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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 7, 20156 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT for 6 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 5 hr. 33 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: Jun 7, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Logan County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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
Jun 7, 7:30 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 1.97	Pekin, IL	MEASURED 1.97 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 8 AM TODAY IN PEKIN.
Jun 7, 7:30 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 1.97	Pekin, IL
Jun 7, 7:30 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.33	4 Sw Peoria, IL	MEASURED 2.33 INCHES OF RAIN AT THE PEORIA AIRPORT SINCE 8 AM TODAY. THIS INCLUDED 1.63 INCHES SINCE LATE AFTERNOON.
Jun 7, 8:05 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.04	1 Ne Bellevue, IL
Jun 7, 8:05 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.04	4 Sw Peoria, IL	MEASURED 3.04 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 8 AM TODAY AT THE PEORIA AIRPORT. THIS INCLUDED 2.34 INCHES SINCE LATE AFTERNOON.
Jun 7, 8:07 PM CDT	FLOOD	Elmwood, IL	FLOODING ON ROUTE 78 WEST OF ELMWOOD.
Jun 7, 8:07 PM CDT	FLOOD	Elmwood, IL
Jun 7, 8:07 PM CDT	FLOOD	Hanna City, IL	SOME FLOODING ON ROUTE 116 IN HANNA CITY.
Jun 7, 8:07 PM CDT	FLOOD	Hanna City, IL
Jun 7, 8:10 PM CDT	FLOOD	Mclean, IL	FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 136 NEAR MCLEAN AND LOGAN COUNTY LINE.
Jun 7, 8:13 PM CDT	FLOOD	East Peoria, IL	A FOOT OF WATER OVER MUELLER ROAD BETWEEN COLE AND SPRINGFIELD ROADS IN EAST PEORIA.
Jun 7, 8:13 PM CDT	FLOOD	East Peoria, IL
Jun 7, 8:21 PM CDT	FLOOD	Mclean, IL	HIGHWAY 136 NEAR LOGAN AND MCLEAN COUNTY LINE IS ALMOST IMPASSIBLE FROM FLOODING.
Jun 7, 8:21 PM CDT	FLOOD	Mclean, IL
Jun 7, 8:27 PM CDT	FLOOD	San Jose, IL
Jun 7, 8:27 PM CDT	FLOOD	San Jose, IL	FLOODING AT SAN JOSE NEAR MASON AND LOGAN COUNTY LINE.
Jun 7, 8:28 PM CDT	FLOOD	1 W Delavan, IL	STATE HIGHWAY 122 A HALF MILE WEST OF DELEVAN HAS WATER COVERING ROADWAY.
Jun 7, 8:28 PM CDT	FLOOD	1 W Delavan, IL
Jun 7, 8:40 PM CDT	FLOOD	Delavan, IL	CREEK FLOODING ALONG SIDE AND OVER STATE HIGHWAY 122 FROM A HALF TO 2 MILES WEST OF DELAVAN.
Jun 7, 8:40 PM CDT	FLOOD	Delavan, IL
Jun 7, 8:40 PM CDT	FLOOD	Hartsburg, IL	UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER REPORTED ON SOME ROADS IN HARTSBURG.
Jun 7, 8:40 PM CDT	FLOOD	Hartsburg, IL
Jun 7, 9:22 PM CDT	FLOOD	2 Ne Emden, IL	WATER RESCUE 2 MILES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 136 AND EAST OF I-155 NEAR NORTHEAST OF EMDEN NEAR LOGAN AND TAZEWELL COUNTY LINE.
Jun 7, 9:36 PM CDT	FLOOD	2 Ne Emden, IL	HIGHWAY 136 IMPASSIBLE NEAR EMDEN DUE TO FLOOD FROM I-155 TO WEST COUNTY LINE. A CAR WAS SWEPT OFF HIGHWAY 136 FLOATING BETWEEN 600 AND 700 AVENUE.
Jun 7, 9:36 PM CDT	FLOOD	2 Ne Emden, IL
Jun 7, 9:37 PM CDT	FLOOD	1 Ese San Jose, IL
Jun 7, 9:37 PM CDT	FLOOD	1 Se San Jose, IL	ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER ON HIGHWAY 136 BETWEEN SAN JOSE AND I-155.
Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 1.88	3 Wsw Alta, IL
Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 1.88	5 Nw Peoria, IL	MEASURED 1.88 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 8 AM.
Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.13	1 Ssw Bellevue, IL
Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.13	Peoria International Ai, IL	MEASURED 3.13 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 8 AM AT PEORIA AIRPORT. THIS INCLUDES 2.43 INCHES SINCE 4 PM.
Jun 7, 11:30 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.11	3 W Alta, IL
Jun 7, 11:30 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.11	6 Nw Peoria, IL	MEASURED 2.11 INCHES OF RAIN ON SUNDAY ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF PEORIA NEAR HIGHWAY 6 AND HIGHWAY 150 INTERCHANGE.

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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1647 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

650 
WGUS53 KILX 080030
FFWILX
ILC107-113-125-143-179-203-080500-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0007.150608T0030Z-150608T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
730 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  WESTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
    
* AT 728 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE THUNDERSTORMS 
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING EASTWARD BACK INTO THE THE WARNED 
  AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE EXPECTED FROM 
  THESE STORMS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...PEKIN...EUREKA...HAVANA...MASON
  CITY...EAST PEORIA...MORTON...WASHINGTON...BARTONVILLE...PEORIA
  HEIGHTS...CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...METAMORA...GERMANTOWN
  HILLS...HEYWORTH...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...EL PASO AND TREMONT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 31.
 INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 22.
 INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14.
 INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 167.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 137.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 4084 8893 4029 8896 4028 8914 4027 8916
      4017 8916 4017 9015 4023 9014 4029 9008
      4037 9004 4044 8991 4051 8987 4062 8988
      4063 8999 4084 8999

$$

GOETSCH

2 follow-up statements

241 
WGUS73 KILX 080213
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
913 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

ILC107-113-125-143-179-203-080500-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150608T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MASON-LOGAN-TAZEWELL-PEORIA-MCLEAN-WOODFORD-
913 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
MASON...NORTHERN LOGAN...TAZEWELL...PEORIA...WESTERN MCLEAN AND
WOODFORD COUNTIES...

AT 908 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO 2.5 
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE AREA. FLASH 
FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.

REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH FLOODING OF SOME 
ROADWAYS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...PEKIN...EUREKA...HAVANA...MASON
CITY...EAST PEORIA...MORTON...WASHINGTON...BARTONVILLE...PEORIA
HEIGHTS...CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...METAMORA...GERMANTOWN HILLS...
HEYWORTH...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...EL PASO AND TREMONT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNING AREA. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 31.
 INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 22.
 INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14.
 INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 167.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 137.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4084 8893 4029 8896 4028 8914 4027 8916
      4017 8916 4017 9015 4023 9014 4029 9008
      4037 9004 4044 8991 4051 8987 4062 8988
      4063 8999 4084 8999

$$

GOETSCH

877 
WGUS73 KILX 080245
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
945 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

ILC107-113-125-143-179-203-080500-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150608T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MASON-LOGAN-TAZEWELL-PEORIA-MCLEAN-WOODFORD-
945 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
MASON...NORTHERN LOGAN...TAZEWELL...PEORIA...WESTERN MCLEAN AND
WOODFORD COUNTIES...

AT 939 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS STILL MOVING 
OVER THE WARNED AREA HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER NORTHERN 
LOGAN AND SOUTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTIES WERE ESTIMATED AT UP TO THREE 
INCHES. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

LOGAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER ON 
HIGHWAY 136 BETWEEN SAN JOSE AND I-155 AT 937 PM. A WATER RESCUE WAS 
ALSO REPORTED IN THAT AREA BY THE EMERGENCY MANAGER. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...NORMAL...PEKIN...EUREKA...HAVANA...MASON
CITY...EAST PEORIA...MORTON...WASHINGTON...BARTONVILLE...PEORIA
HEIGHTS...CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...METAMORA...GERMANTOWN HILLS...
HEYWORTH...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...EL PASO AND TREMONT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 31.
 INTERSTATE 39 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 22.
 INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14.
 INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 167.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 137.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4084 8893 4029 8896 4028 8914 4027 8916
      4017 8916 4017 9015 4023 9014 4029 9008
      4037 9004 4044 8991 4051 8987 4062 8988
      4063 8999 4084 8999

$$

GOETSCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	5 hr
Jun 7, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell	42 min
Jun 7, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	52 min
Jun 7, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	61 min
Jun 7, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Tazewell	24 min
Jun 7, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Tazewell	53 min
Jun 7, 8:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	4 hr
Jun 7, 8:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	6 hr
Jun 7, 8:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Menard	5 hr
Jun 7, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	43 min
Jun 7, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt	36 min
Jun 7, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Sangamon, Shelby	45 min
Jun 7, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Vermilion	46 min
Jun 7, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas	25 min
Jun 7, 9:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	36 min
Jun 7, 9:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar	32 min
Jun 7, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland	43 min
Jun 7, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Edgar	33 min
Jun 7, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar	30 min
Jun 7, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Jasper	46 min
Jun 7, 11:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	9 hr
Jun 7, 11:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Logan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell	6 hr
Jun 8, 12:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Effingham	11 hr
Jun 8, 2:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay	8 hr
Jun 8, 3:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Vermilion	49 hr
Jun 8, 4:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	29 days
Jun 8, 9:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Piatt	13 days
Jun 8, 9:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	4 hr
Jun 8, 10:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Effingham	12 hr
Jun 8, 11:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason	61 days
Jun 8, 11:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Brown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler	63 days
Jun 8, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard	47 min
Jun 8, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	45 min
Jun 8, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.