Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2011, 8:50 PM CDT for Christian County, Illinois. It was in force for 2 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
- May 13, 2011, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2011, 11:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Christian County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 594 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
740
WGUS53 KILX 140150
FFWILX
ILC021-140600-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0022.110514T0150Z-110514T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
850 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 846 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR
TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MORRISONVILLE...VANDERVILLE...OWANECO.
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 3956 8910 3941 8906 3936 8924 3936 8953
3942 8953 3947 8928
$$
CHURCHILL1 follow-up statement
091
WGUS73 KILX 140411
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1111 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011
ILC021-140427-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110514T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHRISTIAN IL-
1111 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3956 8910 3941 8906 3936 8924 3936 8953
3942 8953 3947 8928
$$
CHURCHILLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011
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.