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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood watch at May 30, 2013, 3:48 AM CDT for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at May 30, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2013, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 30, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Flood severity
- None
All 35 counties
Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 1509 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
038 WGUS63 KILX 300848 FFAILX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 348 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO SATURDAY... .A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WHILE A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST FROM THE PLAINS. THIS WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA BEGINNING LATER TODAY...AND ENDING WHEN A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH ON SATURDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS. ILZ027>031-036>038-040>042-047>051-301600- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.A.0004.130530T1800Z-130602T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 348 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CASS...FULTON...KNOX...LOGAN... MARSHALL...MASON...MCLEAN...MENARD...MORGAN...PEORIA... SANGAMON...SCHUYLER...SCOTT...STARK...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. * FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM THIS AFTERNOON...THROUGH FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY. HEAVY RAINS FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. TWO TO FOUR INCH RAIN TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. * THE GROUND ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA HAS BEEN SATURATED WITH RAINFALL OF TWO TO SIX INCHES SINCE LAST SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL RAIN TO BECOME RUNOFF...CAUSING DITCHES TO FILL AND WATER TO COVER LOW LYING ROADS. UNDERPASSES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY SEE FLASH FLOODING DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ 25
9 follow-up statements
831 WGUS63 KILX 301510 FFAILX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1010 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>042-047>051-310100- /O.CON.KILX.FF.A.0004.130530T1800Z-130602T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 1010 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CASS...FULTON...KNOX...LOGAN...MARSHALL...MASON... MCLEAN...MENARD...MORGAN...PEORIA...SANGAMON...SCHUYLER... SCOTT...STARK...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. * THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY RAINS FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. TWO TO FOUR INCH RAIN TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. * THE GROUND ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA HAS BEEN SATURATED WITH RAINFALL OF TWO TO SIX INCHES SINCE LAST SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL RAIN TO BECOME RUNOFF...CAUSING DITCHES TO FILL AND WATER TO COVER LOW LYING ROADS. UNDERPASSES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY SEE FLASH FLOODING DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ BARNES
812 WGUS63 KILX 310048 FFAILX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 748 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>042-047>051-310900- /O.CON.KILX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130602T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 748 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CASS...FULTON...KNOX...LOGAN...MARSHALL...MASON... MCLEAN...MENARD...MORGAN...PEORIA...SANGAMON...SCHUYLER... SCOTT...STARK...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. * THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY RAINS FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. TWO TO FOUR INCH RAIN TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. * THE GROUND ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA HAS BEEN SATURATED WITH RAINFALL OF TWO TO SIX INCHES SINCE LAST SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL RAIN TO BECOME RUNOFF...CAUSING DITCHES TO FILL AND WATER TO COVER LOW LYING ROADS. UNDERPASSES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY SEE FLASH FLOODING DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ SMITH
885 WGUS63 KILX 310842 FFAILX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 342 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ILZ043>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-311600- /O.EXA.KILX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130602T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE- DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER- CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE... EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 342 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHRISTIAN...DE WITT... MACON...MOULTRIE...PIATT AND SHELBY. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES...CUMBERLAND...DOUGLAS... EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CLAY...CRAWFORD... EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND. * THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINS FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCH RAIN TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. * THE GROUND ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA HAS BEEN SATURATED WITH RAINFALL OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES SINCE LAST SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL RAIN TO BECOME RUNOFF...CAUSING DITCHES TO FILL AND WATER TO COVER LOW LYING ROADS. UNDERPASSES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY SEE FLASH FLOODING DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ ILZ027>031-036>038-040>042-047>051-311600- /O.CON.KILX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130602T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 342 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CASS...FULTON...KNOX...LOGAN...MARSHALL...MASON... MCLEAN...MENARD...MORGAN...PEORIA...SANGAMON...SCHUYLER... SCOTT...STARK...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. * THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY RAINS FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCH RAIN TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. * THE GROUND ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA HAS BEEN SATURATED WITH RAINFALL OF THREE TO SEVEN INCHES SINCE LAST SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL RAIN TO BECOME RUNOFF...CAUSING DITCHES TO FILL AND WATER TO COVER LOW LYING ROADS. UNDERPASSES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY SEE FLASH FLOODING DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ 25
757 WGUS63 KILX 311552 FFAILX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1052 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-010200- /O.CON.KILX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130602T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1052 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CASS...CHRISTIAN...DE WITT...FULTON... KNOX...LOGAN...MACON...MARSHALL...MASON...MCLEAN...MENARD... MORGAN...MOULTRIE...PEORIA...PIATT...SANGAMON...SCHUYLER... SCOTT...SHELBY...STARK...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES...CUMBERLAND... DOUGLAS...EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CLAY... CRAWFORD...EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND. * THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY RAINS FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCH RAIN TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. * THE GROUND ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA HAS BEEN SATURATED WITH RAINFALL OF THREE TO SEVEN INCHES SINCE LAST SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL RAIN TO BECOME RUNOFF... CAUSING DITCHES TO FILL AND WATER TO COVER LOW LYING ROADS. UNDERPASSES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY SEE FLASH FLOODING DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ BARNES BARNES
788 WGUS63 KILX 010227 FFAILX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 927 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-011030- /O.CON.KILX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130602T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 927 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CASS...CHRISTIAN...DE WITT...FULTON... KNOX...LOGAN...MACON...MARSHALL...MASON...MCLEAN...MENARD... MORGAN...MOULTRIE...PEORIA...PIATT...SANGAMON...SCHUYLER... SCOTT...SHELBY...STARK...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES...CUMBERLAND... DOUGLAS...EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CLAY... CRAWFORD...EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND. * THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVY RAINS FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCH RAIN TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. * THE GROUND ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA HAS BEEN SATURATED WITH RAINFALL OF THREE TO SEVEN INCHES SINCE LAST SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL RAIN TO BECOME RUNOFF... CAUSING DITCHES TO FILL AND WATER TO COVER LOW LYING ROADS. UNDERPASSES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY SEE FLASH FLOODING DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ BAK
413 WGUS63 KILX 010815 FFAILX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 315 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047>050-010915- /O.CAN.KILX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130602T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-SCHUYLER- MASON-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...HAVANA... JACKSONVILLE 315 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED IN AREAS WEST OF I-55. HOWEVER...SOME AREA RIVERS ARE IN FLOOD... AND ROADS NEAR THESE RIVERS MAY BE AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER. MONITOR THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$ ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-011600- /O.CON.KILX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130602T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM... FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 315 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHRISTIAN...DE WITT...LOGAN...MACON... MCLEAN...MOULTRIE...PIATT...SANGAMON AND SHELBY. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES...CUMBERLAND... DOUGLAS...EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CLAY... CRAWFORD...EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND. * THROUGH THIS EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN LATER THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST VALUES MOST LIKELY SOUTH OF I-70. LOCALLY HEAVY TOTALS WILL OCCUR IN THE STRONGER STORMS. * THE GROUND ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA HAS BEEN SATURATED WITH RAINFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES SINCE LAST SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL RAIN TO RUN OFF...CAUSING DITCHES TO FILL AND WATER TO COVER LOW LYING ROADS. UNDERPASSES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY SEE FLASH FLOODING DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ GEELHART
111 WGUS63 KILX 011759 FFAILX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1259 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-020000- /O.CON.KILX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130602T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM... FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 1259 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHRISTIAN...DE WITT...LOGAN...MACON... MCLEAN...MOULTRIE...PIATT...SANGAMON AND SHELBY. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES...CUMBERLAND... DOUGLAS...EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...CLAY... CRAWFORD...EFFINGHAM...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND. * UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING * SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * THE GROUND ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA HAS BEEN SATURATED WITH RAINFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES SINCE LAST SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL RAIN TO RUN OFF...CAUSING DITCHES TO FILL AND WATER TO COVER LOW LYING ROADS. UNDERPASSES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY SEE FLASH FLOODING DEVELOP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
313 WGUS63 KILX 020000 FFAILX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 700 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-020100- /O.EXP.KILX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130602T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM... FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 700 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING...BUT THEY WILL NOT POSE A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING THREAT. $$ BAK
070 WGUS63 KILX 020002 CCA FFAILX FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 702 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ILZ038-042>046-051>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-020115- /O.EXP.KILX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-130602T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCLEAN-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN- MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK- EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LINCOLN... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE... DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM... FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 702 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING...BUT THEY WILL NOT POSE A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING THREAT. $$ BAK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at May 30, 3:17 AM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:17 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 317 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 .DISCUSSION... ISSUED 316 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY 07Z SURFACE MAP SHOWED DOUBLE-BARREL LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS WITH ONE LOW CENTER IN CENTRAL SD AND A SOUTHERN LOW NEAR THE OK/TX PANHANDLE. TIGHTENING MSLP GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS AND SFC HIGH ALONG THE EAST COAST CAUSED 10-20 MPH S/SE WINDS OVERNIGHT...KEEPING DEWPOINTS UP IN THE MID 60S AND EARLY MORNING TEMPS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. NEGATIVELY TILTED MID LEVEL TROF WAS LIFTING INTO THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS RESPONSIBLE FOR LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATED A WEAK WAVE AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE POOL TRACKING NORTH FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY...ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SUB-TROPICAL RIDGE CENTERED OFF THE EAST COAST. SHORT RANGE HI-RES MODELS DEVELOP CONVECTION WITH THIS FEATURE AS IT SHIFTS NE INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING...AND LATEST RADAR MOSAIC INDICATED A SHOWER IN EAST CENTRAL IL AND A FEW MORE IN SE MO. THUS MAY SEE A SLIGHTLY MORE FOCUSED AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS EAST OF I-57 INTO MID MORNING. OTHERWISE DEEPER CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MISSOURI AND IOWA THIS AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED WITH A SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE EJECTING OUT OF THE WESTERN TROF. CONVECTIVE MODELS SHOW THIS ENTERING THE WESTERN CWA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...IN A WEAKENING FASHION AS LESS INSTABILITY IS INDICATED EAST OF THE MS RIVER. MOIST PROFILES ALSO SUGGEST A LOWER SVR THREAT...HOWEVER WITH DECENT WIND FIELDS ALOFT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME STRONG OR NEAR SVR STORMS. ASIDE FROM POSSIBLE CONVECTION...ANOTHER ISSUE WILL BRISK AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS IN TIGHT GRADIENT. BUFKIT DATA SHOWS GUSTS OVER 30 KTS DURING PEAK HEATING BUT CLOUD COVER COULD TEMPER HIGHER GUSTS. FAIRLY STRONG MODEL SIGNALS THAT AN MCS WILL FORM OVER KS/MO TONIGHT AND LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE CWA ON FRIDAY. THIS SHOULD BE MAINTAINED BY A VIGOROUS 40-60 KT LLJ AND COULD BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE NW CWA INTO MIDDAY. THE EFFECTS OF THIS MCS WILL IMPACT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT LATER IN THE DAY AND IF ATMOSPHERE CAN RECOVER THEN STRONG STORMS MAY REDEVELOP ALONG THE LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. BETTER WIND FIELDS ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER TROF WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HIGHER BULK SHEAR AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER. AS THE UPPER TROF STEADILY SHIFTS EAST...IT WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT INTO THE STATE ON SATURDAY. FRONTAL TIMING WILL BE CRITICAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF POSSIBLE SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN...AND 00Z MODELS ARE A FEW HOURS QUICKER WITH THE FRONT THAT PREVIOUS RUNS. THIS WOULD FAVOR BEST CHANCE OF REDEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT OR PRE-FRONTAL TROF FOR THE CENTRAL OR EASTERN CWA SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. WITH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN STARTING LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WEST...AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE SATURDAY HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALONG/WEST OF I-55. THIS WILL BE IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SEE HYDROLOGY SECTION BELOW FOR MORE INFO ON HEAVY RAIN/FLOOD POTENTIAL. LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE POST-FRONTAL AIRMASS WILL BRING A RETURN TO MUCH COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER FOR THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. A DEEP TROF IS FORECAST TO ROTATE SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES BY LATE SUNDAY WITH A CHILLY...FOR EARLY SUMMER...-24C 500 MB AIRMASS. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL BUILD INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A COOL NORTHERLY FLOW TO CENTRAL IL. THUS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL INTO TUESDAY. BY LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL WAVE PUSHING INTO THE PLAINS WILL DEVELOP LOW PRESSURE TO OUR WEST. WARM ADVECTION PRECIP WITH THIS FEATURE WILL SPREAD RAIN CHANCES EAST OF THE MS RIVER FOR MID- WEEK. 25 && .AVIATION... ISSUED 1146 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL STAY WEST OF THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS TERMINALS THROUGH THE 06Z TAF VALID TIME. AS A RESULT SOUTHERLY WINDS...BECOMING GUSTY DURING DEEPER DAYTIME MIXING...WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH THE FRONT FURTHER EAST ON THURSDAY AND LIKELY LEAD TO SHOWERS/STORMS MOVING THROUGH ILLINOIS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE WITH THE HEATING OF THE DAY THURSDAY/APPROACH OF UPPER WAVE AND HAVE INCLUDED A LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING TEMPO THUNDER MENTION AT ALL TERMINALS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OUTSIDE OF ANY STORMS. BAK && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED 316 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE REMAINS LOW /LESS THAN 1.5 IN/HR/ FOR AREAS WEST OF I-55 WHICH RECEIVED HEAVIER RAINS IN RECENT DAYS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERAL ROUNDS OF CONVECTION TO IMPACT THESE AREAS AGAIN LATER TODAY AND ESPECIALLY FRIDAY...INTO SATURDAY UNTIL THE COLD FRONT PASSES. CURRENT FORECASTS SHOW 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IF TRAINING OF STORMS OCCURS. THUS WILL HAVE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH I-55 AND WEST IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUN OFF INTO CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES ON RIVERS THAT ARE ALREADY IN FLOOD...INCLUDING THE SPOON AND ILLINOIS. PORTIONS OF THE MACKINAW AND SANGAMON RIVERS WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO FLOODING IF THE HEAVIER RAINS DO MATERIALIZE. 25 && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR ILZ027>031-036>038-040>042-047>051. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:07 PM CDT, 12 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 307 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-301100- CASS-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD- MORGAN-PEORIA-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 307 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BEFORE DRIER WEATHER RETURNS BY SUNDAY. EARLY INDICATIONS SUGGEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WITHIN STRONGER STORMS. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE SPOON RIVER THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD. RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER AS WELL...WITH ALL POINTS FROM HENRY DOWNSTREAM GOING ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FROM FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-301100- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS- EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND- SHELBY-VERMILION- 307 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BEFORE DRIER WEATHER RETURNS BY SUNDAY. EARLY INDICATIONS SUGGEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WITHIN STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. BARNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 12 hr |
| May 30, 1:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Stark | 36 min |
| May 30, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Jasper, Richland | 63 min |
| May 30, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan | 43 min |
| May 30, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan, Woodford | 48 min |
| May 30, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford | 49 min |
| May 30, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar, Vermilion | 25 min |
| May 30, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Schuyler | 54 min |
| May 30, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 50 min |
| May 30, 5:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Knox | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 53 min |
| May 30, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 46 min |
| May 30, 6:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 6 hr |
| May 30, 6:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 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.