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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2015, 10:05 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 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
- Jul 8, 2015, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County McLean County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 10:21 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.35 | E Bloomington, IL | |
| Jul 8, 11:35 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.13 | 3 Ne Bloomington, IL | |
| Jul 8, 11:37 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.44 | N Normal, IL |
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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
024
WGUS53 KILX 090305
FFWILX
ILC113-090900-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0049.150709T0305Z-150709T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1005 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 1004 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LE ROY...HEYWORTH...LEXINGTON...CHENOA...
COLFAX...DOWNS...MCLEAN...SAYBROOK...TOWANDA...PLEASANT HILL...
BELLFLOWER...ARROWSMITH...CROPSEY...ELLSWORTH...COOKSVILLE...
ANCHOR...BLOOMINGTON AIRPORT AND MORAINE VIEW STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 1.
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 143 AND 162...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 164 AND 186.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 155.
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 4062 8858 4061 8846 4028 8846 4029 8926
4036 8926 4076 8871 4075 8858
$$1 follow-up statement
136
WGUS73 KILX 090810
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
310 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2015
ILC113-090900-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150709T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCLEAN-
310 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
MCLEAN COUNTY...
AT 308 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
BLOOMINGTON STILL OCCURRING ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DRIVE
BETWEEN WEST MARKET STREET AND WHITE OAK ROAD. THE ROAD IS STILL
CLOSED AND COVERED WITH DEEP WATER.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...LE ROY...HEYWORTH...LEXINGTON...CHENOA...
COLFAX...DOWNS...MCLEAN...SAYBROOK...TOWANDA...PLEASANT HILL...
BELLFLOWER...ARROWSMITH...CROPSEY...ELLSWORTH...COOKSVILLE...
ANCHOR...BLOOMINGTON AIRPORT AND MORAINE VIEW STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 1.
INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 143 AND 162...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 164 AND 186.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 155.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4062 8858 4061 8846 4028 8846 4029 8926
4036 8926 4076 8871 4075 8858
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 9:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | McLean | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | McLean | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 6 days |
| Jul 9, 8:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason | 8 days |
| Jul 9, 8:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 37 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard | 37 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 3 days |
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.