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Areal Flood Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 27, 2013Peoria County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this areal flood warning at May 27, 2013, 7:28 AM CDT for Peoria County, Woodford 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2013, 7:28 AM CDT (12:28 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2013, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Peoria County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 69 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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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 May 27, 7:05 AM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 7:05 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 3:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
350 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

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

0330 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 S AVON                40.65N 90.44W
05/27/2013                   FULTON             IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER FLOWING ACROSS RT 41 SOUTH OF AVON. IDOT PUTTING UP
            SIGNS.

0330 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 W CANTON              40.56N 90.12W
05/27/2013                   FULTON             IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER FLOWING ACROSS RT 9 IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS
            FULTON COUNTY BETWEEN CANTON AND BUSHNELL. IDOT PUTTING
            UP SIGNS.

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SHIMON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXKnox9 hr
May 26, 7:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Stark9 hr
May 26, 10:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford9 hr
May 27, 2:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton6 hr
May 27, 3:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXCass, Morgan, Schuyler6 hr
May 27, 4:25 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningILXKnox6 hr
May 27, 4:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXPeoria, Stark6 hr
May 27, 10:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningILXStark5 hr
May 27, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMorgan, Sangamon51 min
May 27, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXLogan, Menard46 min
May 27, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Sangamon49 min
May 27, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon31 min
May 27, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Sangamon50 min
May 27, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon30 min
May 27, 3:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXSangamon3 hr
May 27, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMoultrie35 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.