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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2013, 3:32 PM CDT for Sangamon 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 27, 2013, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:45 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.19 | 4 W Springfield, IL | RAINFALL AMOUNT FROM THE LAST 90 MINUTES. |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
734
WGUS53 KILX 272032
FFWILX
ILC167-272330-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0021.130527T2032Z-130527T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
332 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SANGAMON COUNTY.
RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST HOUR RANGE FROM 1 TO 1.50 INCHES.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
THE PAST SEVERAL DAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 500 PM CDT.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD...AUBURN...CHATHAM...DIVERNON...LOAMI...
MECHANICSBURG...NEW BERLIN...PAWNEE...PLEASANT PLAINS...RIVERTON...
ROCHESTER...SHERMAN AND WILLIAMSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3990 8999 3990 8977 3992 8970 3994 8970
3997 8949 3993 8948 3993 8943 3983 8925
3977 8933 3976 8943 3964 8950 3964 8954
3959 8954 3954 8958 3953 8992 3969 8997
$$1 follow-up statement
337
WGUS73 KILX 272328
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
628 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013
ILC167-272341-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130527T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANGAMON IL-
628 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SANGAMON COUNTY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON HAS PUSHED
WELL OFF TO OUR EAST. EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER
THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED
OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING
HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3990 8999 3990 8977 3992 8970 3994 8970
3997 8949 3993 8948 3993 8943 3983 8925
3977 8933 3976 8943 3964 8950 3964 8954
3959 8954 3954 8958 3953 8992 3969 8997
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 9 hr |
| May 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 9 hr |
| May 26, 10:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 9 hr |
| May 27, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 6 hr |
| May 27, 3:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 6 hr |
| May 27, 4:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 6 hr |
| May 27, 4:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria, Stark | 6 hr |
| May 27, 7:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria, Woodford | 6 hr |
| May 27, 10:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Stark | 5 hr |
| May 27, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 51 min |
| May 27, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan, Menard | 46 min |
| May 27, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 49 min |
| May 27, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 31 min |
| May 27, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Sangamon | 50 min |
| May 27, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 30 min |
| May 27, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Moultrie | 35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.