Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2011, 6:54 AM CDT for Cass County, Morgan County, Scott County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 2, 2011, 6:54 AM CDT (11:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2011, 10:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cass County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Scott County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:58 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS53 KILX 021154
FFWILX
ILC017-137-171-021600-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0028.110602T1154Z-110602T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
654 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
* AT 652 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM
SOME STORMS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSONVILLE...WINCHESTER...ALEXANDER...ALSEY...ARENZVILLE...
ASHLAND...BLUFFS...CHAPIN...EXETER...FRANKLIN...LITERBERRY...
MANCHESTER...MEREDOSIA...MURRAYVILLE...NAPLES...WAVERLY AND
WOODSON.
THIS WARNING EXTENDS AND REPLACED THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED
FOR NORTHERN SCOTT AND WESTERN MORGAN COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3982 9058 3985 9059 3997 9052 3989 9000
3971 8998 3956 8992 3952 8993 3952 9058
3958 9059 3970 9065
$$
GOETSCH2 follow-up statements
979
WGUS73 KILX 021218
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
718 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011
ILC017-137-171-021600-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110602T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORGAN IL-SCOTT IL-CASS IL-
718 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CASS...SCOTT
AND MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT...
AT 710 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM
THESE STORMS.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSONVILLE...WINCHESTER...ALEXANDER...ALSEY...ARENZVILLE...
ASHLAND...BLUFFS...CHAPIN...EXETER...FRANKLIN...LITERBERRY...
MANCHESTER...MEREDOSIA...MURRAYVILLE...NAPLES...WAVERLY AND WOODSON.
AT 705 AM...MORGAN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OF THE
HIGHWAY...AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 104 AND 67...ABOUT
5 MILES EAST OF MEREDOSIA. IDOT OFFICIALS WERE AT THE SCENE WITH
BARRACADES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3982 9058 3985 9059 3997 9052 3989 9000
3971 8998 3956 8992 3952 8993 3952 9058
3958 9059 3970 9065
$$
GOETSCH588
WGUS73 KILX 021520
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1020 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011
ILC017-137-171-021535-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110602T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORGAN IL-SCOTT IL-CASS IL-
1020 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CASS...
SCOTT AND MORGAN COUNTIES 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 3982 9058 3985 9059 3997 9052 3989 9000
3971 8998 3956 8992 3952 8993 3952 9058
3958 9059 3970 9065
$$
BARNESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 3 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.