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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2016, 1:43 AM CDT for Bureau County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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, 2016, 1:43 AM CDT (06:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2016, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bureau County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 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, 2:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 E La Moille, IL | WATER INUNDATING PORTIONS OF HWY 92 EAST OF LA MOILLE AND BEING BLOCKED OFF WITH BARRIERS. |
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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 2459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.2
The text
As transmitted.
223
WGUS53 KDVN 150643
FFWDVN
ILC011-151045-
/O.NEW.KDVN.FF.W.0007.160615T0643Z-160615T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
143 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 545 AM CDT
* AT 143 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS
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...
PRINCETON...SPRING VALLEY...DEPUE...WALNUT...LADD...WYANET...
SHEFFIELD...TISKILWA...LA MOILLE...DALZELL...BUDA...
BUREAU JUNCTION...OHIO...CHERRY...NEPONSET...YORKTOWN...MALDEN...
MANLIUS...SEATONVILLE AND MINERAL.
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 4132 8927 4130 8934 4128 8934 4123 8936
4123 8947 4115 8947 4115 8964 4123 8964
4123 8986 4158 8986 4158 8917 4131 8916
$$
122 follow-up statements
915
WGUS73 KDVN 150829
FFSDVN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
329 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
ILC011-151045-
/O.CON.KDVN.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160615T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUREAU IL-
329 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR
BUREAU COUNTY...
AT 324 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN
PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA WITH JUST
LIGHT RAIN FALLING IN THEIR WAKE. BUT RUN OFF FROM EARLIER VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL OF OVER 3 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS...WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE FLOODING AND RISES ON AREA STREAMS THROUGH AT LEAST 545 AM
CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PRINCETON...SPRING VALLEY...DEPUE...WALNUT...LADD...WYANET...
SHEFFIELD...TISKILWA...LA MOILLE...DALZELL...BUDA...
SPRING VALLEY AIRPORT...PROVIDENCE...LONE TREE CORNERS...MILO...
VAN ORIN...OHIO...KASBEER...NEPONSET...CHERRY...BUREAU...MANLIUS...
ZEARING...COAL HOLLOW...MALDEN...SEATONVILLE...OTTVILLE...MINERAL...
ARLINGTON AND DOVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4132 8927 4130 8934 4128 8934 4123 8936
4123 8947 4115 8947 4115 8964 4123 8964
4123 8986 4158 8986 4158 8917 4131 8916
$$
12685
WGUS73 KDVN 151043
FFSDVN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
543 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
ILC011-151051-
/O.EXP.KDVN.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160615T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUREAU IL-
543 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BUREAU COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545 AM
CDT...
FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE
CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4132 8927 4130 8934 4128 8934 4123 8936
4123 8947 4115 8947 4115 8964 4123 8964
4123 8986 4158 8986 4158 8917 4131 8916
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Stephenson | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 11:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.