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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 17, 2013Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 17, 2013, 7:17 PM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 15 hr. 29 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 17, 2013, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 17, 8:40 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Roanoke, IL	COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN ROANOKE...EVACUATION OF RESIDENTS IN PART OF THE TOWN DUE TO FLOOD WATERS.
Apr 17, 9:09 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Minonk, IL	A TRAINED SPOTTER HAS REPORTED MULTIPLE SIDE STREETS IN MINONK HAVE OVER ONE FOOT OF WATER FLOWING OVER THEM.
Apr 17, 10:38 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Peoria, IL	CARS STUCK IN STANDING WATER AT ALLEN ROAD AND MOORE DRIVE.
Apr 17, 10:38 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	West Peoria, IL	MUDSLIDE OVER FARMINGTON ROAD NEAR HILLTOP ROAD.
Apr 17, 10:43 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.95	Hanna City, IL	RAINFALL SO FAR TODAY.
Apr 17, 10:44 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.06	Germantown Hills, IL	RAINFALL SINCE 6 AM.
Apr 18, 12:02 AM CDT	FLOOD	Peoria, IL	* 2 INJ * PARTIAL HOUSE COLLAPSE ON NEBRASKA AVENUE. CONFIRMED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Apr 18, 3:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Bartonville, IL	FLASH FLOODING ON ROUTE 24. DEBRIS ON ROAD.
Apr 18, 3:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Peoria, IL	FLASH FLOODING REPORTED AT ALLEN AND WAR MEMORIAL/FORREST HILL AND MOLLECK/SHERIDAN AND MCLURE/KNOXVILLE AND TETON.
Apr 18, 3:47 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.53	Germantown Hills, IL	24 HOUR STORM TOTAL RAIN
Apr 18, 5:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.12	2 Sw Peoria, IL
Apr 18, 5:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.21	Peoria, IL	24 HOUR TOTAL. SWOP REPORT.
Apr 18, 5:10 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.33	Minonk, IL
Apr 18, 6:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.45	Peoria, IL	24 HOUR REPORT. SWOP REPORT.
Apr 18, 6:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.26	Germantown Hills, IL
Apr 18, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.57	Morton, IL
Apr 18, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.77	5 Nnw El Paso, IL
Apr 18, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.96	Eureka, IL
Apr 18, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.28	Roanoke, IL
Apr 18, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.31	Nw Peoria, IL
Apr 18, 7:15 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.6	Washington, IL	24 HOUR TOTAL.
Apr 18, 7:15 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.76	Roanoke, IL	24 HOUR TOTAL.
Apr 18, 8:23 AM CDT	FLOOD	Peoria, IL	PARTIAL HOUSE COLLAPSE ON INDIANA AVE...HOME UNINHABITABLE. CONFIRMED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Apr 18, 9:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 W Peoria, IL	ROAD CLOSURE...IL 8 BETWEEN KICKAPOO EDWARDS AVE AND HEINZ LANE.
Apr 18, 9:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	8 Sw Peoria, IL	EMERGENCY BRIDGE CLOSURE AT TRIVOLI ROAD BETWEEN GARRET ROAD AND CANTON-GLASFORD ROAD
Apr 18, 9:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	East Peoria, IL	ROAD CLOSURE...IL 8 EAST OF INTERSTATE 74
Apr 18, 9:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Peoria, IL	ROAD CLOSURE AT ALTA AND ALLEN ROAD. LARGE HOLE IN ROAD...WASHED OUT
Apr 18, 9:39 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 5.02	Peoria, IL	TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 4 PM YESTERDAY. SWOP REPORT.
Apr 18, 10:08 AM CDT	FLOOD	2 E Washington, IL	WATER OVER ROAD AT ROUTE 24 AND DE MACK RD.

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 00:00Z, 0.3 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.

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 412 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 444 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 11.4

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The text

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

467 
WGUS53 KILX 180017
FFWILX
ILC143-179-203-180600-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0007.130418T0017Z-130418T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
717 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 714 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SLOW MOVING
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  THERE WAS ONE REPORT OF WATER RUSHING ACROSS ROUTE 98 NEAR         
  PEKIN...WITH MANY OTHER ROADS LIKELY COVERED WITH WATER. 
  GERMANTOWN HILLS RECEIVED 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 3
  HOURS...WHICH RADAR SHOWS IS A GOOD ESTIMATE FOR MUCH OF THE
  WARNING AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EUREKA...PEKIN...PEORIA...BARTONVILLE...BELLEVUE...CREVE COEUR...
  EAST PEORIA...GERMANTOWN HILLS...GLASFORD...HANNA CITY...MARQUETTE
  HEIGHTS...METAMORA...MINONK...MORTON...ROANOKE...WASHINGTON AND
  WEST PEORIA.

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.

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 4093 8893 4082 8895 4053 8965 4043 8992
      4051 8987 4062 8987 4062 8998 4092 8918

$$

SHIMON

3 follow-up statements

211 
WGUS73 KILX 180144
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
844 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

ILC143-179-203-180600-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130418T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PEORIA IL-TAZEWELL IL-WOODFORD IL-
844 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WOODFORD...NORTHERN
TAZEWELL AND SOUTHERN PEORIA COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...

AT 840 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS
OCCURRING IN ROANOKE. CITIZENS WERE BEING EVACUATED IN PARTS OF THE
TOWN. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN SURROUNDING
AREAS IN THE WARNING. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
EUREKA...PEKIN...PEORIA...BARTONVILLE...BELLEVUE...CREVE COEUR...EAST
PEORIA...GERMANTOWN HILLS...GLASFORD...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...
METAMORA...MINONK...MORTON...ROANOKE...WASHINGTON AND WEST PEORIA.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4093 8893 4082 8895 4053 8965 4043 8992
      4051 8987 4062 8987 4062 8998 4092 8918

$$

SHIMON

628 
WGUS53 KILX 180551
FFWILX
ILC143-179-203-181500-
/O.EXT.KILX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130418T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1251 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 1247 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS ROANOKE RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED
  EARLIER THIS EVENING DUE TO SEVERAL FEET OF WATER UP TO THE
  FOUNDATIONS. WATER RESCUES WERE CONDUCTED WITH SOME RESIDENTS
  AS WELL. MINONK HAD SEVERAL ROADS COVERED IN A FOOT OF
  WATER. MUD SLIDES IN EAST PEORIA OCCURRED EARLIER...AND SOME
  ROADS WERE STILL AFFECTED BY FLOODING DEBRIS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
  TONIGHT MAY REACH UP TO AN INCH...CONTINUING FLASH FLOODING AND
  WATER COVERED ROADS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...EUREKA...
  PEKIN...PEORIA...BARTONVILLE...BELLEVUE...CREVE COEUR...EAST
  PEORIA...GERMANTOWN HILLS...GLASFORD...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...
  METAMORA...MINONK...MORTON...ROANOKE...WASHINGTON AND WEST PEORIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 4093 8893 4082 8895 4053 8965 4043 8992
      4051 8987 4062 8987 4062 8998 4092 8918

$$

SHIMON

998 
WGUS73 KILX 181505
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1005 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

ILC143-179-203-181518-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130418T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PEORIA IL-TAZEWELL IL-WOODFORD IL-
1005 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WOODFORD...NORTHERN
TAZEWELL AND SOUTHERN PEORIA COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...AND THE THREAT FOR RAPID 
WATER RISES HAS ENDED AS WELL. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS 
STILL OCCURRING AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH 
AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE 
REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 4093 8893 4082 8895 4053 8965 4043 8992
      4051 8987 4062 8987 4062 8998 4092 8918

$$

BAK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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
Apr 18, 6:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton	22 hr

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.