Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2015, 9:34 AM CDT for Vermilion 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
- Sep 1, 2015, 9:34 AM CDT (14:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2015, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.
135
WGUS53 KILX 011434
FFWILX
ILC183-011730-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0067.150901T1434Z-150901T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
934 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
* AT 932 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR SINCE 7 AM...NORTH OF
I-74 BETWEEN ROYAL AND POTOMAC. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER
NORTH HAVE PRODUCED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SOUTHWEST OF HOOPESTON.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DANVILLE...HOOPESTON...OAKWOOD...ROSSVILLE...POTOMAC...FITHIAN...
MUNCIE...BISMARCK...HENNING...VERMILION COUNTY AIRPORT...
COLLISON...ALVIN...MIDDLE FORK WILDLIFE AREA AND ARMSTRONG.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE
WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OF HOOPESTON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 199 AND 209.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4018 8753 4007 8794 4024 8793 4049 8775
4049 8753
$$
GEELHART2 follow-up statements
315
WGUS73 KILX 011651
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1151 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 2015
ILC183-011730-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0067.000000T0000Z-150901T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERMILION-
1151 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY...
AT 1149 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
HAD WEAKENED OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 5
INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED THIS MORNING IN AN AREA FROM HOOPESTON
TO THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY BORDER ALONG I-74. FLOODING FROM THIS
RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HOOPESTON...ROSSVILLE...POTOMAC...FITHIAN...MUNCIE...BISMARCK...
HENNING...COLLISON...ALVIN AND MIDDLE FORK WILDLIFE AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 199 AND 205.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4017 8768 4007 8794 4024 8793 4049 8770
4049 8753 4036 8753
$$
GEELHART250
WGUS73 KILX 011729
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1229 PM CDT TUE SEP 1 2015
ILC183-011739-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0067.000000T0000Z-150901T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERMILION-
1229 PM CDT TUE SEP 1 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1230 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 4017 8768 4007 8794 4024 8793 4049 8770
4049 8753 4036 8753
$$
GEELHARTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 7:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 3 hr |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.