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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 11, 2005Moultrie County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2005, 6:29 PM CDT for Moultrie 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, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 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

County Moultrie County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 12:00Z on 2005-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1689 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2005-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KILX 112330
FFWILX
ILC139-120230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
629 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL NEAR LOVINGTON.

* 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 BLOCK NORMAL RUNOFF
  CHANNELS PRODUCING ADDITIONAL FLOODING.SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
  EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LOVINGTON.

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 3976 8859 3969 8858 3968 8869 3973 8872

$$

BARKER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KILX 120045
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
738 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

ILC139-120230-
MOULTRIE IL-
738 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTY
UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3.5 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE
LOVINGTON AREA SINCE 5 PM.  WATER WAS REPORTED COVERING SEVERAL ROADS
IN THE VICINITY OF LOVINGTON AT 6 PM.

REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3976 8859 3969 8858 3968 8869 3973 8872

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar52 min
May 11, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Macon25 min
May 11, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Shelby46 min
May 11, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar59 min
May 11, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon57 min
May 11, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDouglas, Moultrie, Piatt67 min
May 11, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan41 min
May 11, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon64 min
May 11, 6:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEdgar3 hr
May 11, 6:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChristian, Macon3 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.