Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2011, 5:01 PM CDT for Cass County, Fulton County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- May 25, 2011, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 7:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cass County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Schuyler County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:42 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.1 | Rushville, IL | RECEIVED IN APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1832 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
405
WGUS53 KILX 252201
FFWILX
ILC017-057-169-260400-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0023.110525T2201Z-110526T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
501 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 459 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE SCHUYLER COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER WAS FLOWING OVER
HIGHWAYS 100 AND 103...BETWEEN RIPLEY AND BROWNING. DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
AREAS FROM RUSHVILLE TO RIPLEY SINCE 4 PM...IN AN AREA THAT
RECEIVED A FEW INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER TODAY.
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF A HALF TO 1 INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH
6 PM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEARDSTOWN...RUSHVILLE...ASTORIA...BROWNING AND LITTLETON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...
OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4028 9063 4028 9023 4014 9032 4012 9034
4012 9033 3988 9048 3993 9054 3998 9052
3997 9060 4002 9062 4005 9068 4007 9068
4008 9071 4010 9071 4011 9078
$$
GEELHART1 follow-up statement
809
WGUS73 KILX 260034
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
734 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
ILC017-057-169-260048-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110526T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCHUYLER IL-CASS IL-FULTON IL-
734 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
FULTON...WESTERN CASS AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA.
HOWEVER...STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY REMAIN HIGHER THAN NORMAL FOR
SEVERAL MORE HOURS.
IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4028 9063 4028 9023 4014 9032 4012 9034
4012 9033 3988 9048 3993 9054 3998 9052
3997 9060 4002 9062 4005 9068 4007 9068
4008 9071 4010 9071 4011 9078
$$
GEELHARTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 65 min |
| May 25, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon | 58 min |
| May 25, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 63 min |
| May 25, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Piatt | 13 min |
| May 25, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 44 min |
| May 25, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 7 days |
| May 25, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 7 days |
| May 25, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 61 min |
| May 25, 12:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| May 25, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Shelby | 66 min |
| May 25, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 31 min |
| May 25, 1:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 10 hr |
| May 25, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie | 51 min |
| May 25, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 23 min |
| May 25, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 38 min |
| May 25, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 25 min |
| May 25, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 43 min |
| May 25, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 58 min |
| May 25, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 25 min |
| May 25, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Morgan, Schuyler | 61 min |
| May 25, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 57 min |
| May 25, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 51 min |
| May 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 60 min |
| May 25, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| May 25, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 32 min |
| May 25, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Tazewell | 35 min |
| May 25, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt, Shelby | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt | 37 min |
| May 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, McLean, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 60 min |
| May 25, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean | 24 min |
| May 25, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 47 min |
| May 25, 6:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 116 min |
| May 25, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 49 min |
| May 25, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 4 hr |
| May 25, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 37 min |
| May 25, 6:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt | 4 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.