Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2011, 7:06 PM CDT for Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports 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
- Jun 21, 2011, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:09 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.11 | Morton, IL | 1.11 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED IN ABOUT AN HOUR. |
| Jun 21, 7:59 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eureka, IL | NUMEROUS ROADS IN AN AROUND THE CITY OF EUREKA ARE FLOODED |
| Jun 21, 7:59 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Metamora, IL | FLOODING IN AND NEAR METAMORA |
| Jun 21, 7:59 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Roanoke, IL | NUMEROUS ROADS IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF ROANOKE ARE FLOODED |
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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 3122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.5
- Supercell composite
- 15.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
897
WGUS53 KILX 220006
FFWILX
ILC179-203-220600-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0047.110622T0006Z-110622T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
706 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST
HOUR.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EUREKA...PEKIN...CREVE COEUR...DEER CREEK...EAST PEORIA...
GERMANTOWN HILLS...GOODFIELD...MACKINAW...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...
METAMORA...MORTON...ROANOKE AND WASHINGTON.
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 4086 8912 4049 8936 4057 8966 4059 8966
4069 8959 4071 8955 4075 8955 4091 8944
$$
BAK2 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KILX 220357
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1057 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
ILC179-220411-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110622T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TAZEWELL IL-
1057 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
TAZEWELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4086 8912 4062 8928 4062 8933 4075 8933
4075 8955 4091 8944
$$
ILC203-220600-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110622T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WOODFORD IL-
1057 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY
UNTIL 100 AM CDT...
AT 1056 PM CDT...WOODFORD COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS
ROADS ACROSS WESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY STILL AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOOD
WATER.
RUNOFF FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS CAUSED
THIS FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING
FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...EUREKA...GERMANTOWN HILLS...GOODFIELD...
METAMORA AND ROANOKE.
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 4086 8912 4062 8928 4062 8933 4075 8933
4075 8955 4091 8944
$$
SHIMON329
WGUS73 KILX 220607
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
107 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011
ILC203-220620-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110622T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WOODFORD IL-
107 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WOODFORD
COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA.
HOWEVER...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS
ROADS ARE STILL FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN A FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE
WHOLE COUNTY...UNTIL 9 AM CDT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4086 8912 4062 8928 4062 8933 4075 8933
4075 8955 4091 8944
$$
AUTENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 7:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Woodford | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Woodford | 10 min |
| Jun 22, 1:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Woodford | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Woodford | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 44 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.