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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2005, 8:56 PM CDT for Edgar 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
- May 11, 2005, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2005, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Edgar County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 120157 FFWILX ILC045-120800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 856 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN BETWEEN EDGAR AND BRIGHTON. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...EDGAR AND SCOTTLAND. FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...AS DARKNESS OBSCURES THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3979 8756 3967 8756 3970 8791 3979 8792 $$ BARKER
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KILX 120452 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1147 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ILC045-120800- EDGAR IL- 1147 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDGAR COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 1143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN EDGAR COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 6 TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN BETWEEN EDGAR AND BROCTON. STEADY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AGAIN BY MIDNIGHT, AND CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT 230 AM. THIS WILL CAUSE THE CURRENT FLOODING TO CONTINUE, WITH COUNTY ROADS 9 AND 8 BETWEEN EDGAR AND BROCTON TO LIKELY REMAIN WATER COVERED IN SPOTS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3979 8756 3967 8756 3970 8791 3979 8792 $$ SHIMON
000 WGUS73 KILX 120810 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 309 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 ILC045-120819- EDGAR IL- 309 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EDGAR COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. DITCHES, STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED ...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. CALLS TO THE EDGAR COUNTY SHERIFF INDICATE THAT NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE COUNTY. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3979 8756 3967 8756 3970 8791 3979 8792 $$ SHIMON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 53 min |
| May 11, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 39 min |
| May 11, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 45 min |
| May 11, 9:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 6 hr |
| May 11, 9:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.