCass, Menard, Schuyler5 hr
Jul 11, 1:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXDouglas, Edgar5 hr
Jul 11, 2:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon5 hr
Jul 11, 4:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCrawford, Cumberland, Jasper6 hr
Jul 11, 8:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark, Coles2 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.