Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2015, 4:16 PM CDT for Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2015, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Effingham County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
616
WGUS53 KILX 302116
FFWILX
ILC049-310315-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0004.150530T2116Z-150531T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
416 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 415 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES
OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WHICH WILL PRODUCE FLASH
FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EFFINGHAM...ALTAMONT...TEUTOPOLIS...WATSON...DIETERICH...BEECHER
CITY...EDGEWOOD...SHUMWAY...MONTROSE...MOCCASIN...MASON...LAKE
SARA...ELLIOTSTOWN...HEARTVILLE...EFFINGHAM COUNTY AIRPORT AND
ALTAMONT RESERVOIR.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 166.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 104.
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 3892 8879 3920 8879 3921 8853 3919 8847
3917 8847 3917 8837 3908 8836 3893 8838
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
585
WGUS73 KILX 310044
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
744 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015
ILC049-310315-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150531T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EFFINGHAM IL-
744 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
EFFINGHAM COUNTY...
AT 741 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE INTESE RAINFALL
THAT PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF EFFINGHAM COUNTY THIS
AFTERNOON HAS ENDED...HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALED FROM 2 TO LOCALLY
3 INCHES OVER PARTS OF THE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THAT IS
IN ADDITION TO THE RAINFALL RECEIVED OVER THE AREA DURING THE
PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EFFINGHAM...ALTAMONT...TEUTOPOLIS...WATSON...DIETERICH...BEECHER
CITY...EDGEWOOD...SHUMWAY...MONTROSE...MOCCASIN...MASON...LAKE
SARA...ELLIOTSTOWN...HEARTVILLE...EFFINGHAM COUNTY AIRPORT AND
ALTAMONT RESERVOIR.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 166.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 104.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 8879 3920 8879 3921 8853 3919 8847
3917 8847 3917 8837 3908 8836 3893 8838
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Jasper | 31 min |
| May 30, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford | 25 min |
| May 30, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark | 20 min |
| May 30, 1:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Edgar | 36 min |
| May 30, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 31 min |
| May 30, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 32 min |
| May 30, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 32 min |
| May 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 46 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.