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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2015, 9:03 PM CDT for Knox 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
- Jul 6, 2015, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Knox County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 733 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
904
WGUS53 KILX 070203
FFWILX
ILC095-070800-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0048.150707T0203Z-150707T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
903 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 901 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN FROM NEAR ABINGDON THROUGH KNOXVILLE WITH ANOTHER
AREA OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR RIO. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GALESBURG...ABINGDON...KNOXVILLE...WATAGA...ONEIDA...ALTONA...
VICTORIA...MAQUON...RIO...GILSON...EAST GALESBURG...HENDERSON...ST.
AUGUSTINE...DAHINDA...SNAKE DEN HOLLOW...DELONG AND GALESBURG
AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 62.
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 4115 8998 4100 8999 4074 9018 4072 9044
4092 9043 4115 9044
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
240
WGUS73 KILX 070657
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
157 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015
ILC095-070706-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-150707T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX-
157 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KNOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 4115 8998 4100 8999 4074 9018 4072 9044
4092 9043 4115 9044
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.