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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2013, 4:23 PM CDT for Coles County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- May 2, 2013, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2013, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Coles County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 6:53 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.44 | 4 E Mattoon, IL | SINCE 3 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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
229 WGUS53 KILX 022123 FFWILX ILC029-030030- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0013.130502T2123Z-130503T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 423 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 2.75 INCHES OF RAIN OVER CENTRAL PARTS OF COLES COUNTY SINCE 3 PM WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE MATTOON AIRPORT. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER CENTRAL COLES COUNTY THROUGH 6 PM AS IT DRIFTS NORTH AT 15 MPH. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...COOKS MILL...HUMBOLDT...LERNA AND RARDIN. 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 3962 8809 3938 8810 3938 8843 3961 8841 $$ KMH
2 follow-up statements
406 WGUS73 KILX 022348 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 648 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ILC029-030030- /O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130503T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COLES IL- 648 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL COLES COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2.5 AND 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL SINCE 3 PM OVER CENTRAL COLES COUNTY BETWEEN MATTOON AND CHARLESTON WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS JUST EAST OF A COLES COUNTY AIRPORT TO LERNA LINE. AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO 1 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY 730 PM OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF COLES COUNTY WITH THUNDERSTORMS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... CHARLESTON...MATTOON...HUMBOLDT...LERNA AND RARDIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3962 8809 3938 8810 3938 8843 3961 8841 $$ KMH
938 WGUS73 KILX 030026 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 726 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ILC029-030041- /O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130503T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COLES IL- 726 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL COLES COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WAS DIMINISHING 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 3962 8809 3938 8810 3938 8843 3961 8841 $$ SHIMON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Piatt | 23 min |
| May 2, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 30 min |
| May 2, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Coles | 34 min |
| May 2, 5:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.