Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2013, 11:54 AM CDT for Fayette County, Marion County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 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
- Jun 23, 2013, 11:54 AM CDT (16:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fayette County, IL, Marion County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 12:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Farina, IL | WATER OVER SEVERAL ROADS IN THE FARINA AREA EARLIER...BUT WATER HAS SINCE RECEDED. |
| Jun 23, 1:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 W Cartter, IL | WATER OVER INTERSECTION OF ILLINOIS ROUTE 37 AND CARTTER ROAD. |
| Jun 23, 1:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 W Helm, IL | WATER OVER ROAD JUST WEST OF INTERSECTION OF ILLINOIS ROUTE 161 EXTENSION AND BUCHANAN ROAD. |
| Jun 23, 5:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 W Helm, IL | FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED ON MAIN ROADS...STILL SOME WATER ON SECONDARY ROADS. |
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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 568 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
904
WGUS53 KLSX 231654
FFWLSX
ILC051-121-232300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0036.130623T1654Z-130623T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1154 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY
* AT 1152 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN SINCE 1000 AM WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CENTERED IN
SOUTHEAST MARION COUNTY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SALEM...FARINA...HELM...KINMUNDY...OMEGA...IUKA...HELM AND
STEPHEN FORBES STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
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 3847 8870 3848 8900 3892 8900 3892 8870
3848 8869
$$
GLASS1 follow-up statement
717
WGUS73 KLSX 231917
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
217 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
ILC051-121-232300-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-130623T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARION IL-FAYETTE IL-
217 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE AND
MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 213 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY
WERE FLOODED DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS. THE STORMS ARE EXITING THE
FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SALEM...FARINA...HELM...KINMUNDY...OMEGA...IUKA AND STEPHEN FORBES
STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3847 8870 3848 8900 3892 8900 3892 8870
3848 8869
$$
BYRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Madison | 9 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 2:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.