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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2015, 4:33 AM CDT for Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 5 hr. 7 reports 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 25, 2015, 4:33 AM CDT (09:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2015, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.42 | 1 Ssw Westville, IL | COCORAHS STATION WESTVILLE 0.6 SSW /IL-VR-20/ |
| Jun 25, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.23 | 1 Sw Jamaica, IL | 24-HOUR TOTAL |
| Jun 25, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.23 | 4 N Sidell, IL | 24-HOUR TOTAL |
| Jun 25, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.23 | 4 W Jamaica, IL | CO-OP OBSERVER STATION 5 NW SIDELL /SIDI2/ |
| Jun 25, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.14 | 4 Nne Paris, IL | COCORAHS STATION PARIS 4.3 NNE /IL-ED-1/ |
| Jun 25, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.29 | 4 Nnw Paris, IL | COCORAHS STATION PARIS 4.0 NNW /IL-ED-7/ |
| Jun 25, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.75 | 2 Ssw Scottland, IL | COCORAHS STATION CHRISMAN 3.6 ESE /IL-ED-6/ |
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 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
990
WGUS53 KILX 250933
FFWILX
ILC045-183-251430-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0036.150625T0933Z-150625T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
433 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 930 AM CDT
* AT 432 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PARIS...GEORGETOWN...WESTVILLE...TILTON...CATLIN...OAKWOOD...
CHRISMAN...RIDGE FARM...FAIRMOUNT...SIDELL...FITHIAN...BELGIUM...
HUME...BROCTON...ALLERTON...EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT...INDIANOLA...
JAMAICA...METCALF AND EDGAR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 202.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3973 8796 3979 8796 3980 8794 4014 8794
4006 8753 3958 8753
$$
BAK1 follow-up statement
755
WGUS73 KILX 251425
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
925 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015
ILC045-183-251434-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150625T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERMILION-EDGAR-
925 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN VERMILION AND NORTHERN EDGAR
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 AM CDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3973 8796 3979 8796 3980 8794 4014 8794
4006 8753 3958 8753
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 10:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 5 days |
| Jun 25, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 3:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Edgar | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 7:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason | 9 days |
| Jun 25, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 6 days |
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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.