Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Dec 26, 2015, 8:01 PM CST for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 8 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
- Dec 26, 2015, 8:01 PM CST (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2015, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Christian County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Macon County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 11:00 PM CST | HEAVY RAIN 4.22 | Shelbyville, IL | STORM TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR...SWOP REPORT |
| Dec 26, 11:30 PM CST | HEAVY RAIN 4.1 | Sullivan, IL | STORM TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR |
| Dec 27, 1:30 AM CST | HEAVY RAIN 4.96 | 5 Nw Nokomis, IL | WATER ON ROADWAYS OVER USUAL SPOTS...ALSO OVER ROADS NOT USUALLY FLOODED. LAW ENFORCEMENT CLOSED SEVERAL HIGHWAYS...FIELDS ARE FLOODED...CREEKS AND DITCHES ARE AT BANKFULL. STILL RAINING. |
| Dec 27, 1:45 AM CST | HEAVY RAIN 4.4 | Morrisonville, IL | MEASURED RAINFALL SINCE 7 AM SATURDAY |
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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
707
WGUS53 KILX 270201
FFWILX
ILC021-049-115-139-173-271000-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0076.151227T0201Z-151227T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
801 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 400 AM CST SUNDAY
* AT 759 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN
WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EFFINGHAM...TAYLORVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...SULLIVAN...PANA...MOUNT
ZION...ALTAMONT...ARTHUR...MOWEAQUA...KINCAID...BETHANY...
ASSUMPTION...BLUE MOUND...MACON...LOVINGTON...MORRISONVILLE...
STONINGTON...WINDSOR...STEWARDSON AND FINDLAY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 170.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 98.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3900 8881 3922 8881 3922 8914 3935 8914
3935 8952 3962 8950 3978 8885 3979 8848
3916 8848 3898 8876
$$
SMITH2 follow-up statements
854
WGUS73 KILX 270744
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
144 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015
ILC021-049-115-139-173-271000-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0076.000000T0000Z-151227T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOULTRIE-MACON-EFFINGHAM-CHRISTIAN-SHELBY-
144 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST SUNDAY
FOR MOULTRIE...SOUTHEASTERN MACON...NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM...
CHRISTIAN AND SHELBY COUNTIES...
AT 137 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO
SHOW A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE RANGED FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES SO FAR
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ONE INCH BEFORE THE RAIN INTENSITY
DECREASES TOWARD MORNING. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
NUMEROUS ROADS WERE FLOODED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLY THIS MORNING
ESPECIALLY ACROSS SHELBY AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES DUE TO THE HEAVY
RAINFALL.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EFFINGHAM...TAYLORVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...SULLIVAN...PANA...MOUNT
ZION...ALTAMONT...ARTHUR...MOWEAQUA...KINCAID...BETHANY...
ASSUMPTION...BLUE MOUND...MACON...LOVINGTON...MORRISONVILLE...
STONINGTON...WINDSOR...STEWARDSON AND FINDLAY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 170.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 98.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3900 8881 3922 8881 3922 8914 3935 8914
3935 8952 3962 8950 3978 8885 3979 8848
3916 8848 3898 8876
$$
SMITH783
WGUS73 KILX 270958
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
358 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015
ILC021-049-115-139-173-271002-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0076.000000T0000Z-151227T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MOULTRIE-MACON-EFFINGHAM-CHRISTIAN-SHELBY-
358 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MOULTRIE...SOUTHEASTERN MACON...
NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM...CHRISTIAN AND SHELBY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
400 AM CST...
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD
WARNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW
LYING ROADS. THIS FLOODING HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES.
NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS! THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO DRIVE
THROUGH SAFELY! TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN!
LAT...LON 3900 8881 3922 8881 3922 8914 3935 8914
3935 8952 3962 8950 3978 8885 3979 8848
3916 8848 3898 8876
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 8:18 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 9 days |
| Dec 26, 9:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 9 days |
| Dec 26, 9:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Menard | 12 days |
| Dec 26, 9:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard | 12 days |
| Dec 26, 9:16 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason | 13 days |
| Dec 26, 9:21 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Mason, Menard | 6 days |
| Dec 26, 9:32 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Putnam | 22 days |
| Dec 26, 10:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion | 8 hr |
| Dec 26, 11:03 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 5 days |
| Dec 27, 4:03 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Effingham, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Sangamon and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 5:15 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:41 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Effingham | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:15 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:51 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Cumberland and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:09 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ILX | Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford | 26 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:09 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ILX | Fulton, McLean, Tazewell | 20 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.