Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2009, 4:08 PM CDT for Clay County, Effingham County, Jasper 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
- May 13, 2009, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2009, 7:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clay County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 586 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 759 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KILX 132108
FFWILX
ILC025-049-079-140300-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0002.090513T2108Z-090514T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
408 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
* AT 404 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED SINCE 1 PM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FLORA...NEWTON...BIBLE GROVE...BOGOTA...DIETERICH...EDGEWOOD...
HIDALGO...INGAHAM...IOLA...LOUISVILLE...SAILOR SPRINGS...WHEELER...
WILLOW HILL...XENIA...ELLIOTSTOWN...GILA...HORD...HUNT CITY...
LATONA...MASON...NEWTON LAKE...OSKALOOSA...ROSE HILL...SAM PARR
STATE PARK...WENDELIN AND YALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 8871 3916 8834 3918 8795 3899 8797
3885 8818 3885 8826 3879 8826 3863 8842
3861 8870
$$
MILLER2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KILX 132214
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
514 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
ILC025-049-079-140300-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090514T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY-JASPER-EFFINGHAM-
514 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM...JASPER AND CLAY COUNTIES...
AT 507 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN APPROACHING CLAY...SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM AND JASPER COUNTIES. AN
ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN
515 PM AND 615 PM.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS IMPACTED PARTS OF THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER
AND LITTLE PANTHER CREEK IN CLAY COUNTY...AND FROM CAMP CREEK TO
THE WEST FORK OF WETWEATHER CREEK...SOUTH AND EAST OF NEWTON.
RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 2.50 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN AND NEAR
THESE AREAS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BIBLE GROVE...BOGOTA...DIETERICH...
EDGEWOOD...FLORA...HIDALGO...INGAHAM...IOLA...LOUISVILLE...NEWTON...
SAILOR SPRINGS...WHEELER...WILLOW HILL AND XENIA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 8871 3916 8834 3918 8795 3899 8797
3885 8818 3885 8826 3879 8826 3863 8842
3861 8870
$$
MILLER000
WGUS73 KILX 140044
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
744 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
ILC025-049-079-140053-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090514T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY-JASPER-EFFINGHAM-
744 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM...JASPER AND CLAY COUNTIES...
THE RAINFALL HAS DISSIPATED AND THE FLOODING HAS RECEDED AND NO
LONGER POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT.
LAT...LON 3892 8871 3916 8834 3918 8795 3899 8797
3885 8818 3885 8826 3879 8826 3863 8842
3861 8870
$$
MILLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass | 59 min |
| May 13, 8:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Christian | 3 hr |
| May 13, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 46 min |
| May 13, 9:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan | 47 min |
| May 13, 10:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 9 days |
| May 13, 10:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Christian, Logan, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| May 13, 10:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Coles | 49 min |
| May 13, 10:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 57 min |
| May 13, 10:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby | 4 hr |
| May 13, 10:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 62 min |
| May 13, 10:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 18 days |
| May 13, 11:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign | 4 hr |
| May 13, 11:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 4 hr |
| May 13, 2:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Piatt | 8 days |
| May 13, 2:44 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 16 more | 14 hr |
| May 13, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 24 min |
Nearby
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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.