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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 10, 2013Fulton County, Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 2013, 8:12 PM CDT for Fulton County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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: Apr 10, 2013, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2013, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Fulton County, IL, Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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
Apr 10, 8:44 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 1.79	Astoria, IL	STORM TOTAL OF 1.79 INCHES. SWOP REPORT.
Apr 11, 12:45 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 1.49	3 Wnw Smithfield, IL	24-HOUR TOTAL, WITH 1.37 INCHES LAST 12 HOURS. HADS STATION AT SEVILLE RIVER REPORTING SITE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

469 
WGUS53 KILX 110112
FFWILX
ILC057-169-110700-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0004.130411T0112Z-130411T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
812 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES BY RADAR OF UP TO 2.5 INCHES 
  ARE EXPECTED.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CANTON...LEWISTOWN...RUSHVILLE...ASTORIA...AVON...BROOKLYN...
  BROWNING...CUBA...FAIRVIEW...FARMINGTON...IPAVA...LITTLETON...
  LONDON MILLS...ST. DAVID AND VERMONT.

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 4029 9091 4028 9046 4071 9044 4071 8999
      4063 8999 4062 8987 4052 8987 4045 8991
      4037 9004 4030 9007 4024 9012 4019 9020
      4016 9020 4013 9037 4001 9045 3998 9053
      3998 9060 4010 9071 4011 9092

$$

GOETSCH

1 follow-up statement

406 
WGUS73 KILX 110547
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1247 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013

ILC057-169-110559-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130411T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCHUYLER IL-FULTON IL-
1247 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR FULTON AND SCHUYLER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. MOST 
STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING 
TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. HOWEVER...THE LA MOINE RIVER IS 
OUT OF ITS BANKS...FLOODING AREAS SURROUNDING THE RIVER. THE 
SCHUYLER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS THAT HALE RIDGE ROAD...NEAR 
THE LA MOINE RIVER IS FLOODED AND CURRENTLY CLOSED. IF OTHER 
FLOODING IS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 4029 9091 4028 9046 4071 9044 4071 8999
      4063 8999 4062 8987 4052 8987 4045 8991
      4037 9004 4030 9007 4024 9012 4019 9020
      4016 9020 4013 9037 4001 9045 3998 9053
      3998 9060 4010 9071 4011 9092

$$

AUTEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 8:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	6 hr
Apr 10, 8:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Scott	6 hr
Apr 10, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby	62 min
Apr 10, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	McLean	54 min
Apr 10, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	36 min
Apr 10, 10:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	6 hr
Apr 10, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar	45 min
Apr 10, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Champaign, Edgar, Vermilion	53 min
Apr 10, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	35 min
Apr 10, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Vermilion	36 min
Apr 10, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	42 min
Apr 11, 1:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Schuyler	15 hr
Apr 11, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Piatt	4 days
Apr 11, 1:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason	89 days
Apr 11, 1:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler	93 days

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.