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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 5, 2001Morgan County, Scott County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2001, 7:53 PM CDT for Morgan County, Scott County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 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
Jun 5, 2001, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2001, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Morgan County, IL, Scott County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2001-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 771 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2001-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 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 
WGUS53 KILX 060055
FFWSPI
ILC137-171-060630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
753 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER SCOTT COUNTY AND 
  MOVING INTO MORGAN COUNTY.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES
  OF RAIN PER HOUR HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED FROM THE STORMS IN THE 
  REGION.

  SCOTT COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED AT 730 PM UP TO ONE FOOT OF WATER
  OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 106...JUST SOUTH OF WINCHESTER.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
  AND MOVE ACROSS SCOTT AND MORGAN COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL 
  LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES BY 10 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
  WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND
NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW
LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.

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...tOR THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

$$
GOETSCH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXShelby3 hr
Jun 5, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan55 min
Jun 5, 10:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXShelby6 hr
Jun 6, 12:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon, Scott6 hr
Jun 6, 12:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXSchuyler6 hr
Jun 6, 3:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChristian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby4 hr
Jun 6, 6:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon, Scott3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.