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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 19, 2011Coles County, Cumberland County, Douglas County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 2011, 8:14 PM CDT for Coles County, Cumberland County, Douglas County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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
Apr 19, 2011, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2011, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 9:20 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 S Mattoon, ILROADS FLOODED IN THE LAKE PARADISE AREA
Apr 19, 9:35 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 Se Charleston, ILWATER CROSSING ILLINOIS ROUTE 216 AND COUNTY ROAD 2250 EAST

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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2409 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 370 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
547 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
24.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

712 
WGUS53 KILX 200114
FFWILX
ILC029-035-041-200700-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0005.110420T0114Z-110420T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
814 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
  RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY
  WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CHARLESTON...MATTOON...TOLEDO...ASHMORE...COOKS MILL...GREENUP...
  HAZEL DELL...HUMBOLDT...JANESVILLE...JEWETT...LERNA...NEOGA...
  OAKLAND AND RARDIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3948 8799 3948 8801 3918 8801 3918 8846
      3966 8846 3969 8797

$$

SMITH
2 follow-up statements
907 
WGUS73 KILX 200332
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1032 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

ILC029-035-041-200700-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110420T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL-DOUGLAS IL-
1032 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS...
CUMBERLAND AND COLES COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED OFF TO THE EAST.
HOWEVER...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS NOT ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. 
DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA RANGE FROM ONE
TO LOCALLY TWO AND A HALF INCHES. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...TOLEDO...ASHMORE...COOKS MILL...GREENUP...
HAZEL DELL...HUMBOLDT...JANESVILLE...JEWETT...LERNA...NEOGA...OAKLAND
AND RARDIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3948 8799 3948 8801 3918 8801 3918 8846
      3966 8846 3969 8797

$$

SMITH
723 
WGUS73 KILX 200653
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
153 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011

ILC029-035-041-200708-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110420T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL-DOUGLAS IL-
153 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN DOUGLAS...
CUMBERLAND AND COLES COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 200 AM
CDT...

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 3948 8799 3948 8801 3918 8801 3918 8846
      3966 8846 3969 8797

$$

SHIMON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby45 min
Apr 19, 7:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChristian, Shelby6 hr
Apr 19, 7:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford6 hr
Apr 19, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningILXShelby45 min
Apr 19, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Piatt28 min
Apr 19, 7:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXColes, Moultrie, Shelby6 hr
Apr 19, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Coles, Douglas34 min
Apr 19, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion30 min
Apr 19, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar29 min
Apr 19, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign26 min
Apr 19, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby49 min
Apr 19, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXVermilion20 min
Apr 19, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar47 min
Apr 19, 8:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark, Coles, Edgar6 hr
Apr 19, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper59 min
Apr 19, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningILXEffingham, Shelby38 min
Apr 19, 8:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEffingham6 hr
Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar47 min
Apr 19, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland41 min
Apr 19, 9:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXPiatt12 days
Apr 19, 9:40 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXClay, Richland18 days
Apr 19, 9:46 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCrawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland44 min
Apr 19, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper39 min
Apr 19, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence, Richland27 min
Apr 19, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Edgar17 min
Apr 20, 5:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox16 hr

Nearby

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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.