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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2010, 6:04 PM CDT for Clark County, Coles County, Illinois. It was in force for 5 hr. 3 reports 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
- Jul 15, 2010, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2010, 11:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:22 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.1 | Charleston, IL | MEASURED IN 75 MINUTES. SWOP REPORT. |
| Jul 15, 7:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.45 | Charleston, IL | |
| Jul 15, 7:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.81 | Charleston, IL | MEASURED AT EIU |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 3622 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
625
WGUS53 KILX 152304
FFWILX
ILC023-029-160500-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0049.100715T2304Z-100716T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
604 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
* AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN
AN HOURS TIME WILL BE LIKELY WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...MARSHALL...CLARKSVILLE...DENNISON AND WESTFIELD.
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 3935 8754 3935 8801 3938 8801 3938 8813
3941 8828 3965 8827 3950 8796 3949 8796
3949 8769 3948 8768 3948 8754
$$
SMITH2 follow-up statements
643
WGUS73 KILX 160058
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
758 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2010
ILC023-029-160500-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-100716T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLES IL-CLARK IL-
758 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2010
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CLARK AND
EASTERN COLES COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...
AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM JUST
NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON TO ASHMORE IN EASTERN COLES COUNTY THE
PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1
TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN BY 930 PM OVER NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY AS THEY
DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AT 15 MPH.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...MARSHALL...CLARKSVILLE...DENNISON AND WESTFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3935 8754 3935 8801 3938 8801 3938 8813
3941 8828 3965 8827 3950 8796 3949 8796
3949 8769 3948 8768 3948 8754
$$
HUETTL212
WGUS73 KILX 160404
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1104 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2010
ILC023-029-160419-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-100716T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLES IL-CLARK IL-
1104 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2010
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CLARK AND
EASTERN COLES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3935 8754 3935 8801 3938 8801 3938 8813
3941 8828 3965 8827 3950 8796 3949 8796
3949 8769 3948 8768 3948 8754
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 1:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 6 hr |
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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.