Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2015, 7:43 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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
- Sep 1, 2015, 7:43 AM CDT (12:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2015, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.67 | 6 Nne Newton, IL | 24-HOUR TOTAL |
| Sep 1, 8:33 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Yale, IL | HIGH WATER OVER ILLINOIS ROUTE 49 BETWEEN HUNT CITY AND YALE |
| Sep 1, 9:10 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5 | 2 Nw Martinsville, IL | |
| Sep 1, 10:33 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | E Casey, IL | ONE ROAD FLOODED EAST OF CASEY |
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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1380 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
297
WGUS53 KILX 011243
FFWILX
ILC023-033-035-079-011545-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0065.150901T1243Z-150901T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
743 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
* AT 742 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...
MARSHALL...CASEY...GREENUP...OBLONG...MARTINSVILLE...WILLOW HILL...
HIDALGO...HAZEL DELL...ANNAPOLIS...HUNT CITY...ORANGE...YALE...ROSE
HILL...LINCOLN TRAIL STATE PARK AND BELLAIR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 154.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3895 8796 3914 8826 3939 8801 3944 8753
3941 8753
$$
BAK2 follow-up statements
599
WGUS73 KILX 011252
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
752 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 2015
ILC023-033-035-079-011545-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-150901T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD-JASPER-CLARK-CUMBERLAND-
752 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD...NORTHEASTERN JASPER...CLARK AND EASTERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
AT 750 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN CASEY, WHERE 3.65 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
IN THE PAST 2 HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARSHALL...CASEY...GREENUP...OBLONG...MARTINSVILLE...WILLOW HILL...
HIDALGO...HAZEL DELL...ANNAPOLIS...HUNT CITY...ORANGE...YALE...ROSE
HILL...LINCOLN TRAIL STATE PARK AND BELLAIR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 154.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3895 8796 3914 8826 3939 8801 3944 8753
3941 8753
$$
BAK502
WGUS73 KILX 011421
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
921 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 2015
ILC023-033-035-079-011545-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-150901T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD-JASPER-CLARK-CUMBERLAND-
921 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD...NORTHEASTERN JASPER...CLARK AND EASTERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
AT 918 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...MAINLY ACROSS CLARK
COUNTY...ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN WEAKENING RECENTLY. RADAR ESTIMATES
THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER NORTHEAST JASPER AND
WESTERN CLARK COUNTIES. A REPORT OF 5 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECENTLY
RECEIVED JUST NORTHWEST OF MARTINSVILLE...IN WESTERN CLARK COUNTY.
AREAS OF FLOODING ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARSHALL...CASEY...GREENUP...OBLONG...MARTINSVILLE...WILLOW HILL...
HIDALGO...HAZEL DELL...ANNAPOLIS...HUNT CITY...ORANGE...YALE...ROSE
HILL...LINCOLN TRAIL STATE PARK AND BELLAIR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 154.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3895 8796 3914 8826 3939 8801 3944 8753
3941 8753
$$
GEELHARTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 8:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 8:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 10:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 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.