Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2011, 7:34 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 5 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 5, 2011, 7:34 AM CDT (12:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2011, 12:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cass County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 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 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 2668 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
673
WGUS53 KILX 051234
FFWILX
ILC017-137-169-171-051830-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0029.110605T1234Z-110605T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
734 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 732 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED
WITH THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 730 AM AND 9
AM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEARDSTOWN...JACKSONVILLE...RUSHVILLE...VIRGINIA...WINCHESTER...
ALEXANDER...ALSEY...ARENZVILLE...ASHLAND...BLUFF SPRINGS...
BLUFFS...BROOKLYN...BROWNING...CHANDLERVILLE...CHAPIN...EXETER...
FRANKLIN...LITERBERRY...LITTLETON...MANCHESTER...MEREDOSIA...
MURRAYVILLE...NAPLES...WAVERLY AND WOODSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4029 9091 4028 9045 4019 9045 4019 9020
4016 9020 4013 9035 4005 9027 4010 9000
3979 9000 3952 8993 3952 9058 3970 9065
3982 9058 3988 9059 3992 9054 3998 9052
3997 9059 4010 9071 4011 9092
$$
BARNES1 follow-up statement
736
WGUS73 KILX 051733
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1233 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011
ILC017-137-169-171-051748-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110605T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORGAN IL-SCHUYLER IL-SCOTT IL-CASS IL-
1233 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CASS...SCOTT...
SCHUYLER AND MORGAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4029 9091 4028 9045 4019 9045 4019 9020
4016 9020 4013 9035 4005 9027 4010 9000
3979 9000 3952 8993 3952 9058 3970 9065
3982 9058 3988 9059 3992 9054 3998 9052
3997 9059 4010 9071 4011 9092
$$
BARNESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon and 1 more | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 3:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Schuyler | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Schuyler | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 6:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 7:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Schuyler | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 7:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 7:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Effingham, Shelby | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 8:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Christian, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 10:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 6 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.