Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2001, 12:27 PM CDT for Randolph 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 19, 2001, 12:27 PM CDT (17:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2001, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KLSX 191736 FFWLSX ILC157-192130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1227 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 1227 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST SOUTH OF ST LOUIS SOUTHWARD TO NEAR CHESTER ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS RANDOLPH COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ROLLED THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING DUMPED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF RANDOLPH COUNTY ACCORDING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER ESTIMATES. ANOTHER 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUTH AT 25 MPH THROUGH THE AREA. * FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE ENTIRE COUNTY INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF SPARTA... STEELVILLE...AND CHESTER AS WELL AS THE KASKASKIA RIVER AND OTHER SMALLER STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES!! IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS... ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. $$ PEDIGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 7:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 11:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 4 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.