Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2015, 4:43 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report 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
- May 16, 2015, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Vermilion County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 5:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Nnw Danville, IL | MANY ROADS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF DANVILLE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. 2550 WEST OF RT. 1 CLOSED WITH 2 CARS SUBMERGED...NO INJURIES. IL ROUTE 1 SOUTH OF BISMARCK IMPASSABLE. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
249
WGUS53 KILX 162143
FFWILX
ILC183-170045-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0003.150516T2143Z-150517T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
443 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 441 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN AND AN INCH OR MORE IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW. FLASH
FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED OVER ROADS AND IN NEARBY CREEKS AND
STREAMS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DANVILLE...TILTON...CATLIN...OAKWOOD...FAIRMOUNT...FITHIAN...
MUNCIE...BISMARCK...HENNING...VERMILION COUNTY AIRPORT...
COLLISON...ALVIN AND KICKAPOO STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 216.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4014 8753 3998 8794 4018 8794 4038 8753
$$
HJS4 follow-up statements
857 WGUS73 KILX 162233 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 533 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015 ILC183-170045- /O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150517T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERMILION IL- 533 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY... AT 530 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS OVER 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN MANY LOCATIONS NORTH AND WEST OF DANVILLE. MANY ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE...INCLUDING ROUTE ONE SOUTH OF BISMARCK. 2550 NORTH ROAD JUST WEST OF ROUTE ONE IS CLOSED. MANY COUNTY ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE AS WELL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DANVILLE...TILTON...CATLIN...OAKWOOD...FAIRMOUNT...FITHIAN... MUNCIE...BISMARCK...HENNING...VERMILION COUNTY AIRPORT...COLLISON... ALVIN AND KICKAPOO STATE PARK. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 216. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4014 8753 3998 8794 4018 8794 4038 8753 $$ HJS
436
WGUS53 KILX 170033
FFWILX
ILC183-170245-
/O.EXT.KILX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150517T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
733 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 728 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM HAD
PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 6
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVER THE AREA AND MANY COUNTY
ROADS REMAIN IMPASSABLE. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS COME TO AN
END...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE STILL WORKING
ON WATER COVERED ROADS AND THE WATER HAS YET TO RECEDE IN SOME
LOCATIONS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DANVILLE...TILTON...CATLIN...OAKWOOD...FAIRMOUNT...FITHIAN...
MUNCIE...BISMARCK...HENNING...VERMILION COUNTY AIRPORT...
COLLISON...ALVIN AND KICKAPOO STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 216.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4014 8753 3998 8794 4018 8794 4038 8753
$$
HJS610 WGUS73 KILX 170137 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 837 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015 ILC183-170245- /O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150517T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERMILION IL- 837 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY... AT 830 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE VERMILION RIVER IN THE MORIN ADDITION OFF OF WEST WILLIAMS HUNGRY HOLLOW ROAD WEST OF DANVILLE. RESIDENTS ARE BEING ADVISED TO EVACUATE. HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES DURING LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY IS DRAINING INTO LAKE VERMILION AND HAS FORCED THE GATES OF THE DAM TO BE OPENED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VERMILION RIVER IS OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DANVILLE...TILTON...CATLIN...OAKWOOD...FAIRMOUNT...FITHIAN... MUNCIE...BISMARCK...HENNING...VERMILION COUNTY AIRPORT...COLLISON... ALVIN AND KICKAPOO STATE PARK. FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE VERMILION RIVER FROM THE DAM AT LAKE VERMILION. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 216. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4014 8753 3998 8794 4018 8794 4038 8753 $$ 07
919 WGUS73 KILX 170245 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 945 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015 ILC183-170254- /O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150517T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERMILION IL- 945 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4014 8753 3998 8794 4018 8794 4038 8753 $$ HJS
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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.