Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
BAK1 follow-up statement
998
WGUS73 KILX 041106
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
606 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
ILC029-041-045-041122-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140604T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLES IL-DOUGLAS IL-EDGAR IL-
606 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EDGAR...DOUGLAS AND
COLES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3948 8754 3948 8769 3949 8769 3948 8801
3940 8832 3949 8847 3979 8848 3980 8846
3987 8846 3988 8771 3987 8756 3989 8758
3988 8755
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan, Macon, Menard, Sangamon | 22 min |
| Jun 4, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 1:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 2:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 19 min |
| Jun 4, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 22 min |
| Jun 4, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 2:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 2:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Sangamon | 3 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.