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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 22, 2014Fulton County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2014, 6:31 PM CDT for Fulton 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 22, 2014, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Fulton County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2014-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 210 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2014-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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.

512 
WGUS53 KILX 222331
FFWILX
ILC057-230230-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0017.140622T2331Z-140623T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
631 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 631 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CANTON.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN PARTS 
OF THE CITY OF CANTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4063 8988 4052 8993 4055 9013 4062 9012

$$

BAK
1 follow-up statement
046 
WGUS73 KILX 230044
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
744 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

ILC057-230059-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140623T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FULTON IL-
744 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FULTON
COUNTY 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 4063 8988 4052 8993 4055 9013 4062 9012

$$

BAK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXSchuyler40 min
Jun 22, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXPeoria59 min
Jun 22, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria47 min
Jun 22, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox, Peoria, Stark48 min
Jun 22, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton40 min
Jun 22, 6:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXFulton, Knox, Peoria3 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.