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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 4, 2014Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2014, 3:38 AM CDT for Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2014, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2014, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 79 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2014-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2014-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 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.

934 
WGUS53 KILX 040838
FFWILX
ILC029-041-045-041130-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0013.140604T0838Z-140604T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
338 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 337 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  RADAR INDICATED UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE PAST
  HOUR.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CHARLESTON...MATTOON...PARIS...TUSCOLA...ARCOLA...ARTHUR...
  ASHMORE...BROCTON...CAMARGO...CHRISMAN...COOKS MILL...HINDSBORO...
  HUMBOLDT...HUME...KANSAS...LERNA...NEWMAN...OAKLAND...OLIVER...
  RARDIN...REDMON...VERMILION AND VILLA GROVE.


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 3948 8754 3948 8769 3949 8769 3948 8801
      3940 8832 3949 8847 3979 8848 3980 8846
      3987 8846 3988 8771 3987 8756 3989 8758
      3988 8755

$$

BAK
1 follow-up statement
998 
WGUS73 KILX 041106
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
606 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

ILC029-041-045-041122-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140604T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLES IL-DOUGLAS IL-EDGAR IL-
606 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EDGAR...DOUGLAS AND
COLES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3948 8754 3948 8769 3949 8769 3948 8801
      3940 8832 3949 8847 3979 8848 3980 8846
      3987 8846 3988 8771 3987 8756 3989 8758
      3988 8755

$$

BAK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler49 min
Jun 4, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott46 min
Jun 4, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon39 min
Jun 4, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Logan, Macon, Menard, Sangamon22 min
Jun 4, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXDeWitt, Macon, Piatt47 min
Jun 4, 1:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXSangamon3 hr
Jun 4, 1:50 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, DeWitt, Macon, Piatt25 min
Jun 4, 2:11 AM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, McLean, Piatt19 min
Jun 4, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean22 min
Jun 4, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign50 min
Jun 4, 2:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMacon, Moultrie, Piatt3 hr
Jun 4, 2:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXVermilion37 min
Jun 4, 2:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark3 hr
Jun 4, 4:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMorgan, Scott3 hr
Jun 4, 5:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXSangamon3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.