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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 1, 2013Sangamon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this areal flood warning at Jun 1, 2013, 3:27 AM CDT for Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 1, 2013, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2013, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Sangamon County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 2269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.6
Supercell composite: 15.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jun 1, 3:11 AM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:11 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 3:21 PM CDT, 12 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
321 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047>050-011100-
CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-
SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
321 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...A
FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AS A COLD
FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE FOCUSED FURTHER EAST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...MAINLY
ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-55 CORRIDOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS...INCLUDING THE
ILLINOIS...THE SPOON...AND THE MACKINAW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ038-042>046-051>053-011100-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN-PIATT-SANGAMON-
VERMILION-
321 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW OF THE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE FOCUS FOR THE HEAVIEST
RAIN WILL SET UP JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA...PRIMARILY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A TAYLORVILLE TO PARIS LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT
ON SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG AND EAST OF I-55 SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE
SANGAMON RIVER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-011100-
CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-
JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SHELBY-
321 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT. WITH THUNDERSTORM CELLS TRAINING OVER THE SAME
LOCATIONS...HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IS EXPECTED.
THIS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN MANY LOW-LYING AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT
ON SATURDAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE
LITTLE WABASH AND EMBARRAS RIVERS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS AND
ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

BARNES

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 11:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1142 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1120 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HOOPESTON               40.47N 87.67W
05/31/2013                   VERMILION          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE BLOWN DOWN IN HOOPESTON

&&

JRP

Local storm report, May 31, 11:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1157 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1120 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HOOPESTON               40.47N 87.67W
05/31/2013                   VERMILION          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON HOUSE ON 4TH STREET...TREE BLOCKING ROAD ON
            SEMINARY STREET

1120 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DANVILLE                40.14N 87.62W
05/31/2013                   VERMILION          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS POWER LINES DONW AROUND CITY.

&&

JRP

Local storm report, Jun 1, 12:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1208 AM CDT SAT JUN 01 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1035 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHAMPAIGN               40.11N 88.26W
05/31/2013                   CHAMPAIGN          IL   PUBLIC

            LARGE BRANCH BLOCKING TRAFFIC ON SPRINGFIELD AVE. RELAYED
            VIA WCIA TWITTER FEED

&&

GEELHART

Local storm report, Jun 1, 12:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1257 AM CDT SAT JUN 01 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 N HORD                38.90N 88.52W
06/01/2013                   CLAY               IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROUTE 45 IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.

&&

BAK

Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Morgan, Sangamon	45 min
May 31, 8:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cass	6 hr
May 31, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	43 min
May 31, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Menard, Sangamon	47 min
May 31, 9:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Shelby	29 min
May 31, 9:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Sangamon	6 hr
May 31, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	51 min
May 31, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon	43 min
May 31, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby	65 min
May 31, 9:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon	9 hr
May 31, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	31 min
May 31, 9:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Macon	35 min
May 31, 10:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt	34 min
May 31, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt	45 min
May 31, 10:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon	6 hr
May 31, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	26 min
May 31, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, McLean, Piatt, Vermilion	57 min
May 31, 10:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	6 hr
May 31, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper	48 min
May 31, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 1 more	53 min
May 31, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark	48 min
May 31, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	36 min
May 31, 11:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	15 hr
Jun 1, 12:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	14 hr
Jun 1, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	56 min
Jun 1, 2:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	31 hr
Jun 1, 4:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Cumberland, Edgar	9 hr
Jun 1, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Logan, McLean, Sangamon, Woodford	63 min
Jun 1, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt	58 min
Jun 1, 6:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.