Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2006, 9:36 PM CDT for 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
- Jul 26, 2006, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2006, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Macon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 3636 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.9
- Supercell composite
- 22.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 270237 FFWILX ILC115-270530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 936 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT. * AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND 6 INCHES BY 11 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ARGENTA AND OREANA. IN ARGENTA THERE WAS 1 FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH 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 FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3989 8889 3988 8875 4006 8875 4005 8889 $$ AUTEN
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KILX 270433 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1130 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 ILC115-270530- MACON- 1130 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY... AT 1125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DID NOT INDICATE ANY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER... FLOODING STILL CONTINUES IN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MACON COUNTY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ARGENTA SCATTERED RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3989 8889 3988 8875 4006 8875 4005 8889 $$ AUTEN
000 WGUS73 KILX 270529 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1229 AM CDT THU JUL 27 2006 ILC115-270539- MACON- 1229 AM CDT THU JUL 27 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY... ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3989 8889 3988 8875 4006 8875 4005 8889 $$ AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Macon | 12 min |
| Jul 26, 7:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Piatt | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 7:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Piatt | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Piatt | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 2:52 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Fulton, Logan, McLean and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Piatt | 3 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.