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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2015, 1:37 PM CDT for 5 counties in 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
- Jun 19, 2015, 1:37 PM CDT (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2015, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clay County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:10 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.63 | 4 N Louisville, IL | RAINFALL IN PAST HOUR |
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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
879
WGUS53 KILX 191837
FFWILX
ILC025-049-079-101-159-192330-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0032.150619T1837Z-150619T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
137 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 134 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND DRIFTING NORTHWARD. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
BETWEEN A HALF AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PAST HOUR OVER
PARTS OF CLAY AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF RICHLAND AND LAWRENCE
COUNTIES. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH
5 PM ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH LOCALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OLNEY...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE...NEWTON...SUMNER...BRIDGEPORT...
LOUISVILLE...CLAY CITY...ST. FRANCISVILLE...NOBLE...XENIA...BIBLE
GROVE...STE. MARIE...WILLOW HILL...INGRAHAM...OLNEY NOBLE
AIRPORT...WEST LIBERTY...CHAUNCEY...DUNDAS AND BIRDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3860 8816 3861 8870 3891 8869 3891 8858
3911 8795 3885 8795 3885 8753 3882 8753
3879 8750 3869 8752 3866 8760 3859 8761
3859 8764 3857 8765 3857 8813
$$
07The 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, 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 |
| Jun 19, 6:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar and 5 more | 15 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.