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Areal Flood Warning 19, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this areal flood warning at Jun 19, 2011, 4:35 AM CDT for Morgan County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2011, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Morgan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Jun 19, 3:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 300 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 300 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MCS CURRENTLY ONGOING OVER CENTRAL/SOUTHERN MISSOURI IS BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF EVOLVING INTO A BOWING STRUCTURE AS IT ACCELERATES EASTWARD ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BASED ON RADAR/SATELLITE LOOPS...IT APPEARS BULK OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL REMAIN JUST SOUTH OF THE KILX CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. AS SUCH...HAVE DECIDED TO ALLOW THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR OUR SOUTHERN PERIPHERY TO EXPIRE AT 12Z. WILL HOWEVER CARRY LIKELY POPS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70...AS NORTHERN EDGE OF STORM COMPLEX WILL LIKELY IMPACT THIS AREA. FURTHER NORTH...WILL ONLY MENTION LOW CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA. ONCE THE EARLY MORNING MCS PUSHES FURTHER EASTWARD INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...SUBSIDENCE IN ITS WAKE SHOULD LARGELY SUPPRESS ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BALANCE OF THE DAY. HAVE THEREFORE ONLY MENTIONED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON. STILL PLENTY OF QUESTIONS CONCERNING POTENTIAL NOCTURNAL CONVECTION TONIGHT. AS DEEP UPPER TROUGH DIGS OVER THE ROCKIES...WEAK RIDGING WILL DEVELOP DOWNSTREAM ACROSS THE MIDWEST. THIS WILL HELP SHIFT THE PERSISTENT FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS PLAGUED THE REGION FOR SEVERAL DAYS FURTHER NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. DESPITE PRESENCE OF FRONT...STRONGEST LOW-LEVEL JET WILL LIKELY BE FOCUSED FURTHER WEST IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH. AS A RESULT...DO NOT ANTICIPATE WIDESPREAD STORMS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. WILL THEREFORE ONLY CARRY CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE BOARD...AS WEAKER LOW-LEVEL INFLOW INTERACTS WITH BOUNDARY. WARM FRONT WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD ON MONDAY...SO HAVE OPTED TO MAINTAIN LOW CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE BEST FORCING. THINK THIS CHANCE WILL BE FOCUSED PRIMARILY IN THE MORNING...WITH HOT/DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED EVERYWHERE BY AFTERNOON. AS ROCKIES UPPER TROUGH LIFTS SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD...IT WILL GRADUALLY DRAG A COLD FRONT TOWARD CENTRAL ILLINOIS. MODEL CONSENSUS KEEPS FRONT WELL WEST OF THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...THEN ADVANCES IT FURTHER EASTWARD ON TUESDAY. VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN ADVANCE OF THE BOUNDARY CHARACTERIZED BY LIFTED INDEX VALUES OF -8 TO -10C WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ON WEDNESDAY...HOWEVER PRIMARY MOISTURE/INSTABILITY AXIS WILL BE LOCATED FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. MODELS ARE NOT PRODUCING MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIP...BUT AM RELUCTANT TO GO TOTALLY DRY UNTIL FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. HAVE THEREFORE MAINTAINED LOW CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE E/SE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AFTER THAT...SLOW-MOVING UPPER LOW WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES...ENSURING COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. BARNES && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1202 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 MCS CURRENTLY GETTING ORGANIZED OVER SOUTHWESTERN MO LOOKS LIKE IT WILL MIGRATE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT AND STAY PRETTY MUCH SOUTH OF THE TAF SITES. OTHER ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL/EASTERN MO MAY SKIRT THE SPI-DEC-CMI TERMINALS...HOWEVER THE AIRMASS OVER IL IS MORE HOSTILE TO ORGANIZED CONVECTION. LINEAR EXTRAPOLATION SUGGESTS A ROUGH ARRIVAL TIME AT SPI OF 0645Z ASSUMING THE STORM NOW CROSSING THE MS RIVER SOUTHWEST OF PPQ SURVIVES. WILL USE THIS TIMING AND GIVE SPI AND DEC A TEMPO FOR THUNDER 06Z-09Z...AND CMI A VCTS FOR 10-14Z. RADAR SIMULATIONS FROM THE HRRR AND WRK-NMM MODELS BOTH KEEP PRECIPITATION SOUTH OF PIA/BMI. THERE WILL ALSO EXIST A RELATIVE LULL IN PRECIPITATION ON SUNDAY DUE TO SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF TONIGHTS MCS. THEREFORE WILL INDICATE A DRY TAF AFTER 14Z SUN AND CONTINUING THROUGH 06Z MON. WILL INCLUDE SOME 5SM BR AROUND SUNRISE WITH WEAK WINDS RICH SURFACE MOISTURE...ALTHOUGH INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS MAY MITIGATE THIS SOMEWHAT. 04 && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR ILZ049>052-061- 066-067-071>073. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 3:43 PM CDT, 12 hours 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
109 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
ILZ049-050-190715-
MORGAN-SCOTT-
109 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORGAN AND SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL
215 AM CDT...
AT 106 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WINCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHAPIN...
MURRAYVILLE...
WOODSON...
JACKSONVILLE...
FRANKLIN...
ALEXANDER...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...RIGGSTON...MERRITT...LYNNVILLE...
SOUTH JACKSONVILLE...LAKE JACKSONVILLE AND JACKSONVILLE MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT.
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 3988 9021 3988 9000 3979 9000 3978 8998
3976 8998 3971 8998 3966 8996 3960 8995
3953 9048 3973 9057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 252DEG 24KT 3965 9043
AUTENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 12 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 4:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 9 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 7:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Scott | 12 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Cass, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 69 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Sangamon | 15 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan | 12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.