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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2015, 3:07 PM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Peoria County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 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 18, 2015, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Peoria County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
755
WGUS53 KILX 182007
FFWILX
ILC057-095-143-190200-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0071.150918T2007Z-150919T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
307 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 305 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1.5 TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN
THE NEXT HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CANTON...FARMINGTON...ELMWOOD...CUBA...AVON...YATES CITY...ST.
DAVID...FAIRVIEW...LONDON MILLS...MAQUON...DUNFERMLINE...
SMITHFIELD...NORRIS...BANNER...MARIETTA...ELLISVILLE...FIATT AND
MIDDLE GROVE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 71.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 4052 8987 4040 9045 4068 9045 4070 9044
4088 8993
$$
AUTEN1 follow-up statement
062
WGUS73 KILX 190159
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
859 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
ILC057-095-143-190209-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-150919T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PEORIA-KNOX-FULTON-
859 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PEORIA...SOUTHEASTERN
KNOX AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 4052 8987 4040 9045 4068 9045 4070 9044
4088 8993
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 4:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 5 hr |
| Sep 18, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 28 min |
| Sep 18, 5:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 4 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.