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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 18, 2013, 6:08 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 22 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
- Apr 18, 2013, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2013, 4:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Unknown
County Fulton County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
231 WGUS53 KILX 182308 FFWILX ILC057-191100- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0011.130418T2308Z-130419T1100Z/ /00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 608 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 600 AM CDT FRIDAY. * AT 607 PM CDT...A LEVEE ON THE SPOON RIVER FAILED CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE LONDON MILLS...ILLINOIS HIGHWAY 116 AND COUNTY ROAD 2. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. && LAT...LON 4071 9026 4070 9026 4070 9029 4071 9029 $$ BAK
3 follow-up statements
188 WGUS73 KILX 190219 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 919 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ILC057-191100- /O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130419T1100Z/ /00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FULTON IL- 919 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR A POSSIBLE LEVEE FAILURE... AT 916 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS WERE ONGOING IN LONDON MILLS...FROM THIRD STREET WEST...FROM A POSSIBLE LEVEE FAILURE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...LONDON MILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4071 9026 4070 9026 4070 9029 4071 9029 $$ SMITH
273 WGUS53 KILX 191051 FFWILX ILC057-192300- /O.EXT.KILX.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130419T2300Z/ /00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 551 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY. * AT 548 AM CDT...A LEVEE ON THE SPOON RIVER HAS BREACHED AND WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE LONDON MILLS....ILLINOIS HIGHWAY 116 AND COUNTY ROAD 2. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. && LAT...LON 4071 9026 4070 9026 4070 9029 4071 9029 $$ SHIMON
318 WGUS73 KILX 192117 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 417 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2013 ILC057-192131- /O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130419T2300Z/ /00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FULTON IL- 417 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN PLACE FOR THE COUNTY. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 4071 9026 4070 9026 4070 9029 4071 9029 $$ HJS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Apr 18, 2:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 2:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 246 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 136 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 VERY BUSY DAY WITH SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY SQUALL LINE AHEAD OF STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS EASTERN ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. ITS PROGRESS HAS BEEN SLOWED THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LACK OF A SIGNIFICANT COLD POOL BACK IN THE RAINED COOLED AIR. AS STRONG FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING MID-LEVEL TROUGH PUSHES ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING...AND A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT 19Z CATCHES UP WITH THE LINE...FORWARD PROGRESS SHOULD RESUME. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED...EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 50-60 KTS CONTINUES TO SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE BETWEEN THE SQUALL LINE AND COLD FRONT INTO THIS EVENING. PLEASE SEE HYDROLOGIC DISCUSSION BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION. AREA OF SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CORE OF THE MAIN UPPER LOW WILL LIKELY KEEP AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS ALL BUT THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY. WITH FORECASTED 850MB TEMPS FALLING FROM 12C THIS MORNING TO -6C BY 12Z FRIDAY...TEMPS IN THE 30S CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT FROM I-57 WESTWARD. WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS...HIGHS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 40S NORTH OF I-70 WITH LOWER 50S IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY COLD TEMPS LOOK ON TAP FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AS CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS ALLOW TEMPS TO FALL TO NEAR FREEZING OR JUST BELOW. TROUGH RETREATS FURTHER NORTHEAST OVER THE WEEKEND ALLOWING A GRADUALLY WARM-UP AND 500MB HEIGHT RISES OF OVER 200 METERS BY 12Z SUNDAY. TEMPS MAY EVEN COME CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMALS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A NORTHERN STREAM WAVE IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL U.S. BEGINNING SUNDAY. BY TUESDAY MORNING...THE TROUGH DIGS ENOUGH TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP CYCLOGENISIS OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY LATE MONDAY AND ALLOWING RETURN MOISTURE FLOW. RAIN CHANCES SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE 12Z GFS IS A BIT FASTER IN BRINGING THIS SYSTEM THROUGH THAN LATEST ECMWF...BUT WILL USE A COMPROMISE IN TIMING AT THIS POINT. AS FOR QPF...MODELS SUGGEST PRECIP AMOUNTS SHOULD BE MOSTLY BELOW A HALF INCH WITH THIS SYSTEM AND WILL LIKELY NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON CURRENT RIVER CREST PROJECTIONS. TEMPS SHOULD COOL BEHIND THIS SYSTEM FOR MIDDLE WEEK WITH HIGHS BACK INTO THE 50S. BARKER && .AVIATION... ISSUED 626 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013 EVEN THOUGH MODELS MOVING THE STORMS THROUGH A LITTLE QUICKER...THE NEXT 6 HRS GOING TO BE EXTENSIVE RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND SCT THUNDER. ENOUGH THUNDER BACK IN THE POST FRONTAL PRECIP SHIELD THAT KEEPING IT IN PREDOMINANT GROUPS THROUGH 18Z. MAY BE ABLE TO PULL THE TS IF THE FRONT LINE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE AND PULL OUT TO THE EAST. BEYOND THAT...BRIEF LINE OF MVFR/VFR JUST BEHIND THE PRECIP IN THE OBS...BUT BORDERLINE AT THAT...AND ITS PERSISTENCE IS QUESTIONABLE. JUST BEYOND THE MISS RIVER VALLEY...THE CIGS DROP TO IFR/LIFR BREAK. CONSIDERING THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN IN THE REGION THROUGH 12Z TOMORROW MORNING AND CYCLONIC FLOW WILL REMAIN...AND SATURATED AIR IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER...WILL LIKELY KEEP VERY LOW STRATUS/REDUCED VIS/DRIZZLE IN ILX TERMINALS. HJS && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED 136 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY NORTHWEST INTO FULTON AND KNOX COUNTIES. RECORD FLOODING FORECASTED FOR ILLINOIS RIVER NEXT WEEK. SHORT TERM...WIDESPREAD 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER...LA MOINE RIVER...AND SPOON RIVER VALLEYS...ALONG WITH WOODFORD AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...HAVE PRODUCED WIDESPREAD FLOODING. ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION MAY OCCUR OVERNIGHT...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE TRIMMED BACK TO 00Z IN THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-57 AS THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING BECOMES MORE OF A STREAM...CREEK...AND RIVER ISSUE. WE WILL RETAIN THE WATCH ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AS POTENTIAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY END THIS EVENING. LONG TERM...THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL BE RESPONDING TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND INTO THE CHICAGO AREA INTO NEXT WEEK. MAJOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT HENRY BY SUNDAY AND LATER IN THE WEEK FURTHER DOWNSTREAM. CURRENT PROJECTIONS INDICATE THE LIKELYHOOD OF RECORD FLOOD CRESTS NEXT WEEK ALONG THE THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE ILLINOIS UPSTREAM OF HARDIN. COMMUNITIES ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS RECORD FLOODING. BARKER && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR ILZ027>031-036>038- 040>043-047>051. FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR ILZ044>046-052>057- 061. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 4:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 404 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-191100- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK-TAZEWELL- WOODFORD- 404 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT MANY AREAS ARE FLOODED...WITH MANY ROAD CLOSURES...AS A RESULT OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAVE FALLEN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. CONTINUED RISING OF SOME CREEKS AND RIVERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS THE MAJOR THREAT FOR TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. WIDESPREAD FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ILLINOIS...SPOON AND MACKINAW RIVERS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH MAJOR FLOODING OF THE SPOON RIVER POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ALTHOUGH SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR HAIL OR WIND REPORTS AT THIS TIME...ANY FLASH FLOOD REPORTS SHOULD BE RELAYED. ILZ042-047>051-191100- CASS-LOGAN-MENARD-MORGAN-SANGAMON-SCOTT- 404 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT DUE TO EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...LAKE SPRINGFIELD IS ALSO RELEASING WATER AT SPAULDING DAM. LOW LYING AREAS ALONG SUGAR CREEK DOWNSTREAM OF SPAULDING DAM SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY AWARE OF RISK. ALTHOUGH THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAS REDUCED SOMEWHAT...THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS... WITH FLOODING DEVELOPING ON PARTS OF THE SANGAMON RIVER AT PETERSBURG AND OAKFORD AND ON THE SALT CREEK AT GREENVIEW THE NEXT FEW DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ILZ038-043-191100- DE WITT-MCLEAN- 404 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY...AND ALTHOUGH THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAS REDUCED SOMEWHAT...THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ILZ044>046-052>057-061-191100- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT- SHELBY-VERMILION- 404 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ALTHOUGH THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES...WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF DITCHES...LOW LYING ROADS...UNDERPASSES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. THE SANGAMON RIVER AT MONTICELLO IS EXPECTED TO BE IN FLOOD THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE VERMILION RIVER AT DANVILLE THE NEXT FEW DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL SUNSET. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-191100- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 404 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ALTHOUGH THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER AT CLAY CITY AND THE EMBARRAS RIVER AT LAWRENCEVILLE AND STE MARIE IS FORECAST TO GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THE NEXT FEW DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HJS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 18, 5:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
502 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 AM TSTM WND DMG MURDOCK 39.80N 88.08W
04/18/2013 DOUGLAS IL TRAINED SPOTTER
THUNDERSTORM WINDS BENT AND DESTROYED A MACHINE SHED
STEEL DOOR. A COUPLE OF SMALL TREES UPROOTED. SPOTTER
NUMBER...1316-04
0400 PM HEAVY RAIN MOUNT PULASKI 40.01N 89.28W
04/18/2013 M2.00 INCH LOGAN IL CO-OP OBSERVER
SINCE 6 AM THIS MORNING.
0400 PM FLASH FLOOD TUSCOLA 39.80N 88.28W
04/18/2013 DOUGLAS IL TRAINED SPOTTER
BETWEEN MURDOCK AND TUSCOLA RURAL ROADS HAD 4 TO 8 INCHES
OF RUNNING WATER OVER THEM. ALSO, ROADS PARALLEL TO THE
EMBARRAS RIVER WERE IMPASSABLE. SPOTTER NUMBER 1316-04
0423 PM HEAVY RAIN HOPEWELL 40.98N 89.46W
04/18/2013 M5.52 INCH MARSHALL IL MESONET
TOTAL SINCE 530 AM IS 1.09 INCHES. SWOP.
&&
OUSLEYLocal storm report, Apr 18, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
505 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 AM FLASH FLOOD MOSSVILLE 40.82N 89.57W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL EMERGENCY MNGR
FLASH FLOODING AT MOSSVILLE ROAD AND STATE STREET. ROAD
CLOSED.
0300 AM FLASH FLOOD PEORIA 40.74N 89.61W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL EMERGENCY MNGR
FLASH FLOODING REPORTED AT ALLEN AND WAR MEMORIAL/FORREST
HILL AND MOLLECK/SHERIDAN AND MCLURE/KNOXVILLE AND TETON.
0300 AM HEAVY RAIN BRADFORD 41.18N 89.66W
04/18/2013 M3.76 INCH STARK IL COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL.
0300 AM FLASH FLOOD BARTONVILLE 40.64N 89.66W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL EMERGENCY MNGR
FLASH FLOODING ON ROUTE 24. DEBRIS ON ROAD.
0300 AM FLASH FLOOD BRADFORD 41.18N 89.66W
04/18/2013 STARK IL COCORAHS
WATER COVERING MAIN STREET IN FRONT OF HOME ON EAST SIDE
OF BRADFORD.
0300 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 NE DUNLAP 40.88N 89.65W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL EMERGENCY MNGR
FLASH FLOODING ON ROUTE 40 AT HICKS HOLLOW RD.
0300 AM FLASH FLOOD PRINCEVILLE 40.93N 89.76W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL EMERGENCY MNGR
FLASH FLOODING ON ROUTES 90/91 JUST EAST OF PRINCEVILLE.
0300 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 SE ELMWOOD 40.77N 89.95W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLASH FLOODING - MCLELLAN RD IMPASSABLE AT SCHAFFER RD.
BRIDGE JUST NORTH OF THERE NEARLY COVERED BY WATER.
0347 AM HEAVY RAIN GERMANTOWN HILLS 40.77N 89.47W
04/18/2013 M3.53 INCH WOODFORD IL CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR STORM TOTAL RAIN
0456 AM HEAVY RAIN HOPEWELL 40.98N 89.46W
04/18/2013 M4.43 INCH MARSHALL IL MESONET
24 HOUR TOTAL. SWOP REPORT.
0456 AM HEAVY RAIN HENRY 41.11N 89.36W
04/18/2013 M5.10 INCH MARSHALL IL MESONET
STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION THUS FAR. SWOP REPORT.
0500 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 SW PEORIA 40.72N 89.64W
04/18/2013 M4.12 INCH PEORIA IL COCORAHS
0500 AM HEAVY RAIN PEORIA 40.74N 89.61W
04/18/2013 M4.21 INCH PEORIA IL MESONET
24 HOUR TOTAL. SWOP REPORT.
0510 AM HEAVY RAIN MINONK 40.90N 89.04W
04/18/2013 M4.33 INCH WOODFORD IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0515 AM HEAVY RAIN 7 NW PEORIA 40.82N 89.70W
04/18/2013 M3.75 INCH PEORIA IL NWS EMPLOYEE
0530 AM HEAVY RAIN ALTONA 41.12N 90.16W
04/18/2013 M4.02 INCH KNOX IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0544 AM HEAVY RAIN CANTON 40.56N 90.04W
04/18/2013 M5.25 INCH FULTON IL MESONET
TOTAL SINCE 330 PM WEDNESDAY. SWOP REPORT.
0545 AM HEAVY RAIN GALESBURG 40.95N 90.38W
04/18/2013 M5.20 INCH KNOX IL TRAINED SPOTTER
TOTAL SINCE 1PM WEDNESDAY.
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN GERMANTOWN HILLS 40.77N 89.47W
04/18/2013 M4.26 INCH WOODFORD IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN HAVANA 40.30N 90.06W
04/18/2013 M2.10 INCH MASON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN SPARLAND 41.03N 89.44W
04/18/2013 M5.21 INCH MARSHALL IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN PEORIA 40.74N 89.61W
04/18/2013 M3.45 INCH PEORIA IL MESONET
24 HOUR REPORT. SWOP REPORT.
0612 AM HEAVY RAIN WATAGA 41.03N 90.28W
04/18/2013 M4.37 INCH KNOX IL MESONET
24 HOUR TOTAL. SWOP REPORT.
0621 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 ESE ELMWOOD 40.76N 89.91W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
CAR WASHED DOWN CREEK AT DOGTOWN LANE AND MEEHAN RD...NO
INJURIES
0630 AM HEAVY RAIN RUSHVILLE 40.12N 90.57W
04/18/2013 M1.56 INCH SCHUYLER IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0630 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 NE AVON 40.71N 90.37W
04/18/2013 M5.25 INCH FULTON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0630 AM HEAVY RAIN TOULON 41.09N 89.86W
04/18/2013 M5.10 INCH STARK IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0644 AM HEAVY RAIN GILSON 40.87N 90.20W
04/18/2013 M3.79 INCH KNOX IL MESONET
24 HOUR TOTAL. SWOP REPORT.
0645 AM HEAVY RAIN YATES CITY 40.78N 90.01W
04/18/2013 M5.12 INCH KNOX IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SSE MORTON 40.60N 89.46W
04/18/2013 M2.39 INCH TAZEWELL IL COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 S MOSSVILLE 40.80N 89.57W
04/18/2013 M4.73 INCH PEORIA IL MESONET
24 HOUR TOTAL. SWOP REPORT.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 SW CAMP GROVE 41.06N 89.66W
04/18/2013 M5.39 INCH STARK IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN ROANOKE 40.80N 89.20W
04/18/2013 M4.28 INCH WOODFORD IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN GALESBURG 40.95N 90.38W
04/18/2013 M4.16 INCH KNOX IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN JACKSONVILLE 39.73N 90.23W
04/18/2013 M1.07 INCH MORGAN IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 N MACKINAW 40.55N 89.36W
04/18/2013 M1.46 INCH TAZEWELL IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN WINCHESTER 39.63N 90.46W
04/18/2013 M1.12 INCH SCOTT IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM FLOOD LONDON MILLS 40.71N 90.27W
04/18/2013 FULTON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORT OF NUMEROUS HOMES FLOODED.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN PRINCEVILLE 40.93N 89.76W
04/18/2013 M4.35 INCH PEORIA IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN EUREKA 40.72N 89.28W
04/18/2013 M2.96 INCH WOODFORD IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN MORTON 40.61N 89.47W
04/18/2013 M2.57 INCH TAZEWELL IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN ST. DAVID 40.49N 90.05W
04/18/2013 M3.64 INCH FULTON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN VARNA 41.04N 89.22W
04/18/2013 M3.90 INCH MARSHALL IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN NW PEORIA 40.74N 89.61W
04/18/2013 M4.31 INCH PEORIA IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SE LONDON MILLS 40.70N 90.25W
04/18/2013 M6.35 INCH FULTON IL COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 NE DAHINDA 40.96N 90.09W
04/18/2013 M6.07 INCH KNOX IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 WSW CONGERVILLE 40.61N 89.23W
04/18/2013 M1.75 INCH WOODFORD IL COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 NNW EL PASO 40.81N 89.05W
04/18/2013 M2.77 INCH WOODFORD IL COCORAHS
0715 AM HEAVY RAIN WASHINGTON 40.70N 89.44W
04/18/2013 M3.60 INCH TAZEWELL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR TOTAL.
0715 AM HEAVY RAIN ROANOKE 40.80N 89.20W
04/18/2013 M4.76 INCH WOODFORD IL EMERGENCY MNGR
24 HOUR TOTAL.
0745 AM HEAVY RAIN LACON 41.02N 89.41W
04/18/2013 M4.95 INCH MARSHALL IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0750 AM TSTM WND DMG RANTOUL 40.30N 88.16W
04/18/2013 CHAMPAIGN IL EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORT OF 15 POWER POLES DOWN WITH POWER LINES OVER ROUTE
136. SEVERAL TRACTOR TRAILORS BLOWN OVER.
0750 AM TSTM WND DMG RANTOUL 40.30N 88.16W
04/18/2013 CHAMPAIGN IL 911 CALL CENTER
15 POWER POLES DOWN ON US ROUTE 136.
0755 AM FLASH FLOOD SPARLAND 41.03N 89.44W
04/18/2013 MARSHALL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 17 CLOSED BETWEEN SPARLAND AND LACON BRIDGE.
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 NE WYOMING 41.12N 89.70W
04/18/2013 M4.90 INCH STARK IL MESONET
24 HOUR TOTAL. SWOP REPORT.
0815 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 W DANVILLE 40.14N 87.64W
04/18/2013 VERMILION IL EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORT OF TREE DOWN.
0823 AM FLOOD PEORIA 40.74N 89.61W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL BROADCAST MEDIA
PARTIAL HOUSE COLLAPSE ON INDIANA AVE...HOME
UNINHABITABLE. CONFIRMED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0836 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 S MANITO 40.41N 89.78W
04/18/2013 M1.69 INCH MASON IL MESONET
24 HOUR TOTAL. SWOP REPORT.
0837 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE CAMARGO 39.78N 88.14W
04/18/2013 DOUGLAS IL EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTS OF FRONT PORCH DETACHED FROM HOUSE...ROOF DAMAGE
TO 2 HOUSES...LARGE SHED WITH DOORS BLOWN IN...AND TREES
DOWN.
0845 AM TSTM WND DMG MURDOCK 39.80N 88.08W
04/18/2013 DOUGLAS IL TRAINED SPOTTER
THUNDERSTORM WINDS BENT AND DESTROYED A MACHINE SHED
STEEL DOOR. A COUPLE OF SMALL TREES UPROOTED. SPOTTER
NUMBER...1316-04
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD ELMWOOD 40.78N 89.97W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSURE AT LAUREL STREET.
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD PEORIA 40.74N 89.61W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSURE AT ALTA AND ALLEN ROAD. LARGE HOLE IN
ROAD...WASHED OUT
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 SSE WYOMING 41.01N 89.74W
04/18/2013 STARK IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSURE...IL ROUTE 91 AT CAMP RUN CREEK CROSSING.
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD 6 NE SPRING BAY 40.88N 89.44W
04/18/2013 WOODFORD IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSURE...IL ROUTE 26 AT BANTA ROAD.
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD ELMORE 40.97N 89.97W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL EMERGENCY MNGR
SPOON RIVER ROAD FLOODED AT ELMORE
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD 8 W CANTON 40.56N 90.19W
04/18/2013 FULTON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSURE...ON IL 9 BETWEEN CANTON AND THE WESTERN
COUNTY BORDER.
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 W YATES CITY 40.78N 90.05W
04/18/2013 KNOX IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSURE...IL 8...WEST OF YATES CITY IN KNOX COUNTY
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 NW ST. AUGUSTINE 40.73N 90.42W
04/18/2013 KNOX IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSURE...IL 116...WEST OF IL 41 JUNCTION.
0900 AM HEAVY RAIN 7 NW PEORIA 40.82N 89.70W
04/18/2013 M4.56 INCH PEORIA IL NWS EMPLOYEE
INCREASE OF 0.81 INCHES SINCE 515AM REPORT.
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD 8 SW PEORIA 40.66N 89.72W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
EMERGENCY BRIDGE CLOSURE AT TRIVOLI ROAD BETWEEN GARRET
ROAD AND CANTON-GLASFORD ROAD
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD PEORIA 40.74N 89.61W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROAD CLOSURE...EVANS MILL RD AT BETWEEN LEGION HILL AND
PARK SCHOOL.
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD PEORIA 40.74N 89.61W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSURES AT W TETON AND KNOXVILLE...FOREST HILL AND
MOLLECK...ALLEN ROAD AT WAR MEMORIAL.
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD N ST. AUGUSTINE 40.72N 90.41W
04/18/2013 KNOX IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSURE...IL 41 1/2M SOUTH OF IL 116
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD WILLIAMSFIELD 40.93N 90.02W
04/18/2013 KNOX IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSURE...IL 180 AT THE WILLIAMSFIELD VIADUCT
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 E PRINCEVILLE 40.93N 89.66W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSURE...IL 91 AT IL 90
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD EAST PEORIA 40.67N 89.55W
04/18/2013 TAZEWELL IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSURE...IL 8 EAST OF INTERSTATE 74
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 W PEORIA 40.74N 89.65W
04/18/2013 PEORIA IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROAD CLOSURE...IL 8 BETWEEN KICKAPOO EDWARDS AVE AND
HEINZ LANE.
0914 AM HEAVY RAIN ST. DAVID 40.49N 90.05W
04/18/2013 M4.25 INCH FULTON IL MESONET
24 HOUR TOTAL. SWOP REPORT.
0928 AM FLASH FLOOD 12 NNW RUSHVILLE 40.28N 90.65W
04/18/2013 SCHUYLER IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROUTE 67 AT SCHUYLER AND MCDONOUGH COUNTY LINE
IMPASSIBLE. SOME COUNTY ROADS ALSO BEING REPORTED AS
WATER COVERED.
0939 AM HEAVY RAIN PEORIA 40.74N 89.61W
04/18/2013 M5.02 INCH PEORIA IL MESONET
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 4 PM YESTERDAY. SWOP REPORT.
0939 AM FLOOD MACKINAW 40.53N 89.36W
04/18/2013 TAZEWELL IL MESONET
ROAD CLOSURE OF TYRELL ROAD AND HELD ROAD DUE TO HIGH
WATER.
1008 AM FLOOD 2 E WASHINGTON 40.70N 89.40W
04/18/2013 TAZEWELL IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROAD AT ROUTE 24 AND DE MACK RD.
1045 AM FLOOD 1 SE HENRY 41.10N 89.35W
04/18/2013 MARSHALL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
ROAD FLOODING NEAR SANDY CREEK AT JUNCTION OF ROUTE 18
AND ROUTE 26.
1045 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SE HENRY 41.10N 89.35W
04/18/2013 M7.25 INCH MARSHALL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL.
1130 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 N ABINGDON 40.82N 90.40W
04/18/2013 M6.78 INCH KNOX IL MESONET
TOTAL RAINFALL FROM WED THROUGH 1130 AM THU. SWOP REPORT.
1140 AM HEAVY RAIN KNOXVILLE 40.91N 90.29W
04/18/2013 M5.88 INCH KNOX IL TRAINED SPOTTER
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 8 AM WEDNESDAY.
1200 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 S GREENVIEW 40.04N 89.74W
04/18/2013 M1.12 INCH MENARD IL MESONET
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 5 AM. SWOP REPORT.
1255 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 SW LATHAM 39.95N 89.19W
04/18/2013 M3.42 INCH LOGAN IL MESONET
0100 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 N CARLOCK 40.64N 89.13W
04/18/2013 M2.37 INCH WOODFORD IL COCORAHS
0130 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 N HOMER 40.06N 87.96W
04/18/2013 M1.31 INCH CHAMPAIGN IL MESONET
SINCE 7 AM THIS MORNING
0159 PM FLOOD SULLIVAN 39.60N 88.61W
04/18/2013 MOULTRIE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
WATER RUNNING OVER IL RTE 32...SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
CLOSED AROUND SULLIVAN
0211 PM HEAVY RAIN OGDEN 40.12N 87.96W
04/18/2013 M1.48 INCH CHAMPAIGN IL MESONET
SINCE 830 AM
0220 PM HEAVY RAIN S DECATUR 39.85N 88.93W
04/18/2013 M1.85 INCH MACON IL BROADCAST MEDIA
0220 PM HEAVY RAIN DANVILLE 40.14N 87.62W
04/18/2013 M1.53 INCH VERMILION IL EMERGENCY MNGR
PAST 24 HOURS...STORM TOTAL 2.78 PAST 48 HOURS
0227 PM HEAVY RAIN TUSCOLA 39.80N 88.28W
04/18/2013 M1.85 INCH DOUGLAS IL CO-OP OBSERVER
SINCE 7 AM
0230 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 ENE PHILO 40.01N 88.14W
04/18/2013 M1.80 INCH CHAMPAIGN IL COCORAHS
PAST 8.5 HOURS
0236 PM HEAVY RAIN EAST PEORIA 40.67N 89.55W
04/18/2013 M7.85 INCH TAZEWELL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0245 PM FLOOD COWDEN 39.25N 88.86W
04/18/2013 SHELBY IL PUBLIC
UP TO 3 FEET OF WATER COVERING NUMEROUS ROADS AROUND
COWDEN
0315 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 NW WINDSOR 39.48N 88.65W
04/18/2013 M1.42 INCH SHELBY IL TRAINED SPOTTER
MANY COUNTRY ROADS ARE FLOODED IN SPOTS
0400 PM HEAVY RAIN MOUNT PULASKI 40.01N 89.28W
04/18/2013 M2.00 INCH LOGAN IL CO-OP OBSERVER
SINCE 6 AM THIS MORNING.
0400 PM FLASH FLOOD TUSCOLA 39.80N 88.28W
04/18/2013 DOUGLAS IL TRAINED SPOTTER
BETWEEN MURDOCK AND TUSCOLA RURAL ROADS HAD 4 TO 8 INCHES
OF RUNNING WATER OVER THEM. ALSO, ROADS PARALLEL TO THE
EMBARRAS RIVER WERE IMPASSABLE. SPOTTER NUMBER 1316-04
0423 PM HEAVY RAIN HOPEWELL 40.98N 89.46W
04/18/2013 M5.52 INCH MARSHALL IL MESONET
TOTAL SINCE 530 AM IS 1.09 INCHES. SWOP.
&&
OUSLEYLocal storm report, Apr 18, 5:15 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
515 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM FLASH FLOOD SHUMWAY 39.18N 88.65W
04/18/2013 EFFINGHAM IL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
LITTLE WABASH RIVER...FIELD WERE ALSO FLOODED.
&&
OUSLEYSpecial weather statement, Apr 18, 5:22 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
522 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013
ILZ038-043>046-182315-
CHAMPAIGN-DE WITT-MCLEAN-PIATT-VERMILION-
522 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN DE WITT...EASTERN
MCLEAN...NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN...NORTHERN PIATT AND VERMILION COUNTIES
UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LINE OF SHOWERS ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH...EXTENDING FROM CHENOA TO MAROA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.
WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LE ROY...
COOKSVILLE...
DE LAND...
WELDON...
WHITE HEATH...
COLFAX...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...CLINTON LAKE DAM...WELDON SPRINGS
STATE PARK...BLOOMINGTON AIRPORT...HOLDER...LANE AND PLEASANT HILL.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 4006 8894 4074 8894 4074 8858 4062 8857
4062 8846 4040 8845 4040 8795 4049 8793
4049 8754 4007 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 221DEG 47KT 4084 8873 4002 8888
SMITHSpecial weather statement, Apr 18, 5:27 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
527 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013
ILZ043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-182330-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DE
WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SHELBY-
VERMILION-
527 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CLARK...COLES...CUMBERLAND...
DOUGLAS...EASTERN MACON...EDGAR...MOULTRIE...NORTHERN EFFINGHAM...
NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD...SHELBY...SOUTHEASTERN
CHRISTIAN...SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN...SOUTHERN DE WITT...SOUTHERN PIATT
AND SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...EXTENDING FROM MAROA TO 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF RAMSEY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LONG CREEK...
ARGENTA...
WESTERVELT...
LAKEWOOD...
DALTON CITY...
COWDEN...
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...ELWIN...HERRICK...DECATUR
AIRPORT...HERVEY CITY...OAKLEY AND CISCO.
PEOPLE NEAR THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 3917 8762 3916 8881 3921 8882 3922 8911
4006 8889 4007 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 270DEG 26KT 4005 8888 3924 8900
SMITHLocal storm report, Apr 18, 5:59 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
559 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0521 PM FLOOD 5 E URBANA 40.11N 88.11W
04/18/2013 CHAMPAIGN IL BROADCAST MEDIA
ROUTE 150 BETWEEN BETWEEN ROUTE 130 AND MAYVIEW IS ALMOST
COMPLETELY FLOODED...EASTBOUND IS COMPLETELY
FLOODED...WESTBOUND IS PARTIALLY FLOODED.
0529 PM FLASH FLOOD SIDNEY 40.02N 88.07W
04/18/2013 CHAMPAIGN IL TRAINED SPOTTER
COUNTY HIGHWAY 15 IN SIDNEY IS FLOODED AND NOT PASSABLE
BY VEHICLES...THE WATER IS STILL RISING. SEVERAL ROADS
ARE GETTING BARRICADED. SEVERAL ROADS IN SIDNEY ARE ALSO
UNDERWATER.
&&
LAUFENBERGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 15 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 37 min |
| Apr 17, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 8:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 9:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 3 days |
| Apr 17, 9:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason | 11 days |
| Apr 17, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 3:50 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Menard, Peoria, Tazewell | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 5:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 6 days |
| Apr 18, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Menard | 9 days |
| Apr 18, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 9 days |
| Apr 18, 9:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 62 min |
| Apr 18, 9:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 10:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 11:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Effingham, Moultrie and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 21 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 2:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Effingham, Moultrie and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox, Mason, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell | 65 min |
| Apr 18, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Vermilion | 16 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 4:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Edgar, Jasper | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Vermilion | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and 2 more | 63 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.