Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2016, 11:14 AM CDT for Morgan County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 20, 2016, 11:14 AM CDT (16:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2016, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Morgan County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
112 WGUS53 KILX 201614 FFWILX ILC137-201915- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0011.160720T1614Z-160720T1915Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1114 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 1111 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 3.00 TO 4.00 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 8 AM BETWEEN SOUTH JACKSONVILLE AND WOODSON. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... JACKSONVILLE...MURRAYVILLE...WOODSON...SOUTH JACKSONVILLE... CONCORD...LAKE JACKSONVILLE AND NORTONVILLE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 69. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3952 9024 3987 9043 3987 9025 3952 9004 $$ MILLER
2 follow-up statements
595 WGUS73 KILX 201751 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1251 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2016 ILC137-201915- /O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160720T1915Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MORGAN- 1251 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY... AT 1248 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RURAL AREAS BETWEEN SOUTH JACKSONVILLE AND WOODSON HAVE RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 10 AM...AND 6 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN THE PAST 24 HOURS. A FEW RAIN SHOWERS REMAIN IN THE AREA...BUT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED. BE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADS IN RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... JACKSONVILLE...MURRAYVILLE...WOODSON...SOUTH JACKSONVILLE...CONCORD... JACKSONVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...LAKE JACKSONVILLE AND NORTONVILLE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 69. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3952 9024 3987 9043 3987 9025 3952 9004 $$ MILLER
201 WGUS73 KILX 201912 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 212 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2016 ILC137-201922- /O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160720T1915Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MORGAN- 212 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3952 9024 3987 9043 3987 9025 3952 9004 $$ MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 63 min |
| Jul 20, 11:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Schuyler | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:11 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 4 days |
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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.