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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Schuyler | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 6:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria | 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.