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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2013, 11:38 AM CDT for Champaign County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 22, 2013, 11:38 AM CDT (16:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2013, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Champaign County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 2564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
221
WGUS53 KILX 221638
FFWILX
ILC019-183-222030-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0039.130622T1638Z-130622T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1138 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 1137 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE
LIKELY. IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN GIBSON CITY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RANTOUL...FISHER...GIFFORD...HOOPESTON...LAKE OF THE WOODS...
MAHOMET...POTOMAC...RANKIN...ROSSVILLE AND THOMASBORO.
LAT...LON 4015 8846 4040 8845 4040 8796 4041 8794
4049 8793 4049 8752 4017 8753
$$
CHS2 follow-up statements
951
WGUS73 KILX 221847
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
147 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
ILC019-183-222030-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-130622T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERMILION IL-CHAMPAIGN IL-
147 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN AND
NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...
AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD PUSHED SOUTH OF THE
WARNED AREA. HOWEVER LIGHTER RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO FALL. RADAR
ESTIMATES SHOW UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
RANTOUL...FISHER...GIFFORD...HOOPESTON...LAKE OF THE WOODS...
MAHOMET...POTOMAC...RANKIN...ROSSVILLE AND THOMASBORO.
LAT...LON 4015 8846 4040 8845 4040 8796 4041 8794
4049 8793 4049 8752 4017 8753
$$309
WGUS73 KILX 222007
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
307 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
ILC019-183-222022-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-130622T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERMILION IL-CHAMPAIGN IL-
307 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN
AND NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTIES 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 FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4015 8846 4040 8845 4040 8796 4041 8794
4049 8793 4049 8752 4017 8753
$$
CHSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 12:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Moultrie, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Richland, Shelby | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.