Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2006, 2:13 PM CDT for Jersey County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 10, 2006, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2006, 6:13 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jersey County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1749 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 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 KLSX 101915
FFWLSX
ILC083-102315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
213 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 613 PM CDT
* AT 207 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING JERSEYVILLE AND ELSAH.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES WILL
CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. SOME CREEKS IMPACTED WILL BE THE LITTLE
PIASA CREEK AND MILL CREEK. SIX TO SEVEN INCHES OF WATER WAS
REPORTED ON DELHI ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 67...1 MILE NORTH OF DELHI.
FLOODING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN ELSAH AND MCCLUSKY.
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 UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST
LOUIS.
LAT...LON 3896 9042 3893 9028 3900 9028 3900 9015
3913 9016 3912 9049
$$
DUMMER1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KLSX 102100
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
359 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006
ILC083-102109-
JERSEY IL-
359 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN JERSEY
COUNTY...
THE STORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER HAVE WEAKENED AND
MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3896 9042 3893 9028 3900 9028 3900 9015
3913 9016 3912 9049
$$
DUMMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 10:00 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Jersey, Madison and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Marion | 48 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.