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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2015, 7:39 PM CDT for 6 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 5 hr. 5 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, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2015, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Mason County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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, 7:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bartonville, IL | FLOODED STREETS AND URBAN FLOODING WITH AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN IN 45 MINUTES |
| Jun 28, 7:40 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.5 | Bartonville, IL | RAINFALL THE PAST 45 MINUTES |
| Jun 28, 8:43 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Canton, IL | STREET FLOODING IN CANTON WITH RECENT HEAVY RAIN. |
| Jun 28, 8:43 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Farmington, IL | STREET FLOODING IN FARMINGTON WITH RECENT HEAVY RAIN. |
| Jun 28, 9:33 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Canton, IL | SIGNIFICANT FLOODING SOUTH OF CANTON ON ROUTE 78 TO THE ROUTE 100 INTERSECTION |
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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
653
WGUS53 KILX 290039
FFWILX
ILC057-095-107-125-143-179-290545-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0041.150629T0039Z-150629T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
739 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
* AT 737 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LOCALLY UP TO TWO INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PEORIA...PEKIN...CANTON...LINCOLN...EAST PEORIA...MORTON...
WASHINGTON...BARTONVILLE...CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...MARQUETTE
HEIGHTS...FARMINGTON...TREMONT...ELMWOOD...BELLEVUE...MACKINAW...
DELAVAN...MANITO...MINIER AND HANNA CITY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 31.
INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14.
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 133.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 109.
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 4068 8933 4062 8933 4062 8930 4014 8930
4028 8981 4057 9013 4084 9014
$$
ONTON2 follow-up statements
805
WGUS73 KILX 290254
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
954 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
ILC057-095-107-125-143-179-290545-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-150629T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MASON-LOGAN-TAZEWELL-PEORIA-FULTON-KNOX-
954 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MASON...NORTHWESTERN LOGAN...TAZEWELL...SOUTHERN
PEORIA...NORTHEASTERN FULTON AND SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTIES...
AT 943 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED
FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. UP TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLOODING REPORTS INCLUDE
URBAN STREET FLOODING IN CANTON AND FARMINGTON...FLOODING ON ROUTE
78 SOUTH OF CANTON...AND STREET FLOODING IN BARTONVILLE. WHILE RAIN
HAS DIMINISHED OVER SOME OF THESE AREAS...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING. HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD
AND PRIMARILY AFFECTING AREAS FROM AROUND ATLANTA TO HAVANA
SOUTHWARD.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PEORIA...PEKIN...CANTON...LINCOLN...EAST PEORIA...MORTON...
WASHINGTON...BARTONVILLE...CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...MARQUETTE
HEIGHTS...FARMINGTON...TREMONT...ELMWOOD...BELLEVUE...MACKINAW...
DELAVAN...MANITO...MINIER AND HANNA CITY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 31.
INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14.
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 133.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 109.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4068 8933 4062 8933 4062 8930 4014 8930
4028 8981 4057 9013 4084 9014
$$
ONTON230
WGUS73 KILX 290540
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1240 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
ILC057-095-107-125-143-179-290546-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-150629T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MASON-LOGAN-TAZEWELL-PEORIA-FULTON-KNOX-
1240 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MASON...NORTHWESTERN
LOGAN...TAZEWELL...SOUTHERN PEORIA...NORTHEASTERN FULTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT
PORTIONS OF ROUTE 78 SOUTH OF CANTON IN FULTON COUNTY REMAIN
FLOODED...AND A FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT IN THAT AREA. OTHER
AREAS OF HIGH WATER MAY CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4068 8933 4062 8933 4062 8930 4014 8930
4028 8981 4057 9013 4084 9014
$$
ONTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 8:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Christian | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan, Mason, Menard | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 9:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Tazewell | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Sangamon | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 10:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, Menard, Sangamon | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cumberland | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 11:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Fulton | 12 hr |
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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.