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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this areal flood warning at Jun 8, 2015, 10:39 AM CDT for Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2015, 10:39 AM CDT (15:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2015, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Effingham County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jun 8, 10:28 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 10:28 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1028 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1028 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 15Z/10AM SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS WEAK COLD FRONT ALONG THE I-55 CORRIDOR...WITH THE MAIN AREA OF RAIN NOW WELL TO THE SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. BEHIND THE FRONT...SKIES HAVE CLEARED ACROSS THE WESTERN KILX CWA AND THIS CLEARING WILL WORK ITS WAY EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OVER WISCONSIN/NORTHEAST IOWA WILL SKIRT ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS TODAY. LAPSE RATES BENEATH THIS FEATURE WILL BECOME STEEP ENOUGH TO SUPPORT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING PEAK HEATING. HRRR SHOWS THIS TREND QUITE WELL...WITH THE BEST AREAL COVERAGE ALONG/NORTH OF THE I-74 CORRIDOR. HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST TO FEATURE A MORE DISTINCT WEST-TO-EAST CLEARING TREND THROUGH THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED POPS TO GO DRY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...EXPECT FOR SOME LINGERING SHOWERS ALONG/SOUTH OF I-70. AFTER THAT...HAVE INTRODUCED ISOLATED SHOWERS/STORMS FROM MID-AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY) ISSUED AT 325 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 MCS STILL PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF I-72 EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST IL INTO MID MORNING. HAVE ALLOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TO EXPIRE IN SOUTHEAST IL AT 3 AM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH SOUTH OF I-72 DURING THE MORNING AND LINGER LONGEST IN SOUTHEAST IL. THEN UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVING INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY EASTERN IL. SPC HAS MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN CWA FOR HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. WARM HIGHS IN THE MID 80S THIS AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 325 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO LINGER INTO THE EVENING OVER EASTERN IL MAINLY UP UNTIL SUNSET. DIRUNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION DISSIPATES OR SHIFTS EAST WITH UPPER LEVEL TROF AXIS MOVING EAST OF IL BY SUNSET. LOWS TONIGHT IN THE LOWER 60S WITH GALESBURG BEING THE COOLEST NEAR 60F. WEAK SURFACE RIDGE TO BE OVER THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY TUE WITH UPPER LEVEL TROF PULLING FURTHER AWAY FROM IL. SHOULD BE A DRY DAY WITH WARM HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S (WARMEST IN SW CWA). DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S SO NOT TOO HUMID OF A DAY. DRY WEATHER CONTINUES TUE NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA WITH LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S (COOLEST IN EASTERN IL). A NORTHERNS STREAM SHORT WAVE TRACKS ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON WED AND DRIVES A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SE INTO THE IL RIVER VALLEY WED AFTERNOON. NOT MUCH LIFT THIS FAR SOUTH OVER CENTRAL IL WED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THOUGH HAVE SOME INSTABLITY WITH CAPES OF 1000 J/KG. HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FROM I- 72 NORTH WED INTO WED EVENING AND SPC EVEN HAS MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE STORMS DURING WED AFTERNOON/EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. VERY WARM WED WITH HIGHS APPROACHING 90F AND GETTING MORE HUMID WITH DEWPOINTS RISING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S. QUASI STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO BE OVER NORTHERN IL THU WITH CENTRAL/SE IL IN VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS. FRONT IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO GIVE CENTRAL IL A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY FROM I-74 NORTH. HIGHS THU IN THE UPPER 80S CENTRAL IL AND NEAR 90F IN SOUTHEAST IL. UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN TO OCCUR LATE THIS WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND SEVERAL DISTURBANCES EJECTING NE AND OVER TOP OF RIDGE INTO IL. THIS TO PROVIDE DAILY CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. HIGHS FRI RANGE FROM LOWER 80S NW OF THE IL RIVER TO THE UPPER 80S IN SOUTHEAST IL WHERE MORE SUNSHINE POSSIBLE AND LESS OF A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS THIS WEEKEND IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. HUMID WEATHER PREVAILS WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S AND LOW TEMPS WILL BE CLOSE TO THESE READINGS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 659 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 A BAND OF SHOWERS AFFECTING KDEC-KCMI EARLY IN TAF PERIOD...WHILE LOCALLY DENSE FOG AND LOW CEILINGS AFFECT AT KSPI-KPIA-KBMI. RESULTING CONDITIONS GENERALLY IFR/LIFR FOR A FEW HOURS THEN DAYTIME HEATING AND A BRIEF BREAK IN THE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL ALLOW VFR CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BY 13Z-14Z. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON TRIGGERING ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 18Z. MODEL TIME HEIGHT SECTIONS INDICATE GENERAL CEILINGS ABOVE MVFR THRESHOLDS FOR AFTERNOON SHRA/TSRA SO HAVE INCLUDED VCTS IN TAFS...ALTHOUGH SOME CHANCE FOR BRIEF/LOCALIZED MVFR CIGS/VSBYS OR WORSE POSSIBLE. CLEARING EXPECTED AFTER 00Z. WINDS S-SW 5-10 KTS BECOMING W 10-12 WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 KTS AFTER 16Z. WINDS DECREASING AND TURNING WNW AFTER 00Z. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE...BARNES SHORT TERM...07 LONG TERM...07 AVIATION...ONTON
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 5:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
833 AM CDT MON JUN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0423 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 S LOUISVILLE 38.73N 88.51W
06/08/2015 CLAY IL EMERGENCY MNGR
CAR SWEPT OFF HWY US 45, DRIVER RESCUED.
0315 AM FLASH FLOOD FLORA 38.67N 88.48W
06/08/2015 CLAY IL EMERGENCY MNGR
URBAN STREET FLOODING
&&
JRPLocal storm report, Jun 8, 8:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
836 AM CDT MON JUN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 NW NEOGA 39.36N 88.50W
06/08/2015 M2.31 INCH SHELBY IL CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
JRPLocal storm report, Jun 8, 8:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
840 AM CDT MON JUN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0813 AM HEAVY RAIN DANVILLE 40.14N 87.62W
06/08/2015 M4.71 INCH VERMILION IL EMERGENCY MNGR
MEASURED NEAR LAKE VERMILION
0830 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 SE AUBURN 39.56N 89.72W
06/08/2015 M2.16 INCH SANGAMON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JRPLocal storm report, Jun 8, 8:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
845 AM CDT MON JUN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0841 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 W BISMARCK 40.27N 87.66W
06/08/2015 M4.02 INCH VERMILION IL MESONET
&&
JRPLocal storm report, Jun 8, 9:51 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
951 AM CDT MON JUN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 AM FLOOD LAKE SARA 39.13N 88.62W
06/08/2015 EFFINGHAM IL EMERGENCY MNGR
LAKE IS CLOSED TO ALL BOAT TRAFFIC DUE TO HIGH LEVELS.
3.90 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED OVERNIGHT.
0930 AM FLASH FLOOD TEUTOPOLIS 39.13N 88.48W
06/08/2015 EFFINGHAM IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ALL CREEKS AND BOTTOM ROAD FLOODS
0930 AM FLASH FLOOD WATSON 39.03N 88.57W
06/08/2015 EFFINGHAM IL EMERGENCY MNGR
MAJOR FLOODING ON HIGHWAYS 37 AND 45. 5.50 INCHES OF RAIN
OVERNIGHT.
0930 AM FLASH FLOOD BEECHER CITY 39.19N 88.79W
06/08/2015 EFFINGHAM IL EMERGENCY MNGR
CREEKS NORTH AND SOUTH OF TOWN ARE FLOODED AND NEARBY
ROADS ARE NOT PASSABLE.
0930 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 SW SHUMWAY 39.13N 88.72W
06/08/2015 EFFINGHAM IL EMERGENCY MNGR
BRIDGE WASHED OUT AT 1500TH AVENUE, WEST OF 500TH STREET.
0930 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 E MASON 38.95N 88.55W
06/08/2015 EFFINGHAM IL EMERGENCY MNGR
MASON-EBERLE ROAD WEST OF HIGHWAY 45 IS FLOODED.
0930 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 S ALTAMONT 39.03N 88.75W
06/08/2015 EFFINGHAM IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS AREAS FLOODED SOUTH OF ALTAMONT.
&&
MILLERLocal storm report, Jun 8, 10:22 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1022 AM CDT MON JUN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 AM HEAVY RAIN EUREKA 40.72N 89.28W
06/08/2015 M2.68 INCH WOODFORD IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0951 AM TSTM WND DMG EAST PEORIA 40.67N 89.55W
06/08/2015 TAZEWELL IL MESONET
LARGE TREE LIMBS/BRANCHES DOWN, GREATER THAN 2 INCHES
1011 AM HEAVY RAIN LE ROY 40.34N 88.76W
06/08/2015 M2.56 INCH MCLEAN IL MESONET
&&
JRPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 7:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Tazewell | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Tazewell | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 8:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Sangamon, Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Vermilion | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Edgar | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Jasper | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 11:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 9 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Effingham | 11 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay | 8 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 49 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 29 days |
| Jun 8, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Piatt | 13 days |
| Jun 8, 9:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason | 61 days |
| Jun 8, 11:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler | 63 days |
| Jun 8, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.