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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2008, 6:48 PM CDT for Christian County, Shelby 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 8, 2008, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2008, 9:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Christian County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1492 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KILX 082350
FFWILX
ILC021-173-090245-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0041.080708T2348Z-080709T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
648 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.
* AT 644 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER
RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 400 PM.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE
AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES BY
800 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...SHELBYVILLE...
COWDEN...LAKEWOOD...PANA...STEWARDSON...TOWER HILL...WESTERVELT AND
WINDSOR.
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 FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3922 8849 3923 8913 3936 8913 3935 8944
3951 8905 3951 8864 3947 8860 3945 8859
3945 8850 3944 8848
$$
CHURCHILL1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KILX 090219
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
919 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
ILC021-173-090224-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080709T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHRISTIAN-SHELBY-
919 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
CHRISTIAN AND SHELBY COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ENDING THE IMMEDIATE
FLASH FLOODING THREAT.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3922 8849 3923 8913 3936 8913 3935 8944
3951 8905 3951 8864 3947 8860 3945 8859
3945 8850 3944 8848
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 3:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Christian, Macon, Morgan, Moultrie, Sangamon, Scott and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Sangamon, Shelby | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 30 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.