Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2002, 4:01 PM CDT for 9 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 6 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
- May 11, 2002, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 112101 FFWSPI ILC057-095-113-123-125-143-175-179-203-120300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 400 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE THIS MORNING OVER THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL LOCATIONS REPORTED IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. ANOTHER BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS IS NOW MOVING ACROSS THE AREA...WHICH WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. 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. LAT...LON 4109 8911 4038 8874 4036 9043 4111 9041 CHURCHILL NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 11:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Mason, Peoria and 3 more | 4 hr |
| May 11, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 46 min |
| May 11, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 44 min |
| May 11, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 42 min |
| May 11, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 39 min |
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.