Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 2011, 10:12 PM CDT for Douglas County, Illinois. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 25, 2011, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 5:44 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Douglas County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
315
WGUS53 KILX 260312
FFWILX
ILC041-261200-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0014.110426T0312Z-110426T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1012 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT TUESDAY
* AT 1012 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATED UP AN INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN
THE PAST HOUR ACROSS A PORTION OF THE WARNING AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TUSCOLA...ARCOLA...CAMARGO...HINDSBORO...NEWMAN AND VILLA GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3979 8797 3969 8797 3968 8806 3965 8807
3965 8844 3988 8844 3988 8795 3979 8795
$$
BAK2 follow-up statements
089
WGUS73 KILX 260448
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1148 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
ILC041-261200-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110426T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DOUGLAS IL-
1148 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY UNTIL 700
AM CDT TUESDAY...
AT 1148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AND A HALF HAVE FALLEN ACROSS A
PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE 8 PM.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
TUSCOLA...ARCOLA...CAMARGO...HINDSBORO...NEWMAN AND VILLA GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3979 8797 3969 8797 3968 8806 3965 8807
3965 8844 3988 8844 3988 8795 3979 8795
$$
BAK858
WGUS73 KILX 261044
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
544 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
ILC041-261059-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110426T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DOUGLAS IL-
544 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY 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 3979 8797 3969 8797 3968 8806 3965 8807
3965 8844 3988 8844 3988 8795 3979 8795
$$
CHURCHILLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby | 9 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Jasper, Richland | 8 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Edgar, Lawrence | 9 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 34 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian, Macon | 57 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.