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Areal Flood Warning 23, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this areal flood warning at Jun 22, 2011, 1:13 AM CDT for Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 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 22, 2011, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 3122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.5
- Supercell composite
- 15.3
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 21, 11:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 11:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 307 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047-049-050-221100- CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-MORGAN-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-SCOTT- STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 307 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS...ALTHOUGH A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MUCH OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...DOWNSTREAM OF PEORIA...WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AREAS UPSTREAM OF PEORIA MAY SEE MINOR FLOODING DEVELOP BY FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING. ILZ038-042>046-048-051>057-061-221100- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-LOGAN-MACON- MCLEAN-MENARD-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-SHELBY-VERMILION- 307 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS...BUT A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STORMS MAY LINGER PAST MIDNIGHT NEAR THE INDIANA BORDER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-221100- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 307 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS...BUT A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STORMS MAY LINGER PAST MIDNIGHT NEAR THE INDIANA BORDER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE WABASH AND LITTLE WABASH RIVERS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING. GEELHART
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 7:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Woodford | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Woodford | 10 min |
| Jun 22, 6:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Woodford | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.