Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2001, 2:45 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 3 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 9, 2001, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2001, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 623 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 090748 FFWILX ILC023-029-041-045-091100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 245 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SOUTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 600 AM CDT * AT 240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 11 PM OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST DOUGLAS...NORTHEAST COLES...SOUTHERN EDGAR AND MUCH OF CLARK COUNTIES. LOCALLY 6 OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN WAS ESTIMATED OVER SOUTHWEST EDGAR COUNTY NEAR KANSAS. * A BAND OF THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 4 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 TUNEUD FOR LATER STATEMENTS. NNNN $$ KMH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 11:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Coles | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Effingham | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay | 4 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.