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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 18, 2013, 1:01 PM CDT for Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 21 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 18, 2013, 1:01 PM CDT (18:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2013, 9:33 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Unknown
County Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.2 | Springfield, IL | |
| Apr 19, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.38 | Springfield, IL | REPORT FROM LAKE SPRINGFIELD |
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, 6.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -478 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
302 WGUS53 KILX 181801 FFWILX ILC167-190600- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0009.130418T1801Z-130419T0600Z/ /00000.U.DR.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 101 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF LAKE SPRINGFIELD IN... CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY. * AT 1258 PM CDT...DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SANGAMON COUNTY...WATER IS BEING RELEASED FROM SPAULDING DAM AT LAKE SPRINGFIELD. THIS WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES ON SUGAR CREEK...DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM. RAPID FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE CREEK WILL RESULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF LOWER SUGAR CREEK AND SANGAMON RIVER BASINS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT HIGH RIVER LEVELS ARE LIKELY AND EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF ALL AFFECTED AREAS IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS. && LAT...LON 3979 8962 3976 8958 3976 8962 3979 8965 $$ BAK
2 follow-up statements
675 WGUS53 KILX 190541 FFWILX ILC167-191800- /O.EXT.KILX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130419T1800Z/ /00000.U.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1241 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF LAKE SPRINGFIELD IN... CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 100 PM CDT FRIDAY. * AT 1240 AM CDT...DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SANGAMON COUNTY...WATER IS BEING RELEASED FROM SPAULDING DAM AT LAKE SPRINGFIELD. THIS WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES ON SUGAR CREEK...DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM. RAPID FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE CREEK WILL RESULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF LOWER SUGAR CREEK AND SANGAMON RIVER BASINS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT HIGH RIVER LEVELS ARE LIKELY AND EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF ALL AFFECTED AREAS IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS. && LAT...LON 3979 8962 3976 8958 3976 8962 3979 8965 $$ SMITH
451 WGUS73 KILX 191433 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 933 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2013 ILC167-191445- /O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130419T1800Z/ /00000.U.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SANGAMON IL- 933 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAKE SPRINGFIELD HAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IS BEING RELEASED INTO SUGAR CREEK...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING REPLACED BY A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. LAT...LON 3979 8962 3976 8958 3976 8962 3979 8965 $$ HJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 15 hr |
| 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, 1:18 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 |
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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.