Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
- 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
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
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 12:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Mason | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Morgan | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 3:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Jasper | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 55 min |
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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.