Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2015, 3:49 AM CDT for Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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
- Jul 19, 2015, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2015, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E New Salem, IL | *** 1 FATAL *** COUNTY ROAD 2 COLLAPSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING JUST EAST OF NEW SALEM. AN ELECTRICAL COOPERATIVE REPAIRMAN DIED WHEN HIS VEHICLE PLUNGED INTO THE SINK HOLE...WHICH IS ABOUT 30 FEET WIDE AND 30 FEET DEEP. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jul 19, 8:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nw New Salem, IL | COUNTY ROAD 2 COLLAPSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING JUST NORTHWEST OF NEW SALEM. TIME ESTIMATED. |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
633
WGUS53 KLSX 190849
FFWLSX
ILC001-009-149-191445-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0059.150719T0849Z-150719T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
349 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 945 AM CDT
* AT 349 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
QUINCY...MOUNT STERLING...BARRY...GRIGGSVILLE...CAMP POINT...
PAYSON...CLAYTON...FALL CREEK...BEVERLY...BUCKHORN...ADAMS...LA
GRANGE...KINGSTON...BURTON...URSA...LIBERTY...VERSAILLES...HULL...
RICHFIELD AND PERRY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 172 BETWEEN EXITS 2 AND 19.
INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN EXITS 4 AND 35.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES SILOAM SPRINGS STATE PARK.
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 4010 9070 4008 9067 4005 9068 4003 9061
3998 9060 3999 9052 3997 9051 3988 9058
3983 9057 3971 9065 3965 9062 3968 9130
3973 9137 3980 9137 3986 9145 3993 9142
4003 9150 4007 9150 4006 9092 4011 9091
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 4:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Brown, Pike | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 10:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Montgomery | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Pike | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 12:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 25 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey and 6 more | 20 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Greene | 24 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.