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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL

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

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this areal flood warning at Jun 19, 2015, 11:46 PM CDT for Coles County, Moultrie County, Shelby County, Illinois. It was in force for 9 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, 11:46 PM CDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2015, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
9 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 04:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11:40 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 11:40 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 3:16 PM CDT, 8 hours 30 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, 8:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
821 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

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

0450 PM     TORNADO          4 NNW OLNEY             38.78N 88.11W
06/19/2015                   RICHLAND           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE LIMBS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IN DIAMATER BLOWN DOWN AND
            SOME TREES UPROOTED AT A MOBILE HOME PARK AND GOLF COURSE
            NORTH OF OLNEY OFF ROUTE 130.

&&

EJL
Local storm report, Jun 19, 9:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
913 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

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

0600 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 E TRIMBLE             39.06N 87.67W
06/19/2015  M2.13 INCH       CRAWFORD           IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24-HOUR TOTAL

0600 PM     HEAVY RAIN       CHARLESTON              39.48N 88.18W
06/19/2015  M1.58 INCH       COLES              IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24-HOUR TOTAL

&&

EJL
Local storm report, Jun 19, 10:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 9:58 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXCrawford, Jasper51 hr
Jun 20, 9:33 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningILXClark, Crawford, Jasper, Richland3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.