Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2015, 5:46 PM CDT for Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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 11, 2015, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Knox County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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 11, 6:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.9 | Yates City, IL | MEASURED 2.90 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 1000 AM THIS MORNING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
266
WGUS53 KILX 112246
FFWILX
ILC095-120245-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0052.150711T2246Z-150712T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
546 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 544 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS
OCCURRED IN A CORRIDOR FROM MONMOTH TO NORTH OF FARMINGTON... AND
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH 7 PM. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ABINGDON...KNOXVILLE...YATES CITY...WILLIAMSFIELD...LONDON MILLS...
MAQUON...GILSON...EAST GALESBURG...ST. AUGUSTINE...DELONG AND
MIDDLE GROVE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 68.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...CULVERTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 4093 8999 4072 8998 4071 8999 4071 9040
4072 9040 4072 9044 4079 9045 4094 9044
$$
GEELHART1 follow-up statement
419
WGUS73 KILX 120237
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
937 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015
ILC095-120247-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-150712T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX-
937 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
945 PM CDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4093 8999 4072 8998 4071 8999 4071 9040
4072 9040 4072 9044 4079 9045 4094 9044
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 6:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard | 16 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 24 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Mason | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Scott | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 22 min |
| Jul 11, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 3:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Scott | 28 min |
| Jul 11, 4:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan, McLean and 8 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Knox | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Schuyler | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 6:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Logan, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 3 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.