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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2002, 4:06 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2002, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2002, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Warren County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1544 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KDVN 130906
FFWMLI
ILC067-071-109-187-131400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
405 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS EXTENDED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR...
* HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 900 AM CDT
* AT 355 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND
SHORT-TERM FORECASTS INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL END THIS MORNING
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE...AS WATER PONDS ON ROADWAYS...CONTINUES TO
FLOOD LOW-LYING AREAS...AND AFFECTS URBAN AREAS.
* UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT...WITH THE
HEAVIEST RAINS ACROSS HENDERSON...MONMOUTH...EXTREME NORTHERN
HANCOCK...AND NORTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTIES. SOME TOWNS THAT HAVE BEEN
MOST AFFECTED INCLUDE...OQUAWKA AND BIGGSVILLE IN HENDERSON
COUNTY...AND KIRKWOOD...ROSEVILLE...AND GREENBUSH IN WARREN COUNTY.
AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4106 9048 4029 9048 4023 9148 4092 9095
4106 9094
REA2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS53 KDVN 131233 FFSMLI ILC067-071-109-187-131400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 730 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR... * HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 900 AM CDT AT 720 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUE AND WILL HAMPER THE MORNING COMMUTE. ROUTE 116 SOUTH OF MEDIA IN HENDERSON COUNTY WAS REPORTED FLOODED AND CLOSED. ALSO...MANY ROADS IN THE LA HARPE AREA OF HANCOCK COUNTY WERE REPORTED BY A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER TO BE WATER COVERED AND CLOSED. NUMEROUS COUNTRY AND BACKROADS WERE REPORTED WASHED OUT OR STILL WATER COVERED IN ALL THE WARNED COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A SWATH OF 2 TO 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM OQUAWKA...TO BUSHNELL WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING. THURSDAY MORNING MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER STILL COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES. $$ JDH NNNN
000 WGUS53 KDVN 131410 FFSMLI ILC067-071-109-187-131420- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 910 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR...HENDERSON...WARREN...HANCOCK... AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 AM CDT... AT 905 AM...VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE FLOODING TROUBLE WAS RECEDING AND THAT MORE AND MORE ROADS WERE REOPENING...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 AM. HOWEVER...SOME NUISANCE FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER OVER AND NEAR ROADWAYS WILL STILL AFFECT THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA THROUGH MIDDAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND OVER THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA THROUGH MIDDAY...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO AGGRAVATE OR CREATE ANY NEW FLOODING PROBLEMS. THURSDAY MORNING MOTORISTS ARE STILL URGED TO USE CAUTION AND TO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER STILL COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES. $$ JDH NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 9:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, Warren | 8 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Warren | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 12:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | McDonough | 7 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002
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.