Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2015, 4:52 PM CDT for Clay County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- Jul 3, 2015, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Clay County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.75 | Flora, IL | RAIN FELL IN 40 MINUTES |
| Jul 3, 6:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Flora, IL | ONE ROAD CLOSED IN FLORA DUE TO HIGH WATER. WATER OVER HWY 50 IS BEGINNING TO RECEDE. |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
324 WGUS53 KILX 032152 FFWILX ILC025-040045- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0046.150703T2152Z-150704T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 452 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 450 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN XENIA AND FLORA. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 315 PM CDT. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FLORA AND XENIA. 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 3861 8870 3870 8869 3870 8838 3860 8835 $$ SMITH
1 follow-up statement
148 WGUS73 KILX 040043 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 743 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015 ILC025-040051- /O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-150704T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLAY- 743 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT... LOCAL LAW ENFORECEMENT OFFICIALS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT THE WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3861 8870 3870 8869 3870 8838 3860 8835 $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Richland | 3 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.