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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2016, 10:34 PM CDT for Fulton 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 24, 2016, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2016, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Fulton County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 3609 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
039
WGUS53 KILX 250334
FFWILX
ILC057-250630-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0014.160725T0334Z-160725T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1034 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1033 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING ON ROUTE 100 AND ALSO
ROUTE 97.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LEWISTOWN...CUBA...ST. DAVID...DUNFERMLINE...BERNADOTTE...
SMITHFIELD...BRYANT AND LITTLE AMERICA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4054 9030 4049 8992 4045 8990 4040 8998
4038 9033
$$
SHIMON1 follow-up statement
902
WGUS73 KILX 250515
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1215 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2016
ILC057-250525-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160725T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FULTON-
1215 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4054 9030 4049 8992 4045 8990 4040 8998
4038 9033
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Woodford | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Woodford | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Tazewell | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Piatt, Vermilion | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Tazewell | 28 min |
| Jul 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan, Tazewell | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.