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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2014, 6:10 AM CDT for Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. 11 reports 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 4, 2014, 6:10 AM CDT (11:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Knox County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 6:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Knoxville, IL | WATER IS OVER COUNTRY ROADS IN SOME LOCATIONS. WATER IS BACKING UP FROM THE STREET INTO THE YARD FROM HEAVY RAINFALL. SUMP PUMPS ARE RUNNING. |
| Sep 4, 6:15 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.52 | Galesburg Airport, IL | |
| Sep 4, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.95 | Nw Knoxville, IL | |
| Sep 4, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.78 | Galesburg, IL | |
| Sep 4, 7:01 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Galesburg, IL | CARS STALLED IN LOW LYING AREAS FILLED WITH WATER FROM HEAVY RAINFALL. |
| Sep 4, 7:09 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.75 | Galesburg, IL | STREET FLOODING IN TOWN. |
| Sep 4, 7:09 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4 | Ne Galesburg, IL | HEAVY RAIN WITH STREET FLOODING. |
| Sep 4, 7:15 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.25 | Galesburg, IL | LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF GALESBURG. |
| Sep 4, 7:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.92 | Wataga, IL | |
| Sep 4, 7:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.43 | Knoxville, IL | |
| Sep 4, 7:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.96 | Knoxville, IL | STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IS 2.96 INCHES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 993 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
111 WGUS53 KILX 041110 FFWILX ILC095-041500- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0036.140904T1110Z-140904T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 610 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT * AT 605 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES ARE ESTIMATED SINCE 4 AM MST FROM GALESBURG TO WATAGA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GALESBURG...ALTONA...KNOXVILLE...ONEIDA...RIO...VICTORIA...WATAGA AND WILLIAMSFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 4115 8999 4092 8999 4086 9045 4115 9044 $$ ONTON
1 follow-up statement
057 WGUS73 KILX 041208 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 708 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2014 ILC095-041500- /O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-140904T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KNOX IL- 708 AM CDT THU SEP 4 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 1000 AM CDT... AT 705 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STALLED VEHICLES IN THE CITY OF GALESBURG DUE TO WATER ACROSS LOW LYING ROADS. RAINFALL REPORTS FROM LOCAL SPOTTERS INDICATE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ACCUMULATED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA THE REST OF THIS MORNING. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... GALESBURG...ALTONA...KNOXVILLE...ONEIDA...RIO...VICTORIA...WATAGA AND WILLIAMSFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN. && LAT...LON 4115 8999 4092 8999 4086 9045 4115 9044 $$ SHIMON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 4:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox, Stark | 20 min |
| Sep 4, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox, Stark | 32 min |
| Sep 4, 5:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Knox | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox | 34 min |
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.