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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2015, 6:55 PM CDT for Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 7 hr. 3 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 28, 2015, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 9:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Springfield, IL | WAIST DEEP WATER IN RAILROAD UNDERPASS |
| Jun 29, 12:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.99 | Springfield, IL | STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING |
| Jun 29, 1:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.7 | Capital Airport, IL | 24-HOUR TOTAL |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
356
WGUS53 KILX 282355
FFWILX
ILC167-290400-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0040.150628T2355Z-150629T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
655 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 652 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD...SHERMAN...ROCHESTER...RIVERTON...PAWNEE...
WILLIAMSVILLE...ILLIOPOLIS...MECHANICSBURG...JEROME...SOUTHERN
VIEW...LELAND GROVE...GRANDVIEW...SPAULDING...DAWSON...BUFFALO...
BERRY...CLEAR LAKE...FARMINGDALE AND CAPITAL AIRPORT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN ADDITIONAL INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 106.
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 124.
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 3995 8948 3994 8948 3992 8940 3992 8933
3986 8921 3982 8922 3982 8925 3977 8931
3977 8936 3974 8939 3975 8942 3969 8942
3969 8948 3964 8948 3964 8953 3957 8954
3985 8987
$$
ONTON2 follow-up statements
262
WGUS53 KILX 290317
FFWILX
ILC167-290700-
/O.EXT.KILX.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-150629T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1017 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 1012 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATES ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL FROM
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED FLOODING WITHIN SPRINGFIELD FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS
THIS EVENING...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY WORSEN OR
RESTART FLOOD CONDITIONS. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD...SHERMAN...ROCHESTER...RIVERTON...PAWNEE...
WILLIAMSVILLE...ILLIOPOLIS...MECHANICSBURG...JEROME...SOUTHERN
VIEW...LELAND GROVE...GRANDVIEW...SPAULDING...DAWSON...BUFFALO...
BERRY...CLEAR LAKE...FARMINGDALE AND CAPITAL AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 106.
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 124.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3995 8948 3994 8948 3992 8940 3992 8933
3986 8921 3982 8922 3982 8925 3977 8931
3977 8936 3974 8939 3975 8942 3969 8942
3969 8948 3964 8948 3964 8953 3957 8954
3985 8987
$$
ONTON953
WGUS73 KILX 290656
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
156 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
ILC167-290705-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-150629T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANGAMON-
156 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL SANGAMON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
200 AM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT...HOWEVER SOME LARGER RIVERS AND
STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD. OTHER AREAS OF HIGH WATER MAY
CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THE NEXT FEW HOURS...PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3995 8948 3994 8948 3992 8940 3992 8933
3986 8921 3982 8922 3982 8925 3977 8931
3977 8936 3974 8939 3975 8942 3969 8942
3969 8948 3964 8948 3964 8953 3957 8954
3985 8987
$$
ONTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Menard | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.