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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2006, 4:13 PM CDT for Douglas County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2006, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2006, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Douglas County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Nw Tuscola, IL | 1450N 650E FLOODED AND OTHER RURAL ROADS NEARBY. REPORTED BY DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 805 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 312119 FFWILX ILC041-010015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 413 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 407 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL MOVE DOWN DRY CREEK...KASKASKIA RIVER...AND OTHER STREAMS INTO NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE RURAL NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3988 8828 3982 8828 3980 8846 3988 8846 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KILX 312301 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 558 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 ILC041-010015- DOUGLAS- 558 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 549 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE DOUGLAS / CHAMPAIGN COUNTY LINE SOUTHWEST OF PESOTUM...ONE MILE WEST OF U.S. 45. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3988 8828 3982 8828 3980 8846 3988 8846 $$ BARKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 43 min |
| May 31, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 42 min |
| May 31, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 38 min |
| May 31, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 4 hr |
| May 31, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| May 31, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 55 min |
| May 31, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 54 min |
| May 31, 4:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Macon | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.