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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT for Christian County, Macon 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, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 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
Counties Christian County, IL, Macon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 120201
FFWILX
ILC021-115-120800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
900 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING INTO
THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN
SINCE 5 PM IN THE BLUE MOUND AREA AND WEST INTO CHRISTIAN COUNTY.
* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...BLUE MOUND...LONG CREEK...MACON...STONINGTON...BOODY...
ELWIN AND WILLEYS.
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 3967 8882 3966 8905 3952 8908 3960 8932
3980 8918 3982 8883
$$
BARKER2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KILX 120439
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1136 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
ILC021-115-120800-
MACON IL-CHRISTIAN IL-
1136 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHRISTIAN AND MACON COUNTIES
UNTIL 300 AM CDT...
AT 1133 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING OVER HIGHWAY 48 JUST SOUTH OF BLUE MOUND.
THE BLUE MOUND SHERIFF REPORTED THAT WATER HAD RECEDED A LITTLE,
BUT WAS STILL CAUSING PROBLEMS ON HIGHWAY 48. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 5 PM IN THE BLUE MOUND AREA AND
WEST INTO CHRISTIAN COUNTY. RAIN IS STILL FALLING ACROSS THE AREA,
AND FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
SOME ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT MAY ALSO BE EXPERIENCING FLOODING
INCLUDE...LONG CREEK...MACON...STONINGTON...BOODY...ELWIN AND
WILLEYS.
FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...AS DARKNESS OBSCURES THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3967 8882 3966 8905 3952 8908 3960 8932
3980 8918 3982 8883
$$
SHIMON000
WGUS73 KILX 120803
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
259 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
ILC021-115-120809-
MACON IL-CHRISTIAN IL-
259 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CHRISTIAN AND MACON
COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA.
DITCHES IN THE WARNED AREA WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE
FLOOD THREAT. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
THE MACON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT THE LAST INDICATION WAS THAT
SOME FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING ON HIGHWAY 48 JUST SOUTH OF BLUE
MOUND. HOWEVER, THE WATERS MOST LIKELY RECEDING SLOWLY. TRAVEL CAN
STILL BE HAZARDOUS. REMAIN CAUTIOUS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS, AND BE
ESPECIALLY WATCHFUL DURING NIGHT TIME DRIVING.
REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3967 8882 3966 8905 3952 8908 3960 8932
3980 8918 3982 8883
$$
SHIMONWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 11, 2:00 PM CDT, 7 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 2:00 PM CDT, 7 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 2 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 .DISCUSSION... WILL BE ISSUING ZONES AND GRIDS A BIT EARLY TODAY WITH ISSUANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 247. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... ABUNDANT MESOSCALE CONCERNS REGARDING POTENTIAL CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION IS NOW IN PLACE FROM NEAR DANVILLE TO TAYLORVILLE AND IS PRODUCING LOCALLY POOLING DEWPOINTS INTO THE 70S. THE 18Z KILX SOUNDING STILL SHOWS THE SHALLOW COLD POOL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BOUNDARY...HOWEVER WINDS HAVE NOW BECOME SOUTHEAST AT PIA AND GBG AND 18Z SURFACE OBS INDICATE THAT THE COOLER AIR HAS VIRTUALLY MIXED OUT ALLOWING THE MAIN BOUNDARY TO REORGANIZE ITSELF NEAR I-80. IN ADDITION...A REINFORCEMENT OF THE COOL AIR IS SPEEDING SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT THIS TIME AND SHOULD PUSH SOUTH THROUGH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF BOUNDARIES AND POOLING OF MOISTURE HAS ALREADY PRODUCED MUCAPE VALUES >3000 J/KG SOUTHEAST OF THE ORIGINAL OUTFLOW WITH LITTLE OR NO CAPE. WOULD EXPECT SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING...MCS NOW DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI WILL LIKELY TRACK NORTHEAST AND THEN EAST SOUTHEAST ALONG PLUNGING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WOULD EXPECT THAT MUCH OF THE AREA SHOULD SEE STORMS AT SOME POINT OVERNIGHT GIVEN THE BOUNDARIES...THE APPROACHING MCS...AND AN INCREASING LLJ. ONLY QUESTION IS LACK OF SIGNIFICANT DYNAMICS WITH THE BEST FORCING NORTH AND WEST OF THE AREA. SOMEWHAT OF A LULL IS LIKELY ON THURSDAY WITH ONLY SCATTERED ACTIVITY LIKELY OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTH. OF COURSE THAT DEPENDS ON THE BOUNDARY PLACEMENT IN THE WAKE OF TONIGHTS MCS. NEXT LIKELY POPS CAN BE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AS DYNAMICS OF MAIN LOBE ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LOW OVER NORTHERN PLAINS REACHES AREA WITH ASSOCIATED FRONT. COOLER TEMPS ALOFT WILL ENHANCE INSTABILITY BRINGING ANOTHER POTENTIAL ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER. PRECIP WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO SATURDAY UNTIL MAIN TROUGH PASSES THROUGH. LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NORTHWEST FLOW SHOULD KEEP FORECAST AREA COOL AND DRY INTO NEXT WEEK. NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. && BARKER
Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 11:30 AM CDT, 9 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1130 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-121100- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND- DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-FULTON-JASPER-KNOX-LAWRENCE-LOGAN- MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA-PIATT- RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION- WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...CHAMPAIGN...DANVILLE... DECATUR...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...GALESBURG...HAVANA...JACKSONVILLE... LAWRENCEVILLE...LINCOLN...MATTOON...PEORIA...SHELBYVILLE... SPRINGFIELD AND TAYLORVILLE 1130 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM PEORIA SOUTHWARD BETWEEN 3 AND 9 PM. LARGE HAIL IS THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FROM THE ILLINOIS RIVER SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BETWEEN 3 AND 9 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LINCOLN. THIS ADDRESS IS ALL IN LOWER CASE. HUETTL/SHIMON
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 11, 6:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
647 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0642 PM FLASH FLOOD BLUE MOUND 39.70N 89.12W
05/11/2005 MACON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
STATE HIGHWAY 48 UNDER WATER SW OF BLUE MOUND. IN
ADDITION...A FEW COUNTY ROADS IN SW MACON COUNTY UNDER
WATER.
&&
KELLYLocal storm report, May 11, 6:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
658 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0656 PM FLASH FLOOD LOVINGTON 39.71N 88.63W
05/11/2005 MOULTRIE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER COVERING ROADS IN LOVINGTON.
&&
KELLYLocal storm report, May 11, 7:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
709 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0553 PM HAIL CHATHAM 39.67N 89.70W
05/11/2005 0.75 INCH SANGAMON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
FROM COUNTY SHERIFF.
&&
KELLYLocal storm report, May 11, 7:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
758 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0552 PM HAIL BLUE MOUND 39.70N 89.12W
05/11/2005 1.75 INCH MACON IL AMATEUR RADIO
HAM RADIO REPORT.
0754 PM FLASH FLOOD BLUE MOUND 39.70N 89.12W
05/11/2005 MACON IL AMATEUR RADIO
THREE FEET OF WATER STILL OVER ILLINOIS ROUTE 48 JUST
SOUTHWEST OF BLUE MOUND. WATER HAS BEEN FLOWING OVER THE
ROAD FOR OVER AN HOUR.
&&
KELLYLocal storm report, May 11, 8:15 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
815 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG WOODSON 39.63N 90.22W
05/11/2005 MORGAN IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWERLINES BLOWN DOWN.
&&
KELLYLocal storm report, May 11, 8:23 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
823 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 W ARTHUR 39.72N 88.51W
05/11/2005 MOULTRIE IL CO-OP OBSERVER
WATER OVER ILLINOIS HIGHWAY 133...WATER AT THE SHALLOWEST
POINT WAS 6 TO 8 INCHES. REPORTED BY LOVINGTON
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER.
&&
KELLYThe 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, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 6 hr |
| May 11, 9:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.