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Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 13, 2002Coles County, Cumberland County, Effingham County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2002, 6:30 AM CDT for Coles County, Cumberland County, Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 16 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, 6:30 AM CDT (11:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2002, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Effingham County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1457 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2002-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -76 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KILX 131131
FFWSPI
ILC029-035-049-131700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
630 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 630 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. 

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 AM. 
  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE LIKELY AT TIMES.
  THESE RAINFALL RATES WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...
  ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

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 3961 8794 3915 8839 3897 8846 3898 8865
          3921 8845 3961 8843

FRIEDERS

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox56 min
Jun 12, 9:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXKnox6 hr
Jun 12, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Knox64 min
Jun 12, 11:50 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton55 min
Jun 13, 12:43 AM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Mason, Tazewell62 min
Jun 13, 1:30 AM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan60 min
Jun 13, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell61 min
Jun 13, 4:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon6 hr
Jun 13, 4:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChristian6 hr
Jun 13, 4:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXScott5 hr
Jun 13, 5:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark5 hr
Jun 13, 5:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXShelby6 hr
Jun 13, 6:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMason, Tazewell4 hr
Jun 13, 6:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Effingham5 hr
Jun 13, 10:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXSangamon6 hr

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.