Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2012, 6:09 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 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
- May 6, 2012, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2922 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
809
WGUS53 KILX 062309
FFWILX
ILC183-070500-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0003.120506T2309Z-120507T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
609 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 607 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
SINCE 4 PM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HOOPESTON.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODED ROADS ACROSS HOOPESTON.
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 4037 8764 4048 8777 4049 8777 4050 8776
4050 8753 4049 8752 4037 8752
$$
BAK2 follow-up statements
519
WGUS73 KILX 070302
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1002 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
ILC183-070500-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120507T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERMILION IL-
1002 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN VERMILION
COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...
AT 1001 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS
OCCURRING IN AND AROUND HOOPESTON THIS EVENING. THIS AREA RECEIVED
BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...HOOPESTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4037 8764 4048 8777 4049 8777 4050 8776
4050 8753 4049 8752 4037 8752
$$262
WGUS73 KILX 070500
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1200 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
ILC183-070513-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120507T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERMILION IL-
1200 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
VERMILION COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT...
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE 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 4037 8764 4048 8777 4049 8777 4050 8776
4050 8753 4049 8752 4037 8752
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 54 min |
| May 6, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 39 min |
| May 6, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Marshall | 53 min |
| May 6, 3:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 6 hr |
| May 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 57 min |
| May 6, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 45 min |
| May 6, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 39 min |
| May 6, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 27 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.