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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2015, 8:04 PM CDT for Champaign County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. 21 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, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Champaign County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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, 8:22 PM CDT | FLOOD | Danville, IL | MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED IN DANVILLE OR NEARLY IMPASSIBLE. |
| Jun 7, 8:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.61 | 2 N Danville, IL | MEASURED 1.61 INCHES OF RAIN IN 40 MINUTES NEAR LAKE VERMILION. |
| Jun 7, 8:34 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.55 | 2 Nnw Danville, IL | MEASURED 1.55 INCHES OF RAIN IN PAST HOUR 1.5 MILES NNW OF DANVILLE. MINOR FLOODING REPORTED. |
| Jun 7, 8:34 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.55 | 2 Nnw Danville, IL | |
| Jun 7, 8:40 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.5 | Saint Joseph, IL | |
| Jun 7, 8:40 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.5 | St. Joseph, IL | MEASURED 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS EVENING. |
| Jun 7, 9:20 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.5 | Tilton, IL | MEASURED 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN IN PAST HOUR. |
| Jun 7, 9:20 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.5 | Tilton, IL | |
| Jun 7, 9:20 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.6 | 2 N Danville, IL | MEASURED 2.60 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1.5 HOURS NEAR LAKE VERMILION. |
| Jun 7, 9:20 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.6 | 2 N Danville, IL | |
| Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDT | FLOOD | Ogden, IL | STREET FLOODING IN ODGEN. |
| Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDT | FLOOD | Ogden, IL | STREET FLOODING IN OGDEN. |
| Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDT | FLOOD | Ogden, IL | |
| Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.1 | Champaign, IL | MEASURED 2.10 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS EVENING IN CHAMPAIGN NEAR PARK AND MCKINLEY. |
| Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.1 | Champaign, IL | |
| Jun 7, 10:09 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.59 | 2 N Homer, IL | MEASURED 1.59 INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING INCLUDING 0.80 INCHES IN PAST HOUR. |
| Jun 7, 10:09 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.59 | 2 N Homer, IL | |
| Jun 7, 11:02 PM CDT | FLOOD | 3 W Danville, IL | MANY ROADS AND STREETS FLOODED ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF VERMILION COUNTY. |
| Jun 7, 11:02 PM CDT | FLOOD | 3 W Danville, IL | |
| Jun 7, 11:02 PM CDT | FLOOD | Danville, IL | NUMEROUS CARS ARE STRANDED WITH THE FLOODED STREETS ACROSS DANVILLE...WITH WATER RESCUES ONGOING. |
| Jun 7, 11:02 PM CDT | FLOOD | Danville, IL |
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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 295 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
052
WGUS53 KILX 080104
FFWILX
ILC019-183-080500-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0008.150608T0104Z-150608T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
804 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 803 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SAVOY...MAHOMET...ST. JOSEPH...
GEORGETOWN...TOLONO...WESTVILLE...TILTON...CATLIN...OAKWOOD...
PHILO...SIDNEY...HOMER...THOMASBORO...RIDGE FARM...OGDEN...
FAIRMOUNT AND SIDELL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 218 AND 244.
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 182.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 220.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3988 8757 3987 8757 3987 8761 3988 8762
3988 8846 4023 8846 4024 8753 3988 8754
$$
GOETSCH2 follow-up statements
748
WGUS73 KILX 080223
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
923 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015
ILC019-183-080500-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150608T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERMILION-CHAMPAIGN-
923 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTHERN VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES...
AT 921 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO 2.5
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE.
REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH FLOODING OF SOME
ROADWAYS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SAVOY...MAHOMET...ST. JOSEPH...
GEORGETOWN...TOLONO...WESTVILLE...TILTON...CATLIN...OAKWOOD...
PHILO...SIDNEY...HOMER...THOMASBORO...RIDGE FARM...OGDEN...FAIRMOUNT
AND SIDELL.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 218 AND 244.
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 182.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 220.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3988 8757 3987 8757 3987 8761 3988 8762
3988 8846 4023 8846 4024 8753 3988 8754
$$
GOETSCH533
WGUS73 KILX 080337
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1037 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015
ILC019-183-080500-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150608T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERMILION-CHAMPAIGN-
1037 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTHERN VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES...
AT 1034 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER
RADAR IN THE REGION. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.
FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS IN THE AREA. ONE OF
THOSE WAS THE OGDEN AREA...REPORTED BY AN NWS OBSERVER.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...SAVOY...MAHOMET...ST. JOSEPH...
GEORGETOWN...TOLONO...WESTVILLE...TILTON...CATLIN...OAKWOOD...
PHILO...SIDNEY...HOMER...THOMASBORO...RIDGE FARM...OGDEN...FAIRMOUNT
AND SIDELL.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 218 AND 244.
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 182.
INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 220.
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 3988 8757 3987 8757 3987 8761 3988 8762
3988 8846 4023 8846 4024 8753 3988 8754
$$
GOETSCHThe 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, 7:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 5 hr |
| 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, 8:23 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.