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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2014, 2:18 PM CDT for Morgan County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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 9, 2014, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Morgan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 4:45 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.17 | New Berlin, IL | MEASURED 3.17 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY |
| Sep 9, 6:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.35 | Auburn, IL | MEASURED 1.35 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY |
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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 091918 FFWILX ILC137-167-092300- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0039.140909T1918Z-140909T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 218 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHWESTERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 216 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY FROM NEW BERLIN TO LOAMI. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA INTO EARLY EVENING. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ALEXANDER...AUBURN...CHATHAM...DIVERNON...FRANKLIN...LOAMI...NEW BERLIN AND WAVERLY. 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 3973 8965 3954 8965 3953 9006 3974 9008 $$ MILLER
2 follow-up statements
050 WGUS73 KILX 092027 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 327 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ILC137-167-092300- /O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140909T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MORGAN IL-SANGAMON IL- 327 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SANGAMON AND SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 323 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEW BERLIN TO AUBURN IN SANGAMON COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED BETWEEN WAVERLY AND AUBURN BETWEEN 215 AND 315 PM. AN ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH 430 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... ALEXANDER...AUBURN...CHATHAM...DIVERNON...FRANKLIN...LOAMI...NEW BERLIN AND WAVERLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3973 8965 3954 8965 3953 9006 3974 9008 $$ MILLER
471 WGUS73 KILX 092300 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 600 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ILC137-167-092314- /O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140909T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MORGAN IL-SANGAMON IL- 600 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SANGAMON AND SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD DURING THIS AFTERNOON 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 3973 8965 3954 8965 3953 9006 3974 9008 $$ 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Stark | 62 min |
| Sep 9, 2:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Stark | 60 min |
| Sep 9, 3:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 52 min |
| Sep 9, 5:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Mason | 58 min |
| Sep 9, 7:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | McLean | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Mason | 61 min |
| Sep 9, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Schuyler | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 32 min |
| Sep 9, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan | 65 min |
| Sep 9, 10:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Macon, Piatt | 58 min |
| Sep 9, 10:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Logan | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more | 30 hr |
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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.