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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2011, 5:51 PM CDT for Fulton County, Peoria County, 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 21, 2011, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2011, 10:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fulton County, IL, Peoria County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
871
WGUS53 KILX 212251
FFWILX
ILC057-143-220500-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0046.110621T2251Z-110622T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
551 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY
* AT 550 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE
PAST 2 HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CANTON...LEWISTOWN...BRIMFIELD...CUBA...ELMWOOD...FARMINGTON...ST.
DAVID AND TRIVOLI.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN CUBA REPORTED SEVERAL INCHES OF STANDING
WATER ON SOME STREETS IN TOWN.
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4080 8967 4033 9023 4045 9038 4072 9008
4072 8999 4080 8999 4092 8985
$$
BAK1 follow-up statement
488
WGUS73 KILX 220349
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1049 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
ILC057-143-220404-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110622T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PEORIA IL-FULTON IL-
1049 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR FULTON AND WESTERN
PEORIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4080 8967 4033 9023 4045 9038 4072 9008
4072 8999 4080 8999 4092 8985
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 9:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Scott | 11 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason | 48 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence, Richland | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Richland | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland and 1 more | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Shelby | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Douglas, Logan, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Piatt | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 6:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 40 min |
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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.