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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 19, 201511 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this areal flood warning at Jun 19, 2015, 6:27 PM CDT for 11 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 15 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, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2015, 9:30 AM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 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, 3:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 3:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
316 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>051-201100-
CASS-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-
MORGAN-PEORIA-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
316 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OF THE
ILLINOIS RIVER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH NO ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED...A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL SOUTH OF I-72.

MODERATE FLOODING...WITH A FORECAST OF MAJOR FLOODING AT HAVANA
THIS WEEKEND...WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER. MINOR
FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE SANGAMON RIVER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE
PERIOD. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS FROM LATER
SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-201100-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-COLES-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MACON-
MOULTRIE-PIATT-SHELBY-VERMILION-
316 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED...ALTHOUGH A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF
I-72.

MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE SANGAMON AND WABASH RIVER
BASINS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE
PERIOD. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ066>068-071>073-201100-
CLAY-CRAWFORD-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
316 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SEVERE STORMS FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING SOUTH OF A
EFFINGHAM TO ROBINSON LINE FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND A POSSIBLE
TORNADO.

MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH AND LITTLE WABASH
BASINS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND DEVELOP ON THE EMBARRAS RIVER
BY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE
PERIOD. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED UNTIL SUNSET SOUTH OF A EFFINGHAM
TO ROBINSON LINE.

07

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 1:26 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:27 PM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
527 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

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

0445 PM     TORNADO          2 NW OLNEY              38.75N 88.11W
06/19/2015                   RICHLAND           IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BRIEF TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF AND STATE
            POLICE...MINOR DAMAGE DONE TO RETAIL STORE.

&&

EJL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 8:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay	4 hr
Jun 19, 5:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby	6 hr
Jun 19, 5:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	6 hr
Jun 19, 6:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 1 more	12 hr
Jun 19, 10:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	18 days
Jun 19, 11:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Coles, Moultrie, Shelby	6 hr
Jun 19, 11:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Coles, Moultrie, Shelby	12 hr
Jun 19, 1:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	5 hr
Jun 19, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Jasper, Richland	45 min
Jun 19, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Jasper, Richland	47 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2015 Every 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.