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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Lincoln, IL

September 2, 2014Crawford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 2014, 1:06 AM CDT for Crawford County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Sep 2, 2014, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2014, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Crawford County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 2, 4:50 AM CDT	FLOOD	Robinson, IL	FLOODING OVER NUMEROUS CITY STREETS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

680 
WGUS53 KILX 020606
FFWILX
ILC033-021000-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0035.140902T0606Z-140902T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
106 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 105 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
  IN THE PAST HOUR ACROSS A PORTION OF THE WARNING AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ROBINSON...ANNAPOLIS...EATON...HARDINVILLE...HUTSONVILLE...NEW
  HEBRON...OBLONG AND PALESTINE.

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 3885 8794 3917 8795 3918 8776 3917 8775
      3917 8766 3915 8764 3914 8765 3912 8763
      3911 8763 3910 8761 3909 8762 3906 8757
      3899 8756

$$

BAK

1 follow-up statement

210 
WGUS73 KILX 020954
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
454 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014

ILC033-021009-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-140902T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD IL-
454 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 500 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 3885 8794 3917 8795 3918 8776 3917 8775
      3917 8766 3915 8764 3914 8765 3912 8763
      3911 8763 3910 8761 3909 8762 3906 8757
      3899 8756

$$

ONTON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 2, 12:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	4 hr
Sep 2, 12:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Jasper	4 hr
Sep 2, 12:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	34 min
Sep 2, 2:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	4 hr
Sep 2, 11:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	5 days

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.