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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 26, 2011Fulton County, Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2011, 10:11 PM CDT for Fulton County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 12 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 26, 2011, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Fulton County, IL, Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 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 00:00Z, 3.2 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 611 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

182 
WGUS53 KILX 270311
FFWILX
ILC057-169-270900-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0055.110627T0311Z-110627T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1011 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING THE WARNED
  AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.50 TO 2.00 INCHES PER HOUR ARE
  EXPECTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT...RAPIDLY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OF 
  ROADS...CREEKS AND DITCHES. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL 
  EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...RUSHVILLE...ASTORIA...BROOKLYN...
  BROWNING...IPAVA...LITTLETON AND VERMONT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4029 9091 4028 9046 4039 9045 4033 9005
      4025 9011 4019 9020 4015 9022 4016 9026
      4012 9037 4008 9039 4006 9043 4003 9043
      3998 9053 3999 9061 4000 9061 4005 9068
      4010 9071 4011 9092

$$

MILLER

5 follow-up statements

756 
WGUS73 KILX 270355
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1055 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

ILC057-169-270900-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110627T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCHUYLER IL-FULTON IL-
1055 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FULTON AND
SCHUYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...

AT 1051 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND WEATHER
OBSERVERS INDICATED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN MUCH OF 
SCHUYLER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF RUSHVILLE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING FOR THE NEXT FEW 
HOURS INCLUDE...RUSHVILLE...ASTORIA...BROOKLYN...BROWNING...IPAVA...
LITTLETON AND VERMONT.

THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK IN THE RAINFALL...BEFORE THE NEXT ROUND
OF HEAVY RAIN MOVES INTO THE WARNED AREA BY 100 AM.

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 4029 9091 4028 9046 4039 9045 4033 9005
      4025 9011 4019 9020 4015 9022 4016 9026
      4012 9037 4008 9039 4006 9043 4003 9043
      3998 9053 3999 9061 4000 9061 4005 9068
      4010 9071 4011 9092

$$

MILLER

578 
WGUS73 KILX 270618
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
118 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

ILC057-169-270900-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110627T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCHUYLER IL-FULTON IL-
118 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FULTON AND
SCHUYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...

AT 115 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA.
THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY BY 145 AM...
AND SOUTHWEST FULTON COUNTY AND EASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY SHORTLY 
AFTER 200 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.00 TO 1.50 INCHES PER HOUR CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
RUSHVILLE...ASTORIA...BROOKLYN...BROWNING...IPAVA...LITTLETON AND
VERMONT.

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 4029 9091 4028 9046 4039 9045 4033 9005
      4025 9011 4019 9020 4015 9022 4016 9026
      4012 9037 4008 9039 4006 9043 4003 9043
      3998 9053 3999 9061 4000 9061 4005 9068
      4010 9071 4011 9092

$$

MILLER

208 
WGUS73 KILX 270803
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
303 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

ILC057-169-270900-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110627T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCHUYLER IL-FULTON IL-
303 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FULTON AND
SCHUYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...

AT 303 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
RUSHVILLE...ASTORIA...BROOKLYN...BROWNING...IPAVA...LITTLETON AND
VERMONT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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 ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 4029 9091 4028 9046 4039 9045 4033 9005
      4025 9011 4019 9020 4015 9022 4016 9026
      4012 9037 4008 9039 4006 9043 4003 9043
      3998 9053 3999 9061 4000 9061 4005 9068
      4010 9071 4011 9092

$$

SMITH

786 
WGUS53 KILX 270843
FFWILX
ILC057-169-271500-
/O.EXT.KILX.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110627T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
343 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 342 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.  

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  RUSHVILLE...ASTORIA...BROOKLYN...BROWNING...IPAVA...LITTLETON AND
  VERMONT.

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.

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 9046 4039 9045 4033 9005
      4025 9011 4019 9020 4015 9022 4016 9026
      4012 9037 4008 9039 4006 9043 4003 9043
      3998 9053 3999 9061 4000 9061 4005 9068
      4010 9071 4011 9092

$$

SMITH

106 
WGUS73 KILX 271500
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1000 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

ILC057-169-271515-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-110627T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCHUYLER IL-FULTON IL-
1000 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FULTON
AND SCHUYLER 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 4029 9091 4028 9046 4039 9045 4033 9005
      4025 9011 4019 9020 4015 9022 4016 9026
      4012 9037 4008 9039 4006 9043 4003 9043
      3998 9053 3999 9061 4000 9061 4005 9068
      4010 9071 4011 9092

$$

HJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	52 min
Jun 26, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Fulton, Knox	60 min
Jun 26, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	30 min
Jun 26, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cass	28 min
Jun 26, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Mason, Peoria, Tazewell	59 min
Jun 26, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	64 min
Jun 26, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard, Sangamon	54 min
Jun 26, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	57 min
Jun 27, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt	66 min
Jun 27, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Macon, Vermilion	65 min
Jun 27, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott	62 min
Jun 27, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Edgar	57 min
Jun 27, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Edgar	47 min
Jun 27, 2:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Morgan, Scott	5 hr
Jun 27, 2:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar	5 hr
Jun 27, 2:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon, Tazewell	55 min
Jun 27, 2:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	5 hr
Jun 27, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clark	61 min
Jun 27, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell	59 min
Jun 27, 2:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Edgar	6 hr
Jun 27, 3:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Sangamon, Tazewell	6 hr
Jun 27, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more	57 min
Jun 27, 3:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Woodford	59 min
Jun 27, 4:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt	6 hr
Jun 27, 4:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Jasper and 1 more	58 min
Jun 27, 4:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby	6 hr
Jun 27, 9:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason	24 hr
Jun 27, 10:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Schuyler	50 min
Jun 27, 10:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Schuyler	8 hr
Jun 27, 2:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	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.