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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2005, 6:23 PM CDT for Christian County, Macon County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 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, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 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), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1689 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 112325 FFWILX ILC021-115-120230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 623 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 SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL NEAR BLUE MOUND AND STONINGTON. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. LARGE AMOUNTS OF HAIL WILL LIKELY BLOCK NORMAL RUNOFF CHANNELS LEADING TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BLUE MOUND AND STONINGTON. A FLASH FLOODING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3975 8904 3961 8905 3962 8923 3973 8922 $$ BARKER
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KILX 120037 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 734 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ILC021-115-120230- MACON IL-CHRISTIAN IL- 734 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST CHRISTIAN AND SOUTHWEST MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE VICINITY OF BLUE MOUND. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT 3.8 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN BLUE MOUND SINCE 5 PM. HIGHWAY 48 SOUTH OF BLUE MOUND WAS UNDER WATER. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3975 8904 3961 8905 3962 8923 3973 8922 $$ BARKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 52 min |
| May 11, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 25 min |
| May 11, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Shelby | 46 min |
| May 11, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 59 min |
| May 11, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 57 min |
| May 11, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 67 min |
| May 11, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 41 min |
| May 11, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 64 min |
| May 11, 6:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 3 hr |
| May 11, 6:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Moultrie | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005
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.