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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
- 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
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 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 10:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.