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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2011, 7:09 AM CDT for Morgan County, Scott County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 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 14, 2011, 7:09 AM CDT (12:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Morgan County, IL, Scott County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:09 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
112
WGUS53 KILX 141209
FFWILX
ILC137-171-141800-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0031.110614T1209Z-110614T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
709 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 707 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL
RATES ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR THIS
MORNING BETWEEN 7 AM AND 9 AM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...ALSEY...BLUFFS...CHAPIN...EXETER...MANCHESTER...
MEREDOSIA AND NAPLES.
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.
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 3975 9062 3980 9060 3982 9058 3985 9059
3988 9059 3987 9031 3952 9029 3952 9058
3954 9058 3971 9065
$$
BARNES2 follow-up statements
776
WGUS73 KILX 141351
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
851 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
ILC137-171-141800-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110614T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORGAN IL-SCOTT IL-
851 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCOTT AND WESTERN MORGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...
AT 850 AM CDT...LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST
BETWEEN 9 AM AND 10 AM CDT...PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE
INCH PER HOUR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...ALSEY...BLUFFS...CHAPIN...EXETER...MANCHESTER...
MEREDOSIA AND NAPLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3975 9062 3980 9060 3982 9058 3985 9059
3988 9059 3987 9031 3952 9029 3952 9058
3954 9058 3971 9065
$$
BARNES840
WGUS73 KILX 141751
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1251 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
ILC137-171-141806-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110614T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORGAN IL-SCOTT IL-
1251 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SCOTT AND WESTERN
MORGAN COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
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 3975 9062 3980 9060 3982 9058 3985 9059
3988 9059 3987 9031 3952 9029 3952 9058
3954 9058 3971 9065
$$
BARNESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Cass, Schuyler | 6 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.