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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 9, 2001Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2001, 3:55 AM CDT for Lawrence County, 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
Jul 9, 2001, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2001, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2001-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 623 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 2001-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KILX 090857
FFWILX
ILC101-091300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
355 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 350 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY. BETWEEN 2 AND
  3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1 AM OVER WESTERN
  LAWRENCE COUNTY WEST OF LAWRENCEVILLE.

* CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL DRIFT SOUTH
  ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY THROUGH 6 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY
  RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCAL 3 INCH AMOUNTS NEAR THE WABASH
  RIVER. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A
FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN
RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

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.

$$

NNNN

KMH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 11:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEdgar4 hr
Jul 8, 11:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark3 hr
Jul 9, 12:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXColes3 hr
Jul 9, 12:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCrawford, Jasper4 hr
Jul 9, 2:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar3 hr
Jul 9, 4:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCrawford, Jasper4 hr
Jul 9, 5:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEffingham6 hr
Jul 9, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark3 hr
Jul 9, 6:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClay4 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.