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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 11, 2002Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2002, 2:26 PM CDT for Schuyler County, 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
Jun 11, 2002, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2002, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Schuyler County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1367 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2002-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KILX 111926
FFWSPI
ILC169-120130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
223 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM JUST SOUTH OF BROOKLYN TO RUSHVILLE. 
DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST HOUR INDICATED FROM 1.5 TO 
2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 
HEAVY RAINS WHICH FELL OVER THIS AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE
HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 400 PM...WITH 
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS OCCURRING INTO THE EVENING.

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 4025 9049 4013 9035 4003 9051 4010 9085
          4027 9090

SMITH
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 12:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton6 hr
Jun 11, 2:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMason6 hr
Jun 11, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott60 min
Jun 11, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan38 min
Jun 11, 3:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon6 hr
Jun 11, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard, Sangamon67 min
Jun 11, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign41 min
Jun 11, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Shelby59 min
Jun 11, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningILXShelby28 min
Jun 11, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland64 min
Jun 11, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham63 min
Jun 11, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningILXEffingham46 min
Jun 11, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes40 min
Jun 11, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Jasper65 min
Jun 11, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Edgar55 min

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.