Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2014, 10:05 PM CDT for Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 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 30, 2014, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Knox County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 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 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 552 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
581
WGUS53 KILX 010305
FFWILX
ILC095-010900-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0020.140701T0305Z-140701T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1005 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 1002 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE PAST
HOUR FROM NEAR GALESBURG THROUGH ALTONA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR FROM GALESBURG TO
WILLIAMSFIELD.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GALESBURG...ALTONA...GILSON...KNOXVILLE...ONEIDA...RIO...
VICTORIA...WATAGA AND WILLIAMSFIELD.
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 4085 8998 4084 9044 4101 9045 4115 9044
4115 8999
$$
SMITH2 follow-up statements
474
WGUS73 KILX 010625
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
125 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014
ILC095-010900-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140701T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX IL-
125 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM
CDT...
AT 122 AM CDT...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT HAS ENDED EARLY
THIS MORNING...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS NOT. DOPPLER RAINFALL
ESTIMATES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA RANGED FROM 1.50 TO 2.50 INCHES
WITH THE HEAVIER TOTALS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...GALESBURG...ALTONA...GILSON...KNOXVILLE...ONEIDA...RIO...
VICTORIA...WATAGA AND WILLIAMSFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 4085 8998 4084 9044 4101 9045 4115 9044
4115 8999
$$
SMITH750
WGUS73 KILX 010850
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
350 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014
ILC095-010905-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140701T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX IL-
350 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR KNOX COUNTY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 400 AM CDT...
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 4085 8998 4084 9044 4101 9045 4115 9044
4115 8999
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 40 min |
| Jun 30, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Schuyler, Tazewell | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 10:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 10:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Stark | 9 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 8 days |
| Jul 1, 4:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 3 days |
| Jul 1, 4:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 3 days |
| Jul 1, 4:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Piatt | 5 days |
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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.