Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2007, 11:45 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2007, 11:45 AM CDT (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KILX 171647
FFWILX
ILC029-035-139-173-172045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1145 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT.
* AT 1145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM OVER THE
WARNED AREA AND MOVING SOUTHEAST TO ALONG I-70. DOPPLER RADAR
HAS ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR FROM EAST
OF SHELBYVILLE TO MATTOON.
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT
WAS ISSUED FOR THIS AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE
AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH
130 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLASH
FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...TOLEDO...ALLENVILLE...FINDLAY...GREENUP...
HAZEL DELL...JANESVILLE...JEWETT...LERNA AND NEOGA.
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.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3927 8881 3919 8844 3918 8801 3938 8801
3953 8803 3959 8889
$$
KH2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KILX 171915
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
212 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2007
ILC029-035-139-173-172045-
COLES-CUMBERLAND-MOULTRIE-SHELBY-
212 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN MOULTRIE...EASTERN SHELBY...CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHERN COLES
COUNTIES...
AT 210 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PASS SOUHTEAST OF THE WARNED AREA.
HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL IN PARTS
OF THE WARNED AREA FROM WINDSOR TO MATTOON AND NEOGA...WILL CAUSE
FLOODING INTO MID AFTERNOON.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... WINDSOR...SHELBYVILLE...
MATTOON...LERNA...JANESVILLE...FINDLAY...CHARLESTON AND ALLENVILLE
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 194.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 126.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3927 8881 3919 8844 3918 8801 3938 8801
3953 8803 3959 8889
$$
KH000
WGUS73 KILX 172043
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
343 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2007
ILC029-035-139-173-172052-
COLES-CUMBERLAND-MOULTRIE-SHELBY-
343 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MOULTRIE...EASTERN SHELBY...CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHERN COLES COUNTIES...
RUNOFF FROM THE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER TODAY
FROM WINDSOR TO MATTOON COULD STILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN LOW
LOWING AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BUT FLOODING ON MAIN ROADWAYS HAS
SUBSIDED.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3927 8881 3919 8844 3918 8801 3938 8801
3953 8803 3959 8889
$$
KHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 7:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 45 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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.