Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2015, 9:43 PM CDT for Clay County, Illinois. It was in force for 5 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
- Jul 1, 2015, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2015, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Clay County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
235
WGUS53 KILX 020243
FFWILX
ILC025-020745-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0045.150702T0243Z-150702T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
943 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 245 AM CDT
* AT 941 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT
HOUR FROM LOUISVILLE TO NEAR FLORA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FLORA...LOUISVILLE...CLAY CITY...XENIA...BIBLE GROVE...INGRAHAM...
IOLA AND SAILOR SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3861 8870 3882 8869 3890 8836 3886 8836
3885 8833 3875 8828 3860 8830
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
916
WGUS73 KILX 020442
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1142 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015
ILC025-020745-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150702T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY-
1142 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR
CLAY COUNTY...
AT 1137 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED EXTENSIVE
SECONDARY ROAD FLOODING WITH WATER OVER HIGHWAY 45 SOUTH OF
FLORA. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED CONSIDERABLY
ACROSS THE AREA FROM A FEW HOURS AGO...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
CONTINUES TO FALL OVER CLAY COUNTY AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT
CONTINUES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FLORA...LOUISVILLE...CLAY CITY...XENIA...BIBLE GROVE...INGRAHAM...
IOLA AND SAILOR SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3861 8870 3882 8869 3890 8836 3886 8836
3885 8833 3875 8828 3860 8830
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Lawrence | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 8:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 36 min |
| Jul 1, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 27 min |
Nearby
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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.