Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2002, 4:23 AM CDT for Christian 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 13, 2002, 4:23 AM CDT (09:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2002, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Christian County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1457 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.3
- Supercell composite
- -2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 130923 FFWSPI ILC021-131500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 420 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT * AT 420 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. RADAR IS ESTIMATING RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING 2 INCHES AN HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE PAST DAYBREAK. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE LIKELY AT TIMES. THESE RAINFALL RATES WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 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 3973 8915 3936 8913 3936 8947 3970 8944 FRIEDERS NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 9:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton | 55 min |
| Jun 13, 12:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Tazewell | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 4:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Scott | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham | 16 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 10:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 6 hr |
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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.