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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood watch at Jun 12, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jun 12, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 12, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2008, 6:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Flood severity
- None
All 35 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 785 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 12, 2:43 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 2:43 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 2:52 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 252 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ILZ027>031-037-131100- KNOX-MARSHALL-PEORIA-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 252 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO MID EVENING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO FRIDAY...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LOW. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL REACH 1.5 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR GALESBURG. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ILZ038-042-043-053-131100- DE WITT-LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN- 252 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO FRIDAY...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LOW. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL REACH 1 TO 2 INCHES. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ILZ036-040-041-047>050-131100- CASS-FULTON-MASON-MENARD-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT- 252 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY BE POSSIBLE. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER SOUTH OF HAVANA... AND THE SANGAMON RIVER FROM PETERSBURG DOWNSTREAM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORMS MOVE PAST THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ILZ051-052-131100- CHRISTIAN-SANGAMON- 252 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS LATE TODAY INTO MID EVENING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY BE POSSIBLE. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER SOUTH OF HAVANA... AND THE SANGAMON RIVER FROM PETERSBURG DOWNSTREAM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORMS MOVE PAST THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ILZ044>046-131100- CHAMPAIGN-PIATT-VERMILION- 252 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...BUT THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD REMAIN TO THE WEST THROUGH DAWN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS EASTERN ILLINOIS ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS WHERE WATER HAS RECENTLY RECEDED. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-131100- CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM- JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SHELBY- 252 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT EXTENSIVE RUNOFF FLOODING FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER MANY AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THEIR BANKS INCLUDING THE WABASH...LITTLE WABASH...AND EMBARRAS RIVERS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD DAYBREAK...HOWEVER MOST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL FRIDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES WILL AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY HAZARDOUS FLOODING SITUATION. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY... BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HUETTL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 9:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Jasper | 3 days |
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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.