Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2015, 7:07 PM CDT for Adams County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 15, 2015, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Adams County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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 15, 7:52 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Golden, IL | ILLINOIS ROUTE 94 FLOODED AND IMPASSIBLE. |
| Jun 15, 7:52 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Paloma, IL | U.S. ROUTE 24 AT THE PALOMA VIADUCT ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSIBLE. |
| Jun 15, 8:45 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5 | 1 Ne Coatsburg, IL | LIGHT RAIN STILL FALLING. |
| Jun 15, 9:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Beverly, IL | A FEW SMALL ROADS ARE IMPASSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF BEVERLY DUE TO FLOWING WATER OVER THEM. |
| Jun 15, 9:23 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne Coatsburg, IL | 2000TH STREET JUST NORTHEAST OF COATSBURG IMPASSIBLE DUE TO ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. |
| Jun 15, 10:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Golden, IL | ILLINOIS ROUTE 94 STILL CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. SOME SECONDARY ROADS HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT. US 24 IS BACK OPEN NOW. SEVERAL CARS WERE STUCK IN THE VIADUCTS WHEN THEY WERE FLOODED EARLIER THIS EVENING. NO INJURIES WITH THESE VEHICLES. |
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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
773
WGUS53 KLSX 160007
FFWLSX
ILC001-160600-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0013.150616T0007Z-150616T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
707 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST
HOUR. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE HIGH RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS
AS THEY KEEP TRAINING ACROSS THE SAME PORTION OF ADAMS COUNTY OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
QUINCY...BEVERLY...CAMP POINT...CLAYTON...FALL CREEK...GOLDEN...
MENDON AND PAYSON.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 172 FROM EXIT 2 TO EXIT 19.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3976 9093 3976 9132 3991 9142 3993 9142
3996 9145 4019 9151 4019 9092
$$
BYRD2 follow-up statements
137
WGUS73 KLSX 160044
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
744 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2015
ILC001-160600-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150616T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ADAMS IL-
744 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 100
AM CDT...
AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED TO SLOWLY
MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY. UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF...IN AN AREA FROM JUST SOUTH
OF MENDON EAST NORTHEASTWARD TO GOLDEN.
THIS LINE OF STORMS IS ALONG A VERY SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. AS THIS
LINE MOVES SOUTH ACROSS ADAMS COUNTY THIS EVENING...WILL SEE HEAVY
RAINFALL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE QUINCY...COLUMBUS AND CLAYTON AREAS BY
8PM...THEN INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY BY 9 PM.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...FOWLER...PALOMA...COATSBURG...CAMP POINT...
GOLDEN...QUINCY...CLAYTON...BEVERLY...FALL CREEK...AND PAYSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3976 9093 3976 9132 3991 9142 3993 9142
3996 9145 4019 9151 4019 9092
$$
BYRD308
WGUS73 KLSX 160238
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
938 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2015
ILC001-160600-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150616T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ADAMS IL-
938 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 100
AM CDT...
AT 929 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS
OCCURRING IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ADAMS COUNTY AROUND PALOMA...
COATSBURG...GOLDEN AND BEVERLY. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE FLOODED
INCLUDING ILLINOIS ROUTE 94 AND US HIGHWAY 24 AS WELL AS SECONDARY
ROADS. SOME ROADS HAD AT LEAST A FOOT OF FAST FLOWING WATER OVER
THEM.
THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF OVER THE NEXT HOUR WITH
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UNDER HALF AN INCH EXPECTED.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
FOWLER...PALOMA...COATSBURG...CAMP POINT...GOLDEN...COLUMBUS...
KINGSTON...AND BEVERLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3976 9093 3976 9132 3991 9142 3993 9142
3996 9145 4019 9151 4019 9092
$$
BYRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 12:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 10 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Brown | 7 days |
| Jun 16, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 8 more | 4 days |
| Jun 16, 3:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 6 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.