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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 19, 20155 counties in Illinois

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 2:10 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 1.634 N Louisville, ILRAINFALL 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.

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°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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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

$$

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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, 11:42 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningILXColes, Moultrie, Shelby12 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

Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2015Every flash 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.