Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2001, 3:32 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 4 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 6, 2001, 3:32 AM CDT (08:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2001, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Christian County, IL, Macon County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 060831 FFWSPI ILC021-115-139-173-061300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 332 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 800 AM CDT * AT 330 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. RADAR IS ESTIMATING RAINFALL RATES OF OVER AN INCH AN HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 6 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 3 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. 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 SERVIgCE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. $$ FRIEDERS 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, 7:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 6 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, 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.