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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Feb 20, 2014, 5:48 PM CST for 13 counties in 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
- Feb 20, 2014, 5:48 PM CST (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Champaign County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 582 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 576 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
763
WGUS53 KILX 202348
FFWILX
ILC019-023-025-029-033-035-041-045-049-079-101-159-183-210530-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0003.140220T2348Z-140221T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
548 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CST
* AT 544 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR WERE CAUSING MAJOR
FLOODING WITH NUMEROUS ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHAMPAIGN...CHARLESTON...DANVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...MARSHALL...MATTOON...NEWTON...OLNEY...PARIS...
RANTOUL...ROBINSON...TOLEDO...TUSCOLA...ALLERTON...ALTAMONT...
ANNAPOLIS...ARCOLA...ARTHUR...ASHMORE...BEECHER CITY...BIBLE
GROVE...BIRDS...BOGOTA...BRIDGEPORT...BROADLANDS...BROCTON...
CALHOUN AND CAMARGO.
SPOTTERES REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN THE CITY OF CHAMPAIGN.
THE CITY OF EFFINGHAM LIKELY HAS MANY ROADS FLOODED...BASED ON RADAR
ESTIMATES OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS LIKELY ALL ALONG THE LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 3869 8752 3866 8760 3859 8761 3860 8869
3891 8870 3891 8877 3921 8881 3922 8847
4040 8846 4039 8796 4049 8794 4049 8752
3935 8752 3931 8761 3921 8757 3914 8765
3896 8751 3886 8754 3879 8749
$$
SHIMON2 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KILX 210014
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
614 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
ILC019-023-025-029-033-035-041-045-049-079-101-159-183-210530-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JASPER IL-LAWRENCE IL-RICHLAND IL-VERMILION IL-CHAMPAIGN IL-CLARK IL-
CLAY IL-COLES IL-CRAWFORD IL-CUMBERLAND IL-DOUGLAS IL-EDGAR IL-
EFFINGHAM IL-
614 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EFFINGHAM...EDGAR...
DOUGLAS...CUMBERLAND...CRAWFORD...COLES...CLAY...CLARK...CHAMPAIGN...
VERMILION...RICHLAND...LAWRENCE AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM
CST...
AT 609 PM CST...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS
OCCURRING IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS AND MANY ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO
WATER COVERING THEM.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHAMPAIGN...CHARLESTON...DANVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...MARSHALL...MATTOON...NEWTON...OLNEY...PARIS...
RANTOUL...ROBINSON...TOLEDO...TUSCOLA...ALLERTON...ALTAMONT...
ANNAPOLIS...ARCOLA...ASHMORE...BEECHER CITY...BIBLE GROVE...BIRDS...
BOGOTA...BRIDGEPORT...BROADLANDS...BROCTON...CALHOUN...CAMARGO AND
CASEY.
SPOTTERS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN THE CITY OF CHAMPAIGN.
STATE ROUTE 150 WAS CLOSED WEST OF MAHOMET. MANY ROADS IN MATTOON
WERE IMPASSABLE. THE CITY OF EFFINGHAM LIKELY HAS MANY ROADS
FLOODED...BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLASH
FLOODING IS LIKELY ALL ALONG THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO
RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT
OF ILLINOIS BY 730 PM...BUT ROADS WILL REMAIN FLOODED FOR SEVERAL
MORE HOURS.
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 3869 8752 3866 8760 3859 8761 3860 8869
3891 8870 3891 8877 3921 8881 3922 8847
4040 8846 4039 8796 4049 8794 4049 8752
3935 8752 3931 8761 3921 8757 3914 8765
3896 8751 3886 8754 3879 8749
$$
SHIMON945
WGUS73 KILX 210509
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1109 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
ILC019-023-025-029-033-035-041-045-049-079-101-159-183-210523-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JASPER IL-LAWRENCE IL-RICHLAND IL-VERMILION IL-CHAMPAIGN IL-CLARK IL-
CLAY IL-COLES IL-CRAWFORD IL-CUMBERLAND IL-DOUGLAS IL-EDGAR IL-
EFFINGHAM IL-
1109 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EFFINGHAM...
EDGAR...DOUGLAS...CUMBERLAND...CRAWFORD...COLES...CLAY...CLARK...
CHAMPAIGN...VERMILION...RICHLAND...LAWRENCE AND JASPER COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THIS WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 5
AM.
THOUGH THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED...A FLOODING THREAT
REMAINS WITH STANDING WATER OVER MANY ROADS. AN AREAL FLOOD
WARNING HAS REPLACED THIS WARNING AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM.
IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3869 8752 3866 8760 3859 8761 3860 8869
3891 8870 3891 8877 3921 8881 3922 8847
4040 8846 4039 8796 4049 8794 4049 8752
3935 8752 3931 8761 3921 8757 3914 8765
3896 8751 3886 8754 3879 8749
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 8:02 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 7 days |
| Feb 19, 9:16 PM CST | High Wind Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 11:12 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 5 days |
| Feb 19, 11:12 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 4 days |
| Feb 20, 3:15 AM CST | High Wind Warning | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 19 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:15 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:46 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Knox, Stark | 5 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Schuyler and 1 more | 40 min |
| Feb 20, 2:40 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Schuyler | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 2:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Morgan, Scott | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard | 28 min |
| Feb 20, 3:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 3:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 4:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Coles, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more | 59 min |
| Feb 20, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 22 min |
| Feb 20, 4:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 5 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 34 min |
| Feb 20, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 35 min |
| Feb 20, 4:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham, Moultrie, Shelby | 28 min |
| Feb 20, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 3 more | 54 min |
| Feb 20, 5:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Coles, Douglas, Edgar | 33 min |
| Feb 20, 5:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 5:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar, Vermilion | 30 min |
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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.