Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2011, 7:32 PM CDT for Coles County, Cumberland County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
- Jul 29, 2011, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2011, 1:30 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
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:55 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Neoga, IL | 3 FEET OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 45. RELAYED BY WFO LSX |
| Jul 29, 9:10 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.25 | 3 Ssw Jewett, IL | APRS WEATHER NET |
| Jul 29, 9:40 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.4 | 2 Ne Neoga, IL | RAIN FELL BETWEEN 715 AND 930 PM. |
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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1826 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
614 WGUS53 KILX 300032 FFWILX ILC029-035-300630- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0067.110730T0032Z-110730T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 732 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTH CENTRAL COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGE FROM 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES JUST SOUTH OF NEOGA NORTHEAST TO 1 MILE NORTH OF HUTTON. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... TOLEDO...GREENUP...HAZEL DELL...JANESVILLE...JEWETT AND NEOGA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 3917 8847 3935 8847 3948 8801 3917 8801 $$ SMITH
2 follow-up statements
339 WGUS73 KILX 300341 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1041 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ILC029-035-300630- /O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110730T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL- 1041 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CUMBERLAND AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLES COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT... AT 1035 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST CUMBERLAND COUNTY INTO SOUTHEAST COLES. RAINFALL ESTIMATES WERE AS HIGH AS 8.50 INCHES JUST WEST OF JEWETT...WITH A SECONDARY AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF NEARLY 5 INCHES BETWEEN CHARLESTON AND HUTTON IN SOUTHEAST COLES COUNTY. EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED AWAY FROM THE AREA...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS NOT ENDED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL STILL BE THREATENED BY FLOODING INCLUDE...TOLEDO...GREENUP...HAZEL DELL... JANESVILLE...JEWETT AND NEOGA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 3917 8847 3935 8847 3948 8801 3917 8801 $$ SMITH
993 WGUS73 KILX 300629 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 129 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011 ILC029-035-300641- /O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110730T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COLES IL-CUMBERLAND IL- 129 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CUMBERLAND AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLES COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 130 AM CDT... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE FOR COLES COUNTY AND EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...SINCE EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THAT PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY UNTIL 730 AM. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3917 8847 3935 8847 3948 8801 3917 8801 $$ SHIMON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cumberland | 67 min |
| Jul 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby | 62 min |
| Jul 29, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 52 min |
| Jul 29, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Jasper | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford, Lawrence | 59 min |
| Jul 29, 9:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 52 min |
| Jul 29, 9:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Jasper | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011
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.