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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 13, 2009McLean County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2009, 11:12 PM CDT for McLean County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2009, 11:12 PM CDT (04:12 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2009, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties McLean County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 14, 5:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.31	4 Nne Normal, IL	STORM TOTAL RAINFALL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1574 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 350 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 407 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.0
Supercell composite: 8.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KILX 140412
FFWILX
ILC113-203-141000-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0007.090514T0412Z-090514T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1112 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

* AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WOODFORD AND NORTHWEST
  MCLEAN COUNTIES. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE 
  EXPECTED IN LESS THAN AN HOURS TIME WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
  WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EUREKA...CARLOCK...DANVERS...EL PASO...GOODFIELD...HUDSON...
  MINONK...ROANOKE...SECOR...WASHBURN...BENSON...CONGERVILLE...
  EVERGREEN LAKE...KAPPA...LAKE BLOOMINGTON AND PANOLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 4092 8894 4057 8891 4044 8927 4061 8927
      4062 8929 4092 8930

$$

SMITH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KILX 140736
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
236 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009

ILC113-203-141000-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090514T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCLEAN-WOODFORD-
236 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR 
WOODFORD AND NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES...

AT 235 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...HOWEVER THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS
NOT. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS ACROSS THE AREA
RANGES FROM 2 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE CARLOCK...DANVERS...EL PASO...EUREKA...
GOODFIELD...HUDSON...MINONK...ROANOKE...SECOR AND WASHBURN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 4092 8894 4057 8891 4044 8927 4061 8927
      4062 8929 4092 8930

$$

SMITH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at May 13, 8:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 8:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
854 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 851 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009
ONGOING CONVECTION PRODUCING A LINE OF STORMS AHEAD OF A SLOWLY
ADVANCING COLD FRONT. PLENTY OF PRECIP ALREADY TODAY...AND MORE ON
THE WAY. CONTINUING THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. SEVERAL UPDATES ANTICIPATED TO UPDATE FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WATCH CANCELLATIONS AS THE WEATHER MOVES THROUGH. OTHER THAN
THAT... FORECAST IS ON TRACK.

HJS
&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED 645 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

MAIN FORECAST ISSUE WILL BE THE TIMING OF THE LINE OF STORMS JUST
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ISOLATED SUPERCELLS LOCATED ALONG
THE LINE PRODUCING TORNADOES JUST EAST OF KIRKSVILLE EARLIER THIS
EVENING. LINE OF STORMS TIMED INTO OUR WRN TAF SITES BETWEEN 01Z
AND 03Z...AND TWDS 05 OR 06Z IN CMI. WL HAVE TO WATCH FOR THE
STORMS TO START TO BOW OUT/ACCELERATE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING
FROM STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. HAVE INCLUDED VRB30G40KTS AT THE
TAF SITES AS THE GUST FRONT PUSHES ACRS THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF THE
MAIN LINE. OTHER THAN SOME TEMPO GROUPS WITH THE TSRA...WHICH WILL
INCLUDE SOME MVFR CIGS...WL CONTINUE TO HOLD ONTO VFR CONDITIONS
AT ALL SITES DURING THIS FCST PD. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WL BECOME
SOUTHWEST JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND THEN NORTHWEST AFTR MIDNIGHT
AS THE FRONT SHIFTS OFF TO OUR EAST.

SMITH
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 231 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

ACTIVE WEATHER AFFECTING CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SO FAR
TODAY...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 3 INCHES FAIRLY
COMMON...PRIMARILY EAST OF I-55. RAIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A WARM
FRONT LIFTING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA...AND HAD BECOME MORE
SCATTERED IN NATURE BY MID AFTERNOON. WELL DEFINED MCV MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...WITH THUNDERSTORMS
INCREASING IN THAT AREA.

MAIN FORECAST ISSUES ARE IN THE SHORT TERM...WITH SEVERE WEATHER
CHANCES TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY.

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...

MAIN SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO
THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AT MID AFTERNOON. INSTABILITY INCREASING
ACROSS MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS...IN THE WARM SECTOR AND
WHERE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WERE LOCATED. LIFTED INDICES AT
18Z WERE APPROACHING -5 IN THE WESTERN CWA AND WERE EVEN LOWER IN
MISSOURI...WHILE CAPES WERE RISING INTO THE 4-DIGIT RANGE. 18Z
SOUNDING FROM LINCOLN STILL SHOWED A DECENT AMOUNT OF
CAPPING...BUT THIS SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN..WHICH IT HAS ALREADY
DONE FURTHER WEST. THUNDERSTORMS PROGGED TO CONTINUE INCREASING
INTO THE EVENING...WITH MODELS SHOWING THE FRONT NEAR I-55 AROUND
MIDNIGHT AND CLEARING THE SOUTHEAST CWA JUST AFTER SUNRISE.
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF INCHES OF RAIN...ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR. DUE TO THIS AND THE EARLIER
RAINFALL...WILL ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS EAST OF I-55 THROUGH
7 AM THURSDAY.

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE FRONT PUSHING TO AROUND THE OHIO
RIVER BY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE
MIDWEST. HOWEVER...FRONT EXPECTED TO RETREAT NORTHWARD TO AROUND
I-80 BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDER CHANCES TO INCREASE AGAIN
IN THE WARM SECTOR AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...AS ANOTHER
COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA.

LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

NORTHWEST FLOW EXPECTED TO SET UP EARLY IN THE WEEK...WITH MAIN
STORM TRACK TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. FORECAST WILL BE
DRY DURING THIS PERIOD.

GEELHART

&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR ILZ038-042>046-051>057-
061>063-066>068-071>073.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 3:21 PM CDT, 7 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
321 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

ILZ027-036-040-041-047-049-050-142030-
CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MASON-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-
321 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING...THEN WILL
SPREAD EASTWARD TO THE I-55 CORRIDOR LATE THIS EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC
CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE TO SUPPORT ROTATING UPDRAFTS WITH THE
STORMS...ENHANCING THE THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF
QUARTER-SIZED...WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH...AND A FEW TORNADOES.
IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY...AGGRAVATING
ONGOING FLOODING ISSUES IN THE AREA.

THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
INTO THE REGION FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PRIMARILY FROM 4 PM TO 11 PM.

ILZ028>031-037-048-142030-
MARSHALL-MENARD-PEORIA-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
321 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING...THEN WILL
SPREAD EASTWARD TO THE I-55 CORRIDOR LATE THIS EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC
CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE TO SUPPORT ROTATING UPDRAFTS WITH THE
STORMS...ENHANCING THE THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF
QUARTER-SIZED...WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH...AND A FEW TORNADOES.
IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY...AGGRAVATING
ONGOING FLOODING ISSUES IN THE AREA.

THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
INTO THE REGION FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PRIMARILY FROM 4 PM TO 11 PM.

ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061-142030-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-LOGAN-MACON-
MCLEAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-SHELBY-VERMILION-
321 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
ACROSS THE I-55 CORRIDOR THIS EVENING...THEN SPREAD EAST INTO
EASTERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL BE
FAVORABLE TO SUPPORT ROTATING UPDRAFTS WITH THE STORMS...ENHANCING
THE THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF QUARTER- SIZED...WINDS
GREATER THAN 60 MPH...AND A FEW TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY...AGGRAVATING ONGOING FLOODING
ISSUES IN THE AREA. THE STORMS WILL PUSH INTO EAST-CENTRAL
ILLINOIS BY LATER THIS EVENING.

THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
INTO THE REGION FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PRIMARILY FROM 5 PM TO 12 AM.

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-142030-
CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
321 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STORMS. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL
DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING DISTURBANCE TO THE SOUTHWEST THIS
EVENING...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STORMS BEING DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. LARGE HAIL IN EXCESS OF QUARTER-
SIZED AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS
WILL PUSH INTO INDIANA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
INTO THE REGION FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING AFTER 5 PM.

25

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 10:26 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1026 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1023 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG SPRINGFIELD             39.78N 89.64W
05/13/2009                   SANGAMON           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED TREE DOWN AND TRANSFORMER BLOWN IN SPRINGFIELD.
            ID 9112.

&&

AJ

Local storm report, May 13, 10:38 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1038 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 W CHILLICOTHE         40.92N 89.63W
05/13/2009  E60 MPH          PEORIA             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

AJ

Local storm report, May 13, 10:39 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1039 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1032 PM     HAIL             MURRAYVILLE             39.58N 90.25W
05/13/2009  E1.00 INCH       MORGAN             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            1 INCH HAIL WITH 60 MPH WIND GUST.

&&

AJ

Local storm report, May 13, 10:41 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1041 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1032 PM     TSTM WND GST     WOODSON                 39.63N 90.22W
05/13/2009  E75 MPH          MORGAN             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

AJ

Special weather statement, May 13, 10:48 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1048 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

ILZ031-037-038-140445-
MCLEAN-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
1048 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EASTERN TAZEWELL...NORTHERN MCLEAN
AND SOUTHEASTERN WOODFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1048 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOODFIELD...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF EUREKA...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARLOCK...
  EL PASO...
  HUDSON...
  GRIDLEY...
  LEXINGTON...
  CHENOA...

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...CONGERVILLE...EVERGREEN LAKE...
KAPPA...LAKE BLOOMINGTON AND WESTON.

PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 4075 8858 4062 8858 4051 8933 4069 8933
      4076 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 250DEG 44KT 4062 8924

AUTEN

Local storm report, May 13, 11:06 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1106 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1055 PM     TSTM WND GST     ELKHART                 40.02N 89.48W
05/13/2009  E75 MPH          LOGAN              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FROM COUNTY ESDA

&&

AJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Schuyler	45 min
May 13, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Peoria	47 min
May 13, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	45 min
May 13, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford	36 min
May 13, 9:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Schuyler	8 hr
May 13, 10:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	8 hr
May 13, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott	49 min
May 13, 10:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	11 days
May 13, 10:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton	8 hr
May 13, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Morgan and 1 more	49 min
May 13, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	McLean	57 min
May 13, 10:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Christian, Morgan, Sangamon	6 hr
May 13, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean	37 min
May 13, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie and 2 more	48 min
May 13, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	13 min
May 13, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Effingham, Shelby	64 min
May 14, 12:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Macon, Moultrie, Piatt	6 hr
May 14, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 4 more	38 min
May 14, 12:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby	56 min
May 14, 12:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby	38 min
May 14, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Clay, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Effingham and 2 more	61 min
May 14, 12:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	6 hr
May 14, 1:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 2 more	6 hr
May 14, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	38 min
May 14, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more	57 min
May 14, 1:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more	5 hr
May 14, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	43 min
May 14, 7:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 12 more	5 hr
May 14, 12:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	6 days
May 14, 3:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more	32 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.