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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 27, 200614 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood watch at Aug 27, 2006, 8:17 PM CDT for 14 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2006, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2006, 3:17 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity
None

Counties Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Mason County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 00:00Z on 2006-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 263 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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.