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Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 2015, 10:17 AM CST for Crawford County, Jasper County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 14 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
- Dec 30, 2015, 10:17 AM CST (16:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2015, 12:15 AM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 104 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
577
WGUS53 KILX 301617
FFWILX
ILC033-079-159-310015-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0079.151230T1617Z-151231T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1017 AM CST WED DEC 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CST WEDNESDAY
* AT 1015 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DUE TO A LEVEE BREACH ON THE EMBARRAS RIVER
ALONG THE JASPER CRAWFORD COUNTY LINE. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
STE. MARIE AND SURROUNDING RURAL ROADS.
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 3882 8806 3896 8806 3895 8786 3885 8786
3885 8791 3882 8791
$$
HJS2 follow-up statements
415
WGUS53 KILX 302350
FFWILX
ILC033-079-159-310615-
/O.EXT.KILX.FF.W.0079.000000T0000Z-151231T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
550 PM CST WED DEC 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CST THURSDAY
* AT 550 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING DUE TO THREE KNOWN LEVEE BREACHES ALONG
THE EMBARRAS RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM STE MARIE. FLOOD WATERS ARE ALSO
OVERTOPPING THE LEVEES IN SOME AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3882 8806 3896 8806 3895 8786 3885 8786
3885 8791 3882 8791
$$
BAK725
WGUS73 KILX 310610
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1210 AM CST THU DEC 31 2015
ILC033-079-159-310619-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0079.000000T0000Z-151231T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD-JASPER-RICHLAND-
1210 AM CST THU DEC 31 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD...SOUTHEASTERN
JASPER AND NORTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM
CST...
WHILE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED...FLOODING STLL EXISTS IN THE
AREA. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3882 8806 3896 8806 3895 8786 3885 8786
3885 8791 3882 8791
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 11:57 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:18 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 48 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:27 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Shelby and 1 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
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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.