Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2006, 6:44 PM CDT for Vermilion 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 29, 2006, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2006, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 292345 FFWILX ILC183-300545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 644 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT * AT 641 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 2 HOURS FROM JUST NORTH OF ROSSVILLE TO HOOPESTON. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ROSSVILLE. FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED 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 AUTOMOBILE. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4047 8756 4033 8755 4033 8780 4045 8779 $$ SMITH
6 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KILX 300049 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 745 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ILC183-300545- VERMILION IL- 745 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM CDT... AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST VERMILION COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING RAINFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES FROM HOOPESTON SOUTHWEST FOR A FEW MILES. IN ADDITION...SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING OCCURRING ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF HOOPESTON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPEATEDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY...AS OLDER STORMS MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS IS RESULTING IN THE CONTINUATION OF THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ROSSVILLE....HOOPESTON...AND RURAL AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 1. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4047 8756 4033 8755 4033 8780 4045 8779 $$ GEELHART
000 WGUS73 KILX 300146 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 846 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ILC183-300545- VERMILION- 846 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM CDT... AT 844 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN AREAS FROM JUST NORTH OF ROSSVILLE TO HOOPESTON. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ROSSVILLE AND ALVIN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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. 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 4047 8756 4028 8754 4033 8782 4045 8779 $$ SMITH
000 WGUS73 KILX 300243 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 941 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ILC183-300545- VERMILION- 941 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM CDT... AT 937 PM CDT...VERMILION COUNTY ESDA OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN HOOPESTON. ALL ROADS IN TOWN WERE FLOODED WITH SEVERAL HOMES ACROSS THE AREA FLOODED AS WELL. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED ACROSS NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS NOT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4047 8756 4028 8754 4033 8782 4045 8779 $$ SMITH
000 WGUS73 KILX 300244 CCA FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 941 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ILC183-300545- VERMILION- 941 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM CDT... AT 937 PM CDT...VERMILION COUNTY ESDA OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN HOOPESTON. ALL ROADS IN TOWN WERE FLOODED WITH SEVERAL HOMES ACROSS THE AREA FLOODED AS WELL. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED ACROSS NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS NOT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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. 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 4047 8756 4028 8754 4033 8782 4045 8779 $$ SMITH
000 WGUS73 KILX 300342 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1040 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ILC183-300545- VERMILION- 1040 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 1245 AM CDT... AT 1038 PM CDT...HOOPESTON ESDA OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING CONTINUED IN THE TOWN OF HOOPESTON. 15 ROADS IN THE TOWN WERE IMPASSABLE WITH SEVERAL HOMES EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. THE NORTH FORK OF THE VERMILION RIVER HAS COME UP 3 FEET IN THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO RISE OVERNIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4047 8756 4028 8754 4033 8782 4045 8779 $$ SMITH
000 WGUS73 KILX 300510 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1209 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ILC183-300519- VERMILION- 1209 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST VERMILION COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING... REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4047 8756 4028 8754 4033 8782 4045 8779 $$ AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 31 min |
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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.