Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2015, 1:03 AM CDT for Coles County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 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 14, 2015, 1:03 AM CDT (06:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Coles County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 14.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
053
WGUS53 KILX 140603
FFWILX
ILC029-140900-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0056.150714T0603Z-150714T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
103 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 103 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON...MATTOON...ASHMORE...HUMBOLDT...LERNA...COOKS MILLS...
PARADISE...FAIRGRANGE...FOX RIDGE STATE PARK...ETNA...COLES COUNTY
AIRPORT...BUSHTON AND TRILLA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND 200.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3948 8796 3948 8801 3938 8802 3937 8807
3938 8847 3965 8847 3965 8836 3955 8798
$$
BAK1 follow-up statement
993
WGUS73 KILX 140850
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
350 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015
ILC029-140900-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-150714T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLES-
350 AM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COLES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 400 AM
CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3948 8796 3948 8801 3938 8802 3937 8807
3938 8847 3965 8847 3965 8836 3955 8798
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Edgar | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 1:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford | 36 min |
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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.