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Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 19, 2015Coles County, Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this areal flood warning at Jun 19, 2015, 11:42 AM CDT for Coles County, Moultrie County, Shelby 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 19, 2015, 11:42 AM CDT (16:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2015, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Coles County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2015-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2015-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 19, 10:45 AM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 10:45 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 11:03 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
804 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 S ALLENVILLE          39.54N 88.54W
06/19/2015  M4.50 INCH       MOULTRIE           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT RAINFALL. 2-DAY TOTAL 6.10.

0515 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 S ALLENVILLE          39.54N 88.54W
06/19/2015                   MOULTRIE           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER OVER ROADS

0600 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ALLENVILLE              39.56N 88.54W
06/19/2015                   MOULTRIE           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE ROAD CROSSINGS UDERWATER. 2 TO 3 FEET OF FLOWING
            WATER OVER MANY ROADS IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MOULTRIE
            CO.

0600 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 S MOWEAQUA            39.60N 89.02W
06/19/2015  M1.79 INCH       SHELBY             IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0630 AM     HEAVY RAIN       FLORA                   38.67N 88.48W
06/19/2015  M1.19 INCH       CLAY               IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0630 AM     HEAVY RAIN       WATSON                  39.03N 88.57W
06/19/2015  M1.18 INCH       EFFINGHAM          IL   MESONET

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0630 AM     HEAVY RAIN       WINDSOR                 39.44N 88.60W
06/19/2015  M2.30 INCH       SHELBY             IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0630 AM     HEAVY RAIN       LOVINGTON               39.71N 88.63W
06/19/2015  M1.42 INCH       MOULTRIE           IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0630 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 S FLORA               38.66N 88.48W
06/19/2015  M1.42 INCH       CLAY               IL   MESONET

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0630 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 S SULLIVAN            39.55N 88.61W
06/19/2015  M4.89 INCH       MOULTRIE           IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0645 AM     HEAVY RAIN       PANA                    39.39N 89.08W
06/19/2015  M1.39 INCH       CHRISTIAN          IL   MESONET

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0653 AM     HEAVY RAIN       COLES COUNTY AIRPORT    39.48N 88.28W
06/19/2015  M2.08 INCH       COLES              IL   ASOS

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       STE. MARIE              38.93N 88.03W
06/19/2015  M2.11 INCH       JASPER             IL   MESONET

            12 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 W KINCAID             39.59N 89.47W
06/19/2015  M1.08 INCH       CHRISTIAN          IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 SW EFFINGHAM          39.09N 88.59W
06/19/2015  M1.35 INCH       EFFINGHAM          IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       TUSCOLA                 39.80N 88.28W
06/19/2015  M2.29 INCH       DOUGLAS            IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       BEECHER CITY            39.19N 88.79W
06/19/2015  M1.55 INCH       EFFINGHAM          IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       SHERMAN                 39.89N 89.61W
06/19/2015  M1.20 INCH       SANGAMON           IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       CHENOA                  40.74N 88.72W
06/19/2015  M1.55 INCH       MCLEAN             IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL. CHENOA 2

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       MATTOON                 39.48N 88.37W
06/19/2015  M3.03 INCH       COLES              IL   MESONET

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 W ARTHUR              39.72N 88.49W
06/19/2015  M1.27 INCH       MOULTRIE           IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SW TAYLORVILLE        39.50N 89.29W
06/19/2015  M1.00 INCH       CHRISTIAN          IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       CASEY                   39.30N 87.99W
06/19/2015  M1.71 INCH       CLARK              IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       HUTSONVILLE             39.11N 87.66W
06/19/2015  M1.94 INCH       CRAWFORD           IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 ESE CHATHAM           39.67N 89.68W
06/19/2015  M1.01 INCH       SANGAMON           IL   MESONET

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       PANA                    39.39N 89.08W
06/19/2015  M1.25 INCH       CHRISTIAN          IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
837 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0745 AM     HEAVY RAIN       NEWTON                  38.99N 88.16W
06/19/2015  M2.58 INCH       JASPER             IL   MESONET

            18 HOUR TOTAL

0600 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 S OLNEY               38.70N 88.09W
06/19/2015  M1.10 INCH       RICHLAND           IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 9:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
925 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       PARIS                   39.62N 87.69W
06/19/2015  M2.40 INCH       EDGAR              IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       NEOGA                   39.32N 88.45W
06/19/2015  M1.13 INCH       CUMBERLAND         IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0915 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CHARLESTON              39.48N 88.18W
06/19/2015                   COLES              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RILEY CREEK AT HIGHWAY 7 AND TOWN BRANCH AT 6TH STREET
            OUT OF BANKS

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 10:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 19, 10:43 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 19, 11:38 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClay4 hr
Jun 19, 5:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXColes, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby6 hr
Jun 19, 5:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland6 hr
Jun 19, 6:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 1 more12 hr
Jun 19, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXLawrence18 days
Jun 19, 11:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXColes, Moultrie, Shelby6 hr
Jun 19, 1:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClay, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland5 hr
Jun 19, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay, Jasper, Richland45 min
Jun 19, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningILXJasper, Richland47 min
Jun 19, 6:27 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningILXClark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar and 5 more15 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2015Every areal flood warning in 2015

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.