Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2015, 5:51 PM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. 6 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 18, 2015, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 6:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.6 | 2 Sw Alta, IL | RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR TODAY. |
| Sep 18, 6:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.6 | 4 Nw Peoria, IL | RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR TODAY. |
| Sep 18, 7:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.48 | Peoria, IL | RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR TODAY. |
| Sep 18, 7:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.8 | 3 Wsw Alta, IL | RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR TODAY. |
| Sep 18, 7:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.8 | 5 Nw Peoria, IL | RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR TODAY. |
| Sep 18, 8:50 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.7 | 1 Ese Peoria, IL | MESONET STATION 1 E PEORIA /C9901/ |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
284
WGUS53 KILX 182251
FFWILX
ILC143-179-190245-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0073.150918T2251Z-150919T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
551 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTH CENTRAL TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 547 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 2.6
INCHES OF RAIN JUST WEST OF PEORIA OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PEORIA...EAST PEORIA...BARTONVILLE...CREVE COEUR...WEST PEORIA...
BELLEVUE...DUNLAP...HANNA CITY...TRIVOLI...BRIMFIELD...KICKAPOO...
PEORIA HEIGHTS...NORWOOD...PEORIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
SMITHVILLE...ALTA AND MOSSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 474 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 7.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 96.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4079 8956 4078 8957 4077 8955 4066 8953
4063 8989 4088 8993 4094 8959
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
399
WGUS73 KILX 190200
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
900 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
ILC143-179-190210-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0073.000000T0000Z-150919T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PEORIA-TAZEWELL-
900 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL PEORIA AND NORTH CENTRAL
TAZEWELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 4079 8956 4078 8957 4077 8955 4066 8953
4063 8989 4088 8993 4094 8959
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 3:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria | 6 hr |
| 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 |
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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.